May 2026 Poetry and Paintings

Here you can read all the poems I wrote in 2025 accompanied by some of the paintings created.  This month I have been spending time playing, experimenting and creating with clay and it's tactile nature which means there was a lot less digital art but still a lot of poetry. 

Soporific songs 

Serenely stifle starlight

Silhouetting storms

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Reality is increasingly disjointed

Causing emotions to be contorted

How we long to be transported

From being endlessly disappointed 

By the powers that we appointed

As they unravel life despite being unsupported 

Unravelling life

Discarding messy falsehoods

Celebrating truth

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In stillness I discover my curiosity

I quietly observe the natural world

Where rest and refreshment are essential

And creativity is part of everyday 

That is the perfect way

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Debating patience

Whilst the world declares despair

Taking time to heal

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Cwtch me

Never let me go again

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Forsaking sense we push through pain until we scream out loud

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Fragrant florals

Radiate resilience 

Adapting aromatically 

Nuancing Nicaragua 

Gorgeously gnarly 

Intoxification 

Pink plumeria 

Advance agreeably 

Nightly notating

Imagination

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The soul of a robin is eternal yet youthful

Dancing on each new glimpse of dawn

Leading the chorus in songs ever tuneful

Balancing life lines carefully drawn

Whispering messages deeply truthful 

Then singing out gentle lives withdrawn

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A little bird, a flash of red

The spirit bright through years sped

Each morning's light, inspire a leap

Secrets known, the heart does keep

A gentle song, a whispered word

For every sorrow that is heard

Till joy erupts, a happy tune

Soothing mourners beneath the moon

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Fairytales destroy

Opportunities to dream 

Of equality

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Reminiscence flies 

In the face of destruction

Learning old lessons

Learning old lessons

Preparing for better days

Joining together

Joining together

Creating light in the dark

Optimistically

Optimistically

Bringing fresh change hopefully

Moon eyes tearfully

Water ideas joyfully

Cheering for humanity

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Whisper on the wind

Summoning bright May flowers

When you need me, call

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Humanity cares

Despite opposite actions 

I'll hold onto hope

I'll hold onto hope

Though distant thunder echoes

Warning of fresh storms

We will prepare without fear

Because humanity cares

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Fireflies flutter

Furiously freeing fire

Fantastic freedom

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As the eclipse ends

Bright light blinds the unaware

Hope overcomes hell

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Punctuated equilibrium, the rise and fall of life

Reinforcing faithful continuance whether we are strong or weak

Alleluias rise in quiet whispers and loud proclamations

Yielding hearts and minds into a position of trust

Earnestly and energetically we join in praise

Receiving the holy spirit anew each and every day

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Yearning for shadow

Places beyond gazing eyes

Discovering peace

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As heat elevates

Backseat drivers sing and shout 

Dissonance delays 

Perfecting progressively

Despite imperfect progress 

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Sun burns my skin

Air tastes like ash

World feels so thin

Life reduced to a dash

Buildings all broken

Familiar faces gone

Words left unspoken

Just endless bleak dawn

What would be left?

Just hunger and fear

No joy, all bereft

Year after sad year

No thank you, I say

This ending feels kind

Better fade away

Than live in the world left behind

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A jumble of noise and tangled pain

Accompanied by hums of aching sighs

Facing the end of dust and acid rain

I don't choose that path under burning skies

Dark futures loom with shadows we can't flee

A broken land where shadows darkly creep

No hope remains, no solace waiting for me

Just barren earth where withered seeds still sleep

The final scene, a stage I dread to tread

A hollow echo where love songs once played

To see it all, the living and the dead

My spirit whispers, leave me where I'm slayed 

So no, I do not seek any post apocalyptic fight

This world is enough, I'll go out with the light

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World falling apart

Can't move, don't want to live it

Let it all end now

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Do I want to survive the apocalypse 

