Category: Audio Version

• Haiku #40 – Little Angel *

  Haiku # 40 – Little Angel My little Angel Unspoiled yet by worldly cares Free from grief and woe

  November 21, 2022

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• Guilt *

  Guilt I feel a sense of responsibility for every disaster. What did I do to cause it? What did I not do to cause it? What could I have done to prevent it? What did I not do to prevent it? Every calamity comes with a burden of guilt. That’s just the way things are,…

  November 21, 2022

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• Remembrance *

  Remembrance Day is fast approaching, another November 11th will soon slip by and into the dimming past. The days when I would don my kilt and take up my pipes to mark the day at some solemn ceremony are also fading, kept alive only in the memory of those much younger than myself. The youngsters…

  November 9, 2022

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• Reap What You Sow *

  Reap What You Sow (maybe) But it’s that little qualifier hanging off the end that distinguishes “The Golden Rule (you know, that “do unto others”, etc. stuff) from a self-serving trade-off where one prays like a Pharisee at the Temple in the mistaken certainty of winning a seat in heaven.  Even the Golden Rule should…

  September 6, 2022

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• Dignity *

  Dignity I was 10 (-ish).  I was walking with my father, tracing the banks of the Humber River in mid-summer.  It was hot and we had been at the chore for a while.  We were well south of the Dundas Bridge on the east shore of the river.  We had made our way through Lambton…

  September 5, 2022

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• Tend To Your Flock *

  Tend To Your Flock Tend to your flock as you see fit And I will tend to mine. I know the ways of stealthy thieves Their thirst for easy prey. I sleep beside my gentle charges, Aware of every sound. No threat, no stealthy low approach Escapes my watchful gaze. I know them all by…

  September 4, 2022

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• Gently *

  Gently Waves gently lapping Gulls gently soaring Breezes gently blowing Music gently playing Thoughts gently occurring Clouds gently drifting Ideas gently unfolding Words gently speaking Friends gently caring Children gently playing Me gently resting All things being gentle As they gently aught.

  September 3, 2022

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• Let The Show Begin *

  Let The Show Begin * Curtains drawn and footlights dimmed The audience hushed with anticipation Dressed in finest gowns and precious jewels Programmes tightly rolled and clutched To perfumed bodices of lace. With escorts seated at their side Chaffing at too-stiff collars and too-tight shoes Anxious to be home to watch the game, The critics…

  September 3, 2022

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• Let’s Go For A Ride *

  Let’s go for a ride. Let’s go for a ride. Climb in the car, hop on the bike. Let’s go for a spin, hold on tight. Let’s take to the highways, the endless byways. Let the miles roll on by and by. Let’s go for a ride. Laughing and singing into the wind. Destinations all…

  September 2, 2022

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• Drifting In The Past *

  Drifting In The Past Ragged pictures fade in and out, Galleon clouds with tattered sails, Mist-shrouded images of things gone by, A dream with eyes wide open Or a dream within a dream. Persistent memories that will not fade, Not that I would wish them to, Appear before my eyes. I can recall almost as…

  September 2, 2022

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