New York

New York

I want to bite the Big Apple

Look around the Gospel Chapels

I want to see Time’s Square

The smell of hotdogs in the air

I want to shop at Bloomingdales

Find lot’s a bargains,hit the sales!

I want to travel on the subway

Catch a show on Broadway

I want to go up the Empire State Building

Buy a bagel with a cream cheese filling!

I want to go up the Statue of Liberty

Pray for New Yorkers in poverty

I want to go on a helicopter ride

Make sure I see everything in the tourist guide!

I want to see a sunset on Central Park

I want to see the whole city lit up when it goes dark

I want to go to China town

Find a beautiful flowing gown

Or go for coffee at Starbucks and

Watch that one with the looks!

I want to go on a horse and cart

Visit museums of history and art

I want to take the train to Niagara Falls

And see lots of Montreal

I want to take a yellow cab,a limosine

I want to live the dream

I want to go to a Fashion show

Go to New York when its heavy snow

New York at Christmas

See the city glow

Running

Running,running,running,running-Be

‘A hand of fire’-Kay Boyle

‘Poured the milk of avalanche’-Kay Boyle

Autumnal stars

The leaves have fallen

The trees are bare

The constellations are up there!

I was once high-heeled and doll faced

Schizophrenia

Bedroom of despair

I put a white circle there

To feel protected

A special dress

The Asian stars

‘So let me rise into life’-Kay Boyle

‘My Song,my Lay’-Kay Boyle

He took me where no roses are

‘Fields that are eternal’-Edwin Arlington Robinson

‘So little comfort ,and so little love’-Edwin Arlington Robinson

I just want to cry and sleep

I’m obese

I want to write a masterpiece

The touch of the button

Domestic dwellings

I want to live in a baker’s house!

I put on white tights

Thinking we might

Fit together

I put on lip stick

Thinking how we could click

Find our treasure

I put on perfume

Thinking how cool

Let’s find pleasure

Pretty spray

I breathe,I smile,I pray

Cereal called ‘The Berry’

Let’s start the day with rolled oats

And end it with the stars

Gazing up

The emotions

God it’s dark let me find a candle

Fresh eyes

Let’s go under the covers

And be tender lovers

Autumn

Where is my warm coat?

I wonder,can I make one from

The falling leaves?

The colour of conkers falling from the trees

All the children are walking to school

Through the gold and treasure,

Kicking the leaves in windy weather

The wind has stopped holding its breath

And the leaves are like howling ghosts

I hold a leaf in my hand,it’s a autumn moment

A silent moment,and vibrant

When a squirrel runs across the road,

There is excitement

Every tree has enchantment

Every bird is singing in commandment

Hats and scarfs,hot soups and hot baths

Hot water bottles and reading novels

Coffee on the run,putting the heating on

Feeling bad for the postman bringing parcels

Looking at the sky for Guy Fawkes sparkles

Going on the park for bonfire night

Going trick or treating and giving a fright

Getting stuck in the mud

Putting up your hood

Using a umbrella

Picking out the leaves that have turned yella!

Walking in totally wet

Leaving our shoes on the step

Putting the fire and your slippers on

Making hot chocolate for everyone

When you go shopping on the high street

Leaves always get under your feet

Your eyes watch them twirl around

Turning into different shapes

Sticking to windows and windscreens

Under the cloudscape

I want to jump in a pile of leaves

I know just the place

A thimble of water

A thimble of water

Needs for cheese!

What’s the weather today?

Will we be kissing on the dock of some bay?

Just stay

‘In the fire of experience’-Frieda Hughes

The house of friendship

Here,come in

The Reach of memory

Worker bees

Watching the children dance away on the way to the matinee!

Wild rhubarb and crumble!

‘Iced with her nineteen years’-Paul Durcan

‘The most sensual of rides’-Paul Durcan

Heavenly house

Chinese clothing

I could be a empress!

Travelling,don’t take me to

The field of death

Time of little hope when

You are lost

The day I met you

You were an instant prayer

Do you remember our peaceful hill?

Such a mind

Such kind man

Triumphant seat at the cinema!