I can't think of anything worse than this

No chance I can cope without any power 

Don't want to get burned by a fallout shower 

I'd rather go down in a ball of flames 

At least I won't have to face injustice again

I'd love my last memory on this Earth 

To be flowers and love not horror and dearth

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Counting my blessings

Observing flowers in bloom

I will not forget

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Planting hopefulness

Encouraging faithful growth

Waiting for flowers

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Embers of truth burn

At stakes of power and greed

Ignite compassion

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My God whose light and grace shine ever bright

Stills my soul, where others tell me lies

With vast unending love  you guide my flight

I see you mirrored in the great wide skies

No end is found to love now taken hold

A constant stream that rises in my core

A story whispered, always to be told

Felt and known, through all my days and more

You are the space where all my being thrives

The endless depth where true belonging starts

Through all my days your energy arrives

And fills the chambers of my trusting heart

In Earthly space you invite us to reside

Your love is true and will always abide

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Every breath of love now smothered

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She screamed, her truth still unspoken  

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In silence she lost her voice

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Those who can not see

Are outcast by those who can

True friends step within

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Darkness drains depth

Light lanterns lift leaden loads 

Breathing breathlessly

(Collom Lune poem)

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Sight silently slips into sorrowful shadows 

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Whimsical sunlight

Glints at the edge of vision 

Etched in silver gilt

Shadows darken canvases 

Rainbow celebrations dance 

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Is it mind over matter 

Determinedly trying to walk 

Even though I keep falling down

I can't advocate that thought

So how about matter over mind

Accepting the bodily limitations

Finding a way to love myself 

Despite the affectations 

I reckon that, in reality

It's more like mind with matter

Though I do mind that the matter's broken 

It mostly matters that the mind is kind 

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With serpents in my hair 

I gaze upon your stoney face

Why do you stare?

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Weeping skies flood minds

Sadness pours into pure souls

Tears heal broken hearts 

Lost inside a heartfelt dream 

Nightmares are washed clean with hope

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The page held its breath... Humorous lines tickled the tongue

New hope now begun

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A quiet warmth, a gentle hum

Not made of bread, nor fruit, or rum

It fills you up, though has no taste

Warming the heart, no time to waste

A loving word, a friendly smile

Makes spirits bright for quite a while

A song you love, a story told

Worth more than silver, more than gold

If feeling down when skies are grey

This food will chase the clouds away

Helping you flourish, stretch and grow

The sweetest gift you'll ever know

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Discovering solace by the sea

Enjoying the sunset reverie

All summer long healing cathartically

Looking forward to wintery apricity 

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Unravel my heart

Uncover jewels in the dirt 

Unwinding my pain

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Resting my eyes

From the glare of the sun

The sun dips low, the day finally done

Closing the book, the story slides

Resting my eyes

There's nothing to hide

The screen fades to grey

Quiet hours slip away

Resting my eyes 

A peaceful calm descends on all I cannot see

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Homeland: a place where love isn't limited

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The page held its breath... Praying to be understood

Hopefully

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Darkening heat

The cost of complacency 

Opalescent truth

Hiding behind dwindled dawn  

Hazey days blazing with tears

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Maybe life wasn't ever meant to be a straight line

Maybe we were falsely promised that we were in control

Maybe we were meant to learn about letting go

Maybe faith and love are more important than effort and success

Maybe others are something in me that I'll never spot in myself

Maybe everyone feels they could do more

Maybe everyone is fighting daily struggles

Maybe life is all about the mountains and valleys and not the destination

Maybe slowing down and being is a gift

Maybe I'll look back on days of pain and fatigue with thanks

Maybe, just maybe, today is the best day to live today

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Gold glimmers

Where light pierces the darkness

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Midnight memories

Dance across my inner sight

Delightful rainbows

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Darkness is falling

Obscuring rainbow colours

Beyond my sight

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I am merely me

Doing as well as can be 

Everyone else is themselves

No one sat on the shelves

The thing that I can't understand

Is why we compare where we stand

The best thing about humanity is our separate identity

You are you, I am me, individually

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