Jimmy silker

Jun 5

Dr Peter Lim

If I lose myself, death would be a better option-- I live because I've not abandoned myself, despite my weaknesses and failures, and also because I've dignity and honour, like everyone else in the universe.

No one nor any single identity can ever take away my freedom and my right to be.

Jimmy silker Jun 5

Mundane

You strike that flint
With a mineral ball
You tinder fire
It's not special at all.

Jimmy silker Jun 5

Miracle

You flick a switch
On that socket
On the wall
You can charge your life
You can make that call.

Jun 5

Traveler

A WESTERN TRAVELER

There is so much more
That I want to see
All around the world
And in between

Tastes, sights
And places afar
Where ever friendly faces
And opening arms

So much more
To be consumed
This planet we're on
Is a fruitful womb

A meal a beer
A sample of the yield
Blackberry, blueberry
Strawberry fields

St. Ambrose Bees
Sweet honey mead
I want to sample
Every good thing I see!

   I am that
Western Traveler
    Indeed
   ...

Traveler Tim

#traveler

Jimmy silker Jun 5

Publish and be ******.

When I post on here
Sometimes I give give it
A cursory scan and press save
Other times
I intensively re read it
Again and again
Line by line
Word for word
Until I'm satisfied
There's no mistakes
Either way
The flubs aren't apparent
Till it's loose
In the ether
There's blocks
And there's blinds
In my mental
Procedures.

Jimmy silker Jun 5

A counterpoint to Jan Oskar Hansen's fine poem about handcarts as told by Norman Stanley Fletcher.

I had a friend
Thirty years ago
He had nowt
Didn't have two ha'pennys to rub together
Managed to get himself
A little Handcart
He went round
Collecting all old newspapers
Day and night he toiled
Seven days a week
And twice on Sunday
To one day make his fortune
And do you know what he's worth today?
NOTHING!
And he still owes for the handcart.

#jan #oskar #hansen