Author: Philomena

The girls laughed and heaped more sea-weed on the luscious pile where Lavinia sat They all had scuba masks and snorkels It wasn’t that That made me grin, just their glee and yelps in high pitch The shore was busy with delight all ages played and filled my sight with happiness Waves carried brown bodies…

The girls laughed and heaped more sea-weed on the luscious pile where Lavinia sat They all had scuba masks and snorkels It wasn’t that That made me grin, just their glee and yelps in high pitch The shore was busy with delight all ages played and filled my sight with happiness Waves carried brown bodies…

Send me a pocket of oranges picked when the sun was full ripe and chilled in an ocean of darkness see if the lillies are budding and was it right to bouquet them? Did the light play upon the water as the hearse lay my body down No fruit nor blooms can touch me as…

We watch beauty in leaves falling Carpets colour in time With grace we farewell our loved one Trusting they are now thine Calling to you calling home When we answer you are listening all the time we run by Seeking solace and some comfort Then your arms open wide Calling to you calling truth Rising…

When the mind as in the moon takes waning phases The melodies and tunes stay undefined Edging  closer to its  pages The book stays closed tethered leaves on branches intertwined Then Spring will rush the head and bud the blossom Deep within the soul the spirit calls Lending colour to the brightening day time Breathing…

I am sitting on a one way bus to nowhere open- topped in desert screams are heard or lost in rushing moments No one listens, eardrums bleed. Jumped on in night with hopes of homeward recognized no one it seems Lost in plight I wake this morning mystified by my night’s dream Actors on a…

If time measured love Instead of hours hearts would not cease Sun would set embraces Moon would light belief The clock could not tick it’s seconds Childs’ play not end or chase old couple’s smiling presence Young lovers full intense The garden grows unfettered by chiming of a knell each tree and mountain climbing the…

there’s a golden globe that bounces in Gisborne laps up  surf     langours in sand trees shift their branches wafting in greeting not to be missed     paint pallets no justice define not the still of a sunset epiphany risking its will we bow in deep envy praise mighty relief pleasure intensifies natures…

  ‘m   If time measured love instead of hours hearts would not cease Sun would not set  embraces       Moon would light belief     the clock could not tick its seconds Childs play nor cease or chase old couples smiling presence young lovers deep intense   the garden grows unfettered by chiming…

This chink of Light Ah now I ‘ll open up a smile for you and tease your curling lips to lift and seek a pout of peace Infuse your minds eclipse Since hope is hovering o’er us at this sweet hour delight When children seek a wondrous star and lonely people spite all their loss…

You think you know it all……………….. Yet do you know if there’s ocasionally a moment When the sun prefers decline than shine? Like the man in the moon…… The sun, she can change her tune Day when the seconds run so dry and up in that sky, she taunts us to be done for the…

Hearth rug holds no magic but look into the blaze and see An island floating in the ocean ,palm trees swaying in the breeze My hand ,trickles the sand as I tickle your imagination In anticipation of the sea foam flickering like embers on our knees Trade winds and the moons faze the tide we…