Country walks,talks

With special grace

The purple waves

The purple plain

Those sweet herbs

Enticement

‘Golden juice of sleep’-Homer

‘Ever breathing threats’-Homer

He scored a goal!

The rainbow and the sun

‘Flocks of souls’-Homer

Foody fall

In eternal snow

We sat together

Came glittering in

Young and beauteous

‘Touching thy harp in grace’-Homer

Fit and graceful

Autumn

Purple blankets and

Nan’s little knits!

True love opens a door to feeling pretty

True love hits your core like a home city

True love can be a cure just like the witty

I do adore a little silly

Souls aflame

Petals falling in the cavern

‘The soft waist’-Kay Boyle

'The setting star'

‘The setting star’-Edith Wharton

‘Whirlings of the desert sand’-Edith Wharton

Music and springing to life!

That secret beach and perfect sea

The smell of lilac spray

Fruits are natural delights

I am worryingly fat

The magical shadows

Children like streetlights glowed up

‘The pure angel in his sleep’-Kenneth Fearing

You are as warm,as strong

‘The lady made of light’-Kenneth Fearing

A genuine diamond

Failed at life

No life,nojob,no home,no man,no plan

‘Triumphant eyes’-Kenneth Fearing

Heavy and weeping

Nan-Young,she’s nearly 90!

Smoking ‘the tobacco trance’

An invitation to the dance

You do not need to ‘enhance’!

Sound of water over a rock

‘Clouds of tears’-T.S.Eliot

‘Baby faces in the violet light’-T.S.Eliot

‘A little innocence creates a day’-E.E.Cummings

‘Magic of your mouth’-E.E.Cummings

‘I swear by all flowers’-E.E.Cummings

‘A song in her eyes’-E.E.Cummings

Do I need to be a huntress?

The daystar is rising

Plenteous light

The warmth of life

‘Deep in her heart lingered his looks,his words’-Virgil

Funeral flames

Praying aloud

Sparkles of fire

The answers of heaven?

Golden mail

Being brave

I see it everyday

People walking with a frame in the cold

They are heroes they are bold

Kissing in the corridor

Kissing in the department store!

Christmas tree jewellery stand Idea

Snowflake,hoarsfrost on headband,

Tiara,hairclip,earrings,necklace

A glass of wine

Those eyes are mine

A little rhyme

Everytime

Have I left my tears on your shoulder?

The wheels are turning but

I’m stuck in the mud

I feel like a rose dripping with blood

I’m searching the skies for something good

'Sun the originator'

‘Sun the originator and source of Life’s sustaining force’-Normans Britain

‘Sapphire’-Anita Richards

A soul up in heaven

Christmas

Giving us a merry heart

‘Easter eggs all lined up

Like sporting trophies’-Colleen Rita Coupe

‘The realm of the wind’-Stewart Scott

The candle burns

A flower and a caressing bumblebee

A star,a smile that warmed the day

Swimming in the cream

Love is coming,said the ocean

‘Milky soul of a soft child’-Richard Crashaw

Lively,lovely

The fairies skip and dance

Child of dirt,come here!

I am blue again

The great unicorn

Is standing outside the house!

Rack of toast

Morning post

Individual beauty and an open hand

Such are daffodils

Sunlight eyes

Moonlit eyes

The owl flies

‘Under the simple stars’-Dylan Thomas

‘If you compare yourself to others,

You may become vain and bitter,

For always there will be greater

And lesser persons than yourself’-Max Ehrmann

‘Be cheerful.Strive to be happy’-Max Ehrmann

‘Love’s web is spun’-Oscar Wilde

Older people and

Almond flowers

‘Dream of the soft look’-W.B.Yeats

Make hay while the sun shines

Blackberry picking

Blackberry licking

Mothers going to make a pie

Better we hurry cause there’s

Grey clouds in the sky

You can hear her voice shouting

It’s going to rain,

The children sigh

Flare and pulse

People shopping in wavelets

Dream coated (Finding a winter coat)

Childhood

I remember

Writing on the wall

Weeing in the cabinet drawer

Reaching for chewits on the top cupboard

Mum reading us bible stories

A shape of mystery

(Hiding in clothes)

