Autumn rain is determined to tap against the panes of your soul Defiantly strumming your hair in deep silent reflection: Now is moot For you are lost to wind’s clawing of this moment; gone like fallen fruit Oh detachment, you stole her from me; so easily that labour is done Time’s distance drifts,…
Author: pearldiver
~ Writer * Poet * Graphic & Website Designer * Anti BS Advocate ~ Current Passions: The Injustice of Pike River 2010 & Matata 2005 ~
‘Immunity Beyond Repair’
Far deeper lies all reason for my churlishness For most unbridled qualities are seldom seen unless one genuinely explores the sedimentary depth of human nature, of pain or the life that has been “How sad,” they say “Such a broken man!” “How wrong they are,” say I When ’tis merely a tried and true…
‘What Remains Beyond Love’
“What do you know of love?” a mirror scoffed “Look at you, old and out of touch!” What indeed, does one know of love when foolishly measured by so much? Reflective smiles give nothing away Just those unseen heartbeats deafening all but one’s distant lover too far apart, for far too long Love…
‘When the Matata Dams Burst’
(2005 Matata Debris Flow) How life can turn in a second split Felled logs, giant rocks riding silted floods of denial and acts of negligence, the sham Quarry sluicing is not to blame, they cry No evidence exists that there was a dam When 3 forty year old debris…
‘Learning to Become a Wave’
(Tiri Tiri Matangi Island ~ My Lighthouse Home as it was) Rounded rocks glisten with each lap, lap, lap of small splashes learning to become waves On the western side of my island home great life is born to play In a magical place that holds the essence of many souls Whispering to…
‘What Say You?’
(A Tornado’s Perspective) Trust me not with your children For I will strip them from your arms Your selfish pleas ignored Weak, sobbing sadness dashed Ha, as are your dreams! What say you now, of home? Of long life, in tornado alley? I have broken you with ease Freed you from the foolishness of…
‘Dinner Date’
‘Dinner Date’ That caterpillar walk Moving with intent Determined to get her man Before he ate the sweets! Emmm, obese desires… ~ (Tanka style by Pearldiver) Copyright © 2015 Rob Welsh – Pearldiver with all rights reserved.
‘The Shame of Pike River’
‘The Shame of Pike River’ Here, down here we remain: Here, in New Zealand’s dark history the longest shift to truly believe, we’d see the sunlight again We need a beer and a shower and real sleep The batteries failed down here, oh so very long ago But still in hope, we work…