Martin Shone's Blog, page 40
July 13, 2015
Thank you
Many thanks to everyone who entered my Goodreads giveaway to win signed copies of my two books Silence Happens and Being Human.
1039 people entered the competition and three winners were selected. I’m sorry if you are not one of the winners but if you would like to read them, they are available to buy through either Amazon or Lulu :)
Thank you :)
July 12, 2015
Elemental deeps
***
There is a magic
within us, a magic … thing
Elemental deeps
***
To be loved
~
… folded into your smile
falling into your heart
flying deep into your soul …
Is this a witchcraft
Is this a sunburst
Is this nothing but a crease in time
… how soft the wind blows between us
how sweet the fragrance of our moments
how sultry is the air after the rain …
Is this a dance
Is this a thunderstorm
Is this nothing but a forest fire of emotion
…
Is this a dream
Is this a dream
Is this nothing but a dream of wishful thinking
where nothing is real
where you are yet to be found
where to be loved by each single petal of your spirit’s flowering
is but an eternity away
for you are yet to be found
for you are nowhere
and yet
there are times when the trees
embrace me
when the sunrise
kisses me
when the moon
enchants me
and when the very air
seduces me
… I’m wishing it was you
wherever you are
and whoever you are …
I’m wishing it was you
July 7, 2015
Perhaps a smile
The wanderings of souls
how each moment of their existences
is but a fleeting glimpse
of Love
is but a glimmer
of Time
is but a fractured unicorn’s heartbeat
dribbling its silver
into leaves soaked by the early morning mists
of Eternity
How is it possible
that such random paths
of Solitude
somehow manage to find
Love in an Eternity of Time
These existences of shadowy almost moments
breathe only to find
the warmth of another
to share the colours of beginning
and so create
the roots of Life
and so create
the leaves for which unicorn’s tears
bless with their magic
and yet
how many of these beautiful creatures need to bleed
before we realise
we only need to look around us
to see that Love is already here
we simply need to touch
with perhaps a smile
the wandering souls around us …
and yet
sometimes we all need a little magic …
July 6, 2015
Poet Laureate! Not this time :)
I entered a poetry competition to win a week’s stay at the Pacuare Nature Reserve in Costa Rica and to become their Poet Laureate for a year and as you can see from the title, I did not win :)
The prompt was to write a poem of up to 100 lines on the subject of wildlife or the boundaries between the human and the natural.
This was my entry.
The elegance of things
The elegance of things
touching atmospheres of all
The beauty of mist
rising in droplets of beginnings
The feelings one feels
upon seeing within her turmoils
the calm of patient resilience
The elegance of things
growing strength from weakness
The simplicity of knowing
how we became such things as we are
The feelings one feels
upon reaching inside nature’s heart
to feel her beats of life
The elegance of things
sun rising and sun setting
The structure of shadows
stretching to build new horizons
The feelings one feels
upon hearing the songs of her children
as they are born, as they die
The elegance of things
freeing the auras to shine
The empathy of humanity
slowly turning the pages of reason
The feelings one feels
upon breathing her scent of morning
as she flowers her beauty
The elegance of things
growing in the darkness
The chaos of time
sending ripples into eternity
The feelings one feels
upon imagining her hidden smile
waiting to ignite
The elegance of things
beautifying within and without
The wild life of nature
erupting with free spirits of peace
The feelings one feels
upon hearing the songs of her children
as they die, as they are born
~
As a leaf falls
know this Earth is not ours
July 2, 2015
The prophecy of love’s kiss
***
Yonder soft orange
peeling away the daydreams
Evening warmth begins
To foretell the truth
of things we already know
Love begins to bloom
To foretell the truth
of things we have lost in time
Love blooms inside us
To foretell the truth
of things inside one and all
Love flowers love’s kiss
Yonder soft orange
peeling away the daydreams
Evening warmth begins
***
June 28, 2015
The curse of it all
The curse of it all
The blessing of it all
The dark bark of it all
The beauty of it all
To reflect upon it all
is to grow heavy
weary
under the onslaught of her silence
and like a bee to the purple
like a shadow to the moon
like a shimmer from reflected grace
the truth will blind us soon
When once there was a seedling
When once there was a smile
When once there shined a coal-black eye
Thine fervent beauty came alive
The curse of it all
The blessing of it all
The dark bark of it all
The beauty of it all
To hear the tune of it all
is to grow feathers
wings
under the onslaught of her wisdom
and like a finger to the ‘bow
like a bird to the nest
like a light from distant shores
the truth will come to rest
~
A spiritual distance of starlight
shines the love of angels
upon the hearts of those
who write the same song
June 17, 2015
Upon all things
There is a sound in nature
which settles like the finest silk
upon all things
and as we walk through the forests
the mountains
meadows and streams
these soft tinkling diamonds of life
vibrate the ever changing arena
into a cacophony of gentle kisses
a cacophony of such minuteness
we hear it only as birdsong and the babbling brook
yet if we were to become attuned to the very essence of nature
we would hear the discords and the anger
ravishing the world with such a passion
and we would feel what it is like to be used and destroyed
over and over again
and yet she gives us birdsong and the babbling brook
because she sees we are blind and young
and she is old and kind
and she knows her green will remain
regardless of change
for in the wild of her heart
there is a sound of chaotic beauty
building with an eternity of gentle kisses
the future of humankind
June 14, 2015
Screech!
Wildflowers adorn the mirrored walls
in silent reflections of eternity
as tables sit with an emptiness of patience
relishing the memories of lost conversations
and faded aromas of coffee and toast
the stillness drifts into the shadows
to wrap itself around the legs of chairs
waiting in anticipation for the air of fresh hungry tongues
and OH! Just listen to it screech in delight!
Much to the annoyance of the poet!
Win a signed copy of my new book :)
Would you like a signed copy of my new book, Being Human, for free? Yes? Oh that’s good because I have 3 copies to give away for free! Follow the links below to my Goodreads Giveaway page for a chance to win :)
If you win, you will also get a free signed copy of my first book, Silence Happens, how about that! :)
Good luck!
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Being Human
by Martin Shone
Giveaway ends July 12, 2015.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