Titanic boom

Anchorage of his love

Sharing a loving loyal look

Sharing a loving loyal look

Sweet way

Alluringly dressed

Perfect and true

Neon signs,walking through the streets of New York

‘Orange clouds’-Adrian Henri

‘Now love’s in blossom on every tree’-Adrian Henri

Straight through the heart,school bullies

‘The purple planet’-Brian Patten

That man is made of kisses

‘Love is fish and chips on winter nights’-Adrian Henri

One red rose

All I need

There are lights

There are shadows

‘Universe of creamcakes’-Adrian Henry

‘Amazed at the newness of things’-Adrian Henry

Fav childhood story

‘The gingerbread man’

‘Constellations crowning your head’-Adrian Henri

Written in the air

I am everywhere

Galactic Love Poem two

Universes

Away from you

Light-years

From your sleeping back

Spindrift of stars between us

After

Sharing water

In the yellow desert of the bedroom

Dreams

Filled with insect-men

Warm giants their heads made of animals

Counting electric sheep

Doors that talk back to you

Vortices of time

Turned by the alarm clock

Nebulae

In your waking eyes

Time-warp

Of your morning kiss

This poem for you

Through the grey barricades

Of daylight’-Adrian Henri

Moths into velvet

‘One drifting pink petal’-Adrian Henri

‘Green and yellow confetti round silver birchtrees’-Adrian Henri

‘The hard electric glare’-Adrian Henri

‘Your eyes a prayer’-Adrian Henri

‘The gentle yellow touch of Autumn’-Adrian Henri

Summer words,like ice cream

Lollies ,BBQ’s,sand,sea keep me going

Candlelight,wine

Dinner and glitter

Some words

All my heart cares

Both my eyes glare

You do not know what your worth

Perfumed joy working as a consultant

Penned

Eat sleep weep

Eat sleep weep

Eat sleep the road is too steep

Eat sleep I need to land on my feet

Eat sleep drowning,it’s too deep

Mr Flame

Stood there with open arms

Freshly in my mind

The first time I went to a nightclub

I thought music is heaven

Heart in pilgrimage

I want to be a traveller

A mood of strawberries

Dad teaching

The glorious roll of drums

‘A pavement of pearl’-Matthew Arnold

‘Comfort,content,delight’-Rudyard Kipling

‘A ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor’-Alfred Noyes

‘Suns of home’-Rupert Brooke

‘The simple dream of peace’-Edwin Muir

Salmon-full waters,look at them jump!

Back in time,the linen mills

‘The ladders let down out of heaven’-W.H.Auden

Reasons for demons

Depression and emptiness

I want to get my weight down and

Be the best

I want to enjoy sitting at my desk

My life is a mess

It’s a daily test,

It’s been years since I have been kissed

Or gone near the opposite sex

I hate the way I dress

I hate the way the jest

Reasons for Angels

Angels watch the world

They exist in boys and girls

And the way the ocean curls

Angel,won’t you sit next to me

Your truth and love is what I need

Will you help me flower amongst

These leaves and deadly weeds

Please give me a sign

I secretly pine

For some kind of connection

I am alone

I am in a cold zone

I am praying,someone talk to me please

Invite me out stop giving me the freeze

I will get up today

Fight the wind and rain

Lilac trees

Lilac bees

‘Darkgreen mysterious spaces under hedges’-Adrian Henri

Happy couples

 A dish of ice cream

‘The dancing shoe of imagnation’-James Ragan

‘Prayers to the moon’-James Ragan

Fav movie ‘Manniquin’

The night stars

In the eyes of infants

‘Luminous with joy’-Simon Armitage

Fav name ‘Guinvere’

Ringing of truth

The blessing of God

Cross my heart

Nothing wrong with a seasonal song

All those trees

All those trees

All those years

Sorry tears

Looking at the city

Lot’s of yellow cabs and luxury pads

The lights are like jewels around my neck

I cannot stop staring,it’s magic

Inside I dream we are dancing to candlelight

And kissing and kissing into the night

You sleep next to me instead of being busy

I am breathing to hear ‘the words’

And capture a ladybird

My heart forever ……..

