Sitting on his windowsill
looking at the moon,
Left with a melody from Rosie,
Wanting to know, for why did she evade
the advances of love, he had lovingly made?
Looking at the big apricot tipped moon
in his indigo sky,
What a romantic scene to you and I?
He's been loving Rosie since he was born
and will love her until his dying day!
His undying love for Rosie, is what I would say!

You’re in my thoughts and prayers
I love you so very much my friend
We’ve known each other for many years
I know it’s near the end
I’m holding back my tears
Remembering our memories I send
Don’t hold on to the fears
And although I can not mend
I’ll be there to wipe your tears!

To you
I say these words of beauty
Because it is my duty
To you the sun shines through
You make me feel I’m new
Your presence is endearing
You make me feel like cheering
You make me feel so good
You say i really should
You say it isn’t hard
Your love I do regard
I say these words of beauty
Because it is my duty
To you!

Trees are so beautiful
I could hug a tree
some are very old
Older than me
And some have been there many years
So if they could talk or if they could see
They'd know a lot
From history!

True love is two souls as one
The last piece of a jigsaw complete
Two sharing a heart beat
Two minds together
Strong and secure
Wanting each other
More and more


Between the two souls
The chemistry has to be
Completely right
Loving and Caring for each other
Day and night
until eternity
An infinite delight!

True love!

True and lasting love
Starts with friendship
And a blessing above
The friendship is so strong
Friends start to bond
Then soul mates are formed
romance loved and unharmed
Romance into commitment
Deep and lasting love
Is the true nature of love!

“Tales of love and life
Spoken by gentle candlelight
subtle shadows dance
In candles flicker
Gin in hand
Future lives are planned! ”

Turn around
Don’t walk away
Stay for another day
Don’t let go
You are loved You know
Fight the good fight
And stay
Turn around

It’s hard
When we’re apart
Our souls are as one
youre always in my heart
You keep me going
When life is slowing
But when you’re no there
I worry because I care
Leaving you alone
Only talking on the phone
One day I’ll retire
And we can be together

They got me up at five
I didn’t feel quite alive
The dog went out for a wee
The cat threw up on me
Then I made a cup of tea!
And now I’m very sleepy!
Back to bed for me!

Sunday morning
Up with a start
The cat jumped on me
Nearly stopped my heart
The dog barked with shock
Good heavens it’s only 7 o’clock
Not time to rise just yet
A bit more sleep to get!

With every Rose
Cometh a thorn
Quite true I suppose
As it goes

Nothing but nothing
In life is perfect
And can we say it is worth it?
I guess, I guess,  I should say yes!

They say
Good Luck follows bad luck
Statistics say, To win the lottery
You’re more likely to be hit by lightening

The lesson here
Is the power of positivity
Cup Half full,
Optimism is not dull
Just pick yourself up and try again!

Voulez vous?

What do you want?
What do you need?
De moi?

When all I have is love!
To give!
De moi!

Waiting
Debating
Equating
Not knowing
Wondering
Worrying
Will it be good
Or will it be bad
Will it be happy
Will it be sad
The unknown
Being in limbo
what will it be
The result
The conclusion
A delusion
Bad news
Good news
Just Waiting!

The cutting wind
Stings my face
Despite all that,
out walking is ace
Sod the weather
I do it with grace
I love to walk
No matter what
Rain or shine
What ever we’ve got
I’m out and about
Using the feet I’ve got
Keeping my blood flowing
And my face glowing!
I’m out every day
As long as I may!

My poetry and prose is coming back
Way hey
It’s raining hard I need a Mack
Way hey
It’s gone so dark it’s turning black
Way hey
If it keeps on raining I’ll start to quack
Way hey!

We’re all the same
We’re only human
No one to blame
We’re only human
Equal in our fathers eyes
We’re only human
Colour and creed are irrelevant
We’re only human
we have but one life
We’re only human
Past is past
We’re only human
Love for now
We’re only human
Love, be kind and live for now
We’re only human
There’s a brighter future for us to see
We’re only human!

Not everything is perfect in this world
And sometime ago
Like most others there have been times
I didn’t want to be here
I thought of jumping off the cliffs
Into the sea
I couldn’t do it Because that would be me
Gone
I have a daughter and a son
They kept me alive!

