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You are looking for something that isn’t here
‘You are looking for something that isn’t here’ . Mike emptied his web site and left these words, which have rung in my mind. Then Julia from Bulgaria introduced me to some stories by Paulo Coelho and a few days later I found, ‘The Pilgrimage’ by him. As I read the first few chapters I…
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Rosebay Willowherb
Pretty visitor I tried to bring you here With no success. Then in purple haze I couldn’t believe. There you were, Near Vatersay, Glowing. And alone in Northbay Happily waving in the wind. I knew you first From city building sites. Light as the wind you came Brightening the travellers journey Along the railway tracks,…
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Poem for The Girl who Doesn’t Read Poetry
And I have no where else to be, Except you, Let me touch Your imagination. And you. You are alive with youth, A Virgin dripping with honey. “No, don’t leave me. Virgin is not a four letter word.” You are the lovely round world, Volcanic, active, dangerous, Alive in your fresh dark forests. I am…
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A Mountain on Harris
From mist,And rocks, Strange animals appearAnd drawn to a simple cottage,EnteringI sleep…….. Then wake to cold reality of swirling mist. But climbing upAbove the mistBelow the clouds,Amazingly I see,Beyond the haunted rocksBright mountains, lochsAnd cottages along the rocky coast,Lit by the sun. And I am lost for wordsFor I,Like youFor secret placesHave left the world…