Kissing in the sunlight

Risking in the moonlight

Dissing in the spotlight

A trip to Northern Lights

Turn the volume up

Fill my golden cup

Wish me good luck

Need to find a house,a flat

But if I’m alone,my might crack

Anything

Everything

All the love I have

When life is good or bad

If your feeling sane or mad

I’ll have your back

Fat- the cost is frost

The music’s playing and I am praying

There’s people dancing and I am swaying

You dance with her and my heart is failing

I need your kiss so let’s go sailing

If I could write you a letter

I would be mailing

If I had your number I would be dialling

If you spoke to be I would be flying

If we went on a date

You could be my shipmate

If we held hands and ordered a special

From the ice cream van

Talk about undiscovered lands

Even plan a life together with wedding bands

If we went to a disco

Sat next to each other on the back row

Go out for coco

Find ‘that’ dress in Vogue

Would you save me from an earthquake?

Bring me flowers for when I wake?

Make me a dozen fairy cakes?

Take me out in a boat on the lake?

Would you make me breakfast in bed?

As I opened my eyes,would you stroke my head?

Would you push me on the swing?

Always tell me everything?

Would you share a small tent?

Go everywhere I went?

Would you write me little notes?

Offer me your thick coat?

Would you cook me a romantic meal?

And always be honest and real?

Would you light lot’s of candles?

Buy me a pair of earrings that dangle?

Would you give me stars and smiles?

Would you travel miles and miles?

Would you take me ice skating?

Protect me from eating or wasting?

Would you meet me in the pool?

Skinny dip and sing me a tune?

Would you rescue me from a fire?

Would you pick me out from a choir?

Would you stop me crying,tell me

To keep trying and listen to my dreams?

Build up my self-esteem?

Would you worship me in the nude?

And be there for every mood?

If I get voices,will you make me feel better with

‘I love U’s?

The neighbour diamond

The neighbour diamond

Borrowing flour and chatting for an hour

The life of more glowing kisses

Unhappy verse

All I want to do is cry and sleep

I am weak

It’s Autumn

The leaves have already given up

And the trees are shivering in the wind

I caught the ambition of your eye

The house was hushed

It was a lovely song

Daffodils

A thousand torches

The sweet spring

One tallest triumphant flower

The perishable apple

Full,wet and red

‘Where,like a pillow on a bed

 A pregnant bank swelled up’-John Donne

The entirely beautiful peach bloom

A dream of fairness

‘Under the waltzing trees’-Louis MacNiece

Sexual joy

‘The orchards of our mothers’-W.H Auden

‘Youth is full of sport

Age’s breath is short’-William Shakespeare

‘My heart shall truly love you’-Jo Sylvester

I would like to be a ray of Bethlehem

‘The listening winds received this song’-A.Marvell

Waves and seagull cries

The healthiest blue

Moonlight stars

Soft guitars

Campfire

Sitting on cars

The Charity shop

A tale in everything

Magic hand of chance

Moon-loved human being

If I go near them

The ice appears

On the swing brushing the cool grass under my feet

‘Fairest star,loved guitar’-Pb.Shelley

‘Soft dreams of the morn’-P.B.Shelley

All gentle things

Fragile springs

‘Love is flower-like

Friendship is a sheltering tree’-S.T.Coleridge

Thanks and praise for Bolognese!

If I could fly away

I would hold up my hands and pray

The wave is so high

I may say goodbye

Stars,smiles,satsumas

Relatives

Relatives

Generations of stars

To be embraced

‘Eyes that glimmer like silk’-W.B.Yeats

Magic in the harp

‘The ever-living’.W.B.Yeats

‘The laughing people’-W.B.Yeats

Would you see light?

Be my day and night?

Would you help me fight?

Would you help me feel right?

Would you hear my heart?

Every curve ,ever mark?

We have a life to start

Can we build an arc?

I walk down the street

My body hurts

My skin weeps

Chocolate cups of death

I have no options left

He won’t let me rest

The room is full of insects

‘The breeze of memory’-Helen Barnes

‘Then see the clear blue skies above,

The star that shine consistently,

And think of love’-Helen Barnes

‘The beat of heart that pines’-Helen Barnes

‘The twinkling burn’-Helen Barnes

‘In a song,a touch’-Helen Barnes

Moonglow

Milkyway show

‘Clairvoyants distress me

Commuters depress me’-Wendy Cope

Tomato’s growing in the green house

Out for a run in flowered fields!