You know
We went for a walk in the snow
It was slippy, sloppy and wet
It’s not quite Stuck not yet
We got home
From our roam
And the snow flakes
Started falling again
Big fat fluffy flakes
The ones that makes
The snow stick on the ground
And outside there wasn’t a sound
So quiet, so white,
Daytime now not night
With the white of the snow
It looks pretty and bright
I love the snow
Now you well know
I love to watch the pretty snow
Flakes fall
And land on the ground without a sound
Everything is white
What a delight!

What a cold and frosty morning

The sun is shining
It’s early in the day
It’s a frosty morning
In my bed I’d like to stay!

But out we go
The dog and me
And as we know
She takes me!

We trundle round the block
There’s quite a few of other walkers
Not the crisps variety, nor even stalkers
The dogs all walk their owners!

But it’s fresh
It’s bright
Im nesh
And It’s now light!

And when we return
I’m back to bed
It’s my turn
Once she’s fed.

By Theresa Hartley-Mace

After a very hot day
lightening started flashing
Thunder started crashing
The rain came hammering down
The air started to cool
The plants and trees
Are all at ease
The rain is bouncing of the rooves
running down the little grooves
The lightening lights up the room
As the thunder crashes with a great big boom
And the thunder shouts as the clouds just
Crash into each other as the wind now gusts
Thrusting the trees
And washing the leaves
But oh what a lovely storm!

The sun came out yesterday
What a splendid day,
There were birds and the bees and the butterflies in the trees
The pollen was up so I had to sneeze,
The grass had grown and was lush, thick and green,
What a really wonderful scene!

The flowers and plants were at their best
The sun came down from the West
And showed off all their beauty
Especially the viola it is such a cutie
Draping over its hanging basket
I wouldn't bust a gasket
It started off so straggly
Even quite raggedly
Now its bloomed beautifully
And I care for it dutifully!

But what a splendid day
The sun makes everything look so bright
It takes away the grey
Until the dark of night!
At the end of the day!

What a Treat
Lockdown still and with all my will I just wanna sleep! With a broken leg and ankle I can’t do much anyway so hey what’s it today! Three thirty in the afternoon and I’ve been brought a treat! Spicy *** and coke hey it’s nice and sweet! It helps the painkillers work! I know I’ve been a Burke! And even at home I still have to work. Some would say that’s good! I’d give it all up if I could! I love writing poems, it truly is such fun! Because I can’t go out for a run! Don’t think I would anyway! Im a A couch potato I would say! The most I used to do is walk the dog it’s true! No she walked me! Well I’m off to sleep again. It sure will make me heal. And stop me going insane.

What a Treat
Lockdown still and with all my will I just wanna sleep! With a broken leg and ankle I can’t do much anyway so hey what’s it today! Three thirty in the afternoon and I’ve been brought a treat! Spicy *** and coke hey it’s nice and sweet! It helps the painkillers work, TUT, TUT! I know I’ve been a nut ! And even at home I still have to work. Some would say that’s good! I’d give it all up if I could! I love writing poems, it truly is such fun! Because I can’t go out for a run! Don’t think I would anyway! Im a A couch potato I would say! The most I used to do is walk the dog it’s true! No she walked me! Well I’m off to sleep again. It sure will make me heal. And stop me going insane.

What’s going on?
You’re so sad
Like it’s the end of the world
But to you that’s not bad
You weep like the willow
And you say
you’re in the darkest place
Where there’s only night
There’s no day
No one knows what the other does think!
Unless they explain or put it in ink!
The sadness is overwhelming
Like a river of mud
And a dark grey sky
It’s not good, and I don’t know why
I’d help if I could
Just please let me try?

When I first met you
I fell in through the door
It was at a conference
And I was on the floor
But you were there for me
And that’s what I adore
You picked me up quite fiscally
Which made me love you more!!!!

When I am gone from this world
Remember me as a poet
I know I’ll be whirled
Into space as we know it!

Please don’t be sad
I’ve enjoyed the life that I’ve had!

When the earth moves
The body tingles all over
Like when the earth quakes
The body shakes
An explosion of organisms
The body breaks
And when it reforms
And the earth remakes
And the earth now feels good
A climatic experience felt
Making your body just melt!

