Category Archives: Poetry

More serious verse

bird

Posted on July 10, 2022 by AnElephantCant

bird waves rumbleround the rocksin November sunshine I sitgazing at the Mediterraneanmy mindfar awayacross the planetor somewheredeep inside myselfwhen I seeoverheada solitary bird a waterfowlperhapsa Canada Goose a memory stirsI start to smileandmy heart sings Click here to hear the … Continue reading →

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back to Glasgow

Posted on July 3, 2022 by AnElephantCant

back to Glasgow as I walk the beachesof the Côte d’Azuror swim in the warmthof the Mediterraneanmy favourite of all seasmy thoughts still sometimessurprise me by driftingback to Glasgow I write every dayand most stories are situatedin Medville in the … Continue reading →

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Shadow in the Mirror

Posted on June 29, 2022 by AnElephantCant

Shadow in the Mirror I glimpse the shadow in the mirroras soft and dark as midnight airmy eyes are slow to see the outlineof the space where once you were you took the sunshine when you left meI live now … Continue reading →

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leaving

Posted on June 28, 2022 by AnElephantCant

leaving it’s still numpty o’clockas the plane clambers awkwardlyout of Edinburghthe sun creeps from the Forthwhere the river meets the North Seashowing the three great bridgesin silhouette I smileknowing that this afternoonI’ll be home againin my own corner of Paradiseon … Continue reading →

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the last time

Posted on May 25, 2022 by AnElephantCant

I didn’t know I didn’t knowit was the last timeI’d ever hold your handorI’d have clasped it longerand more consciouslyand treasured every touch I didn’t knowit was the last timeI’d ever hear you laughorI’d have tried harderto be funnyto prolong … Continue reading →

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if I could

Posted on May 16, 2022 by AnElephantCant

if I could if I could live my lifeagainthere are so many thingsI’d try to dodifferently like spend less timechasing rainbowsand morejust holding you like stopsearching vast Highland meadowsfor a unicorn to rideand wandering round Scalpsie Bayseeking mermaidsto dance with … Continue reading →

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the future

Posted on May 10, 2022 by AnElephantCant

the future today is the endof all that we wereof all that we promisedourselvesand each other you thought I was perfectfor youyou saidbut you said itin the past tenseand not the presentsotoday is the endof the future *** Click here … Continue reading →

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when I think

Posted on May 4, 2022 by AnElephantCant

when I think when I think of youI remember your hairuntamedtumbling across my pillowso thatwhile you sleepI breathe the scentof the Mistraldancing in the curls when I think of youI remember your eyessparklingtelling me everything I wantso thatI hear a … Continue reading →

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poetry

Posted on April 17, 2022 by AnElephantCant

poetry people ask whyI write poetryand I sayI don’t thinkI do I just write wordsin an attemptoften futileto make sense of thingslikethe worldmy lifeother peopleand me and sometimeswhat I writeturns out to bemore like a poemthan a story whyI can’t … Continue reading →

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love

Posted on March 20, 2022 by AnElephantCant

love first loveis exactly thatthe first time everanyone has lovedlike you do forgetRomeo and JulietAnthony and Cleopatraeven Homer and Margethis is the real thing and when it endsso does the world last loveis very differentyou knowit’s been done beforeby youand … Continue reading →

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