Sweet mate,let’s communicate

‘A diamond that would light a room’-Derek Massey

‘When you’ve been cheated,you’re so defeated’-Derek Massey

Would life with you be heaven?

‘Come,now,my love,and lie with me’-Derek Massey

‘Just pottering around the lawn

Can often make one feel reborn’-Liz Cowley

Lost to the frost

Touches of blue

A paint box

I love waterlilies and garden archways

Claude Monet’s house

Gorgeous sky

An English scene

Purple in the spring

A mark of respect

I keep p-pining for us to connect

Those days I stayed I cannot forget

A body that’s drowning

The sleeping cove

There’s a monster inside!!

All eyes glittering

A bicycle under the Christmas tree

The stars of night

The stars of night animals surrounding a garden lamp

‘The gracious flame’-Edna St Vincent Millay

The village beauty

Rural loveliness

By the light

‘The blossoms slept’-Edna St Vincent Millay

Visitor’s heart delight

‘The purple blossom’-Edna St Vincent Millay

Waterwitch

The plan is good

A beautiful sword

‘The old snows melt’-Edna St Vincent Millay

Somehow I got frozen

‘Weltering in their gore’-William Mc Gonagall

‘An aquatic song’-William Mc Gonagall

Inhaling purity

‘By the Lake of Ebony’-Edna St Vincent Millay

In heaven today

The blossoms have come along

Waves Mountain high

‘The big waves rolled on’-William Mc Gonagall

How wonderful are the works of God

The birds

The flowers

Getting a job

With great ability and possibility

Enchanting and sweet

The flower of the army is like a hero bold

Britannia forever

College memory?

The endless reverie

‘Learning from the starry men’-W.B.Yeats

‘The whirling ways of stars’-W.B.Yeats

‘There is a grave

Where daffodil and lily wave’-W.B.Yeats

In the sands

His quiet hands

‘Drop many an azure tear’-W.B.Yeats

A crack in my heart

Too much weight

Leyland cross

The pebbly street

Lonely melody

Lonely mystery

Love in the end

Bouncing balloon hearts in the sky

‘In twilight of dew and of fire’-W.B.Yeats

‘Folk dance like a wave of the sea’-W.B.Yeats

Sweet sounds together

A sweet little tale

A sweet little letter in the mail

The secret between you two?

Unimaginable happiness

In the comfort of my bed

My eyes are opening

The birds are singing

In the evening

Candlelight

Fades,flickers,dies

Drink your milk

Drink your milk

Said the school teacher

I woke up in a kind bed

Map of stars above

‘Scattered like pebbles’-Carol Ann Duffy

Christmas

Dissolving into childhood

Hoping for a turtledove

‘Lady,sweetheart,princess’-Carol Ann Duffy

‘The song of sunset,starlight psalm’-Carol Ann Duffy

‘My breasts swell for your lips’-Carol Ann Duffy

English rain

A two-hour snog

‘In the bedroom with thousand eyes’-Carol Ann Duffy

The smell of a baby’s head

Like vulnerable flowers

‘Love,love,love on my mind’-Carol Ann Duffy

A poem attached to my heart

‘My lovers words were shooting

Stars which fell to the earth as kisses’-Carol Ann Duffy

A blown up photograph

A photo on my phone

A moment together

Young and fragrant

Sun on the seafront

Crazy song

Amazing lungs!

‘The watercolour of them all’-Carol Ann Duffy

‘Forever in the sea’-Carol Ann Duffy

Thunder and lightning

For dramatic effect

Baking

The soft golden buttercream

Smart magazines

The embers are glowing red

Inside my heart

Need a brain wave

He raised a bandaged paw

But I didn’t want anymore

Something in the city

Strawberries for you

Hmmmm coffee

Hmmmm chips when it’s cold!

Puddings and pies of incredible size!!!