Oh my
What happens when we die
No one really knows
Do our souls float up to the sky
Passing the clouds so high
Making a journey above and beyond
Up to the heavens
Hearing beautiful song
Do we get to those golden gates
To register all our fates
Then are we free to roam
Coming back down to our home
Visiting loved ones if we could
Or doing ghostly hauntings Sounds good
Then leave to follow the light
Back to where there’s no day and night
And join the angels in the sky
Is this what happens when we die?

I love to sit out at night and watch the stars and the satellite
and wonder if there is another world out there,
A world like ours in a rich, rich green
where trees are are found and fill the ground
where birds are plentiful and sing so sweet
where flowers grow all year through
where there's equal amount of rain and shine
where the rain is warm and the world is free
where everyone and everything is happy
where there is peace and tranquillity
where there is love and care
where everyone looks after each other and everything
where everyone is able to sing
where there is kindness and love
and up above and all around
A land filled with that love is very very grand!

Where does time do, I don’t really know?
It’s flown away like a bird in the wind!
Why does time not last?
It goes so very fast!
It’s now here!
And Then
It’s gone!
Passed!

Where does time go
I really don’t know
Time goes so fast
Where are we going
Where will we be
How long  will it last
Where will we end up
What will we do
Leaving the past behind
Looking to the future
The future you’ll find
Will be here anyway
There’s no way to rewind!

Who on earth are we?
we are born with nothing
in our bare skin
we die with nothing
leaving our kin
we are the only species on this earth
that live, give birth
and pray on each other
who on earth are we?

Why
Why do you cry?
When life can be good
Work at it hard
I know you could
Fight the good fight
Get your head out of the mud
Get out there
Don’t stay where you’re stood
Try a little harder
You know that you should
Help yourself and achieve
Then life will be good!

Why
Why do I feel
Like times passing me by?
Why do I feel
Like I could just cry
Why do I feel
You might leave me and die
Why do I feel
Low and not high
Why do I feel
I’m living a lie
Why do I feel
Time is getting nigh
Why do I feel
I have to sigh
Why do I feel?

Why do people steal?
They’re just not right!
They’re just not real!
They cause pain, how would they feel ?
When they just have to ask !

But hackers!
Computer attackers!
They’re just cruel!

Why do people ****?
Why do people fight?
Why do people commit crime?
It just is not right!

What a world we live in ?
Full of anger and sin!
Nothing is perfect!
And nor it ever will!

I only hope there’s a heaven
And hope that there’s a hell
Who knows
You can never tell!

why
oh why
oh why oh why
oh why oh why oh why
oh why oh why oh why oh why
oh why oh why oh why
oh why oh why
oh why
why

The wind is like
An angry tyke
Rattling and shaking Everything as it goes
Dashing down Allie ways
In its temper like throws
Knocking over anything in its path
Travelling along in its wrath
And when it is done
Everywhere windswept when it’s gone!

Wind Inspired

I feel the wind upon my face,
It’s blowing like a gale in space,
It’s cold and harsh,
It hits you like a hammer!
I’m waiting for the sun to shine
It’s trying it’s best to break through the clouds in time,
When Will it come out and play again?
The trees are waving
Furiously in the wind,
My fear is if they fracture,
Their lovely branches,
of green and luscious leaves !
Need hiding from the vicious wind ! And very naughty nature!

That grey sky
Oh my oh my
Could mean rain
Not rain again
There were  puddles this morning
When the day was dawning
Everything was wet wet wet
But that’s what you get
When the rough weather is here
It’s that time of year
When the leaves have fallen
And the trees are becoming bare
The wind is howling
The temperature has dropped
Oh my goodness it’s winter
Already I am quite shocked!

The wisteria has grown
and is wrapping around the garden seat,
I can't wait until the warm summer evenings
to smell the lovely scent,
It reminds me of Cornwall
not that many years ago,
when I walked the beach road  
smelling wisteria as I go.

With every Rose 🌹
There is a thorn
Scent to your nose
In the early morn

And when you love someone so deep
And they don’t really know
They’re just asleep
You just have to go

It was only lust
He didn’t care
You lost your trust
And he didn’t share!

The love just wasn’t there!