Sweet smelling hay

An ice cream on the way

They shine

A magic skyline

An anthem,a constellation

Lovely dewdrops in the jewellery shop window

The sunny pathway

A part of fairyland

‘My affection on this little flower’-William Mc Gonagall

Beautiful parks and tidal streams

Wanting the sea

'A heaven round the stars'

‘A heaven round the stars’-Dylan Thomas

Grasping for more summer

‘A balanced bright star’-Carol Ann Duffy

Water meadows

I need a small boat

The sun and her ruby flare

A palace on the water

A picture by a daughter

A shield,emblem

The Lake District

Angel on these hills

But I glinted my eyes

The pub

Swapping stone’s and pints

‘One luminary clock against the sky’-Robert Frost

A million eyes falling to the ground

The Lamb shank

A dream and a dance

I turned on my torch and

I watched you from the porch

A tower of love

You were taller than me

A bedroom ceiling

With stars on it

Poems in our backpacks,ready for school

‘The sky reddens over cities’-Donald Hall

A song in the valley

Marriage

Your sweet hand

My love for you

I loved you more than the Angels

Galactic Love Poem

Warm your feet at the sunset

Before we go to bed

Read your book by the light of Orion

With sirous guarding your head

Then reach out and switch off the planets

We’ll watch them go out one by one

You kiss me and tell me you love me

By the light of the last setting sun

We’ll both be up early tomorrow

A new universe has begun’-Adrian Henry

I glared at you

Cared for you

Said a prayer to be with you

Lied down bare breasted

Cute and cool

If we had got together

Made love in hot,hot weather

I could have floated in your eyes forever

And watched you like a falling feather

I imagined us talking

Smiling and hands stroking

Walking out of the club

Falling in love,glancing above

For Songs

‘For songs among the secret trees’-Christina Rossetti

‘My heart and I’-Elizabeth Barrett Browning

‘A ceremony of Sandwich’-Maxine Kumin

‘It’s in the arch of my back,

The sun of my smile,

The ride of my breasts,

The grace of my style,

I’m a women

Phenomenally

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me’-Maya Angelou

Peace and rhyme

A modest time

‘In the wings of geography’-Joseph Brodsky

Steamy letters,

Your old sweater,

I remember

‘Moans with melody’-Langston Hughes

‘Walked around with stars,hand in hand’-Rachel Korn

‘The ray that haloes’-Carolyn Kizer

‘America is this correct?’-Allen Ginsberg

‘Cosmological finger’-Dmitry Bobyshev

‘We are stardust’-Joni Mitchell

My snog is in the hands of God!!!

Summer highlights

Putting on the summer bedding

Going to my cousins wedding

Having a pedicure

By the Lake of Allure

In her dress,she looked so pure

When she danced,it was forever

The sun came out just in time

And I saw lot’s and lot’s of hills to climb

Our Sophie was a flowergirl

Her eyes shone like stars above the world

Our John took his place on the dancefloor

Played to the camera,Mr Twinkle Toes!

The day was magical

It was an Auricle (hearts chamber!!)

The food tasted really good

We drank the wine like an open bud

We listened to the wedding speeches

As the bride and groom dreamed of

‘alone time’ and golden beaches

I took some photographs,

Catching JoJo walk down the path

Drinking champayne served by hotel staff

Watching my cousin breakdance

Catching up with uncles and aunts

There was a cutting of the cake

And the confetti looked like snowflakes

I think I had too much to drink I do,

But I also had a hotel bed to sink into!

Summer lowlights

Countless time’s being caught in the rain

Dealing with daily headache pain

Summer blues

Everyone’s pairing off in two’s

I’m trying to like different foods

I step on the scales and

I forget about the sales!

Ordered books on amazon

That were way too thin and

Not attending after or swim

Not getting a job or any interviews

I pray a little to God

My ideal Summer

Starts in January

Ditching the chocolate for

Juicy strawberries!

Attending the gym and feeling like I can win

Watching the weight melting away

Breaking a smile everyday

Then I can book a holiday

Finding the perfect bikini

Feeling like a bond girl with

A glass of martini

Touching his hands on the dancefloor

Glinting my eyes as he open’s the taxi door

And lot’s of laughing and photographing

In total awe

On my side,someone kind,that wants me more