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COLLECTION 10 SHORT POEMS The sun fell on the wings of blackbirds Whilst a bee assaulting a rosebud Hummed to life’s rhythmic song And a billion seeds took flight in the breeze ………………………………………….. A damaged jealous heart watched As black roses floated away on the tide And a memory painted a thousand pictures Whilst waiting for the fat lady to sing …………………………………………… There were no fireflies to light the sky As in the darkness poets walked on marigolds And a trampled rain of purple emotion Swept across the bridge of no regrets ………………………………………………. Hiding from the moonlight Two lovers fondly embraced And the eyes of the stars twinkled For the stars see everything ……………………………………………….. A black hole devoured a dying star Whilst a hungry moon looked on in envy And a pride of lions roared applause As they waited patiently to make a kill ………………………………………….. In a city of moonless nights She wandered in the shadows Looking to be loved Without the price of pain ……………………………………….. A burning desert sun waited Whilst soldiers dug gardens with grenades Leaving only ash to fill their water bottles As roots of grief lifted from the damaged earth ………………………………………………. The green hills are drinking the clouds And a grey shower of thoughts Sits outside the shuttered window As the last petal falls from a faded rose …………………………………….. peter Kelly copyright 2013
MY TRIBUTE Today I stand in silence and say a prayer for you my thoughts are with your loved ones friends and families true you gave your life for country for freedom and mankind to make the world a better place and peace for all to find Your memory lives forever etched solid in my mind unspoken pledges we did make they all remained unsigned deep there in our comradeship our trust, our hopes, and so we did what was expected till it was time for you to go So now I stand alone and strong with tear drops in my eye my life I would have given but you were chose to die life may take from me so many things for which once, I may have cared they will never take the memories when we lived, we laughed, we dared. Peter Kelly Copyright 2014 To all the comrades I lost in the British and Rhodesian armies, and for fallen warriors everywhere.
BRIEF ENCOUNTER I kissed me a rainbow The night that we met We danced in the rain Yet never got wet The stars were diamonds That shone in her eyes Her smile full of passion A dream in disguise We laughed and we loved Throughout the long night A two heart encounter Until dawns early light We were drawn together Two moths to a flame But I’ll always regret Not knowing her name. peter Kelly copyright 2014
COLLECTION 5 Short Poems As a volcano spewed its lava Dragon’s breast fed on fire And confusion ran blindly Towards the open gates of hell …………………………………………… Lurking in a shaded labyrinth of darkness Pieces of broken hearts ran In a futile search to be free As the world exploded in silence ………………………………………. On a boulder of darkness And wearing a shroud of tears She danced with turquoise memories To the music that comes from within ………………………………………. Running under a storm filled sky The three pillars of wisdom Escaped from the devils closet But the politicians handed them back ……………………………………….. Flashes of lightening assaulted the sky As the moon hid beneath cloud blankets And a snowy owl pretended to sleep But with one eye he watched the world …………………………………………. Time walked with a bowed head On the black hill of shadows As innocents collided with evil And the poet wore a dead mans suit ……………………………………….. The summer sun shone On a fist full of dust and soil Where dried out seeds of hypocrisy Waited impatiently to be plucked From the womb of infidelity ………………………………………. The devil danced on the dark side of the moon As black ants feasted on the remains of love As the veins of hope were drained By anti clockwise revolutions On the windmills of humanity …………………………………………. Reflections from a summer sunrise Played beneath the lemon tree As a wistful tangerine mist Waved goodbye to the morning dew ………………………………….. The moon stretches down its hand To those left sleeping in poppy fields As the wind blows seeds of memories On the silent meadows of emotions ……………………………………. Shimmering twilight Reflected the salts of pain On a healing heart That wore no veil ……………………………………. The sun watched a kite without strings Dance through a rainbow As children climbed Through the cobwebs of innocence ………………………………………… As the sun hid behind a cloud Peace climbed a stairway to nowhere And the old poets prose became A stampede of question marks …………………………………………. In a deluge of swift darkness The truth – not frightened by bullet or ink Breathed life on dying embers And flames of hope kissed the moon ……………………………………….. No words were needed As under a crescent moon Their eyes met And a shooting star crossed the sky ……………………………………… Peter Kelly copyright 2013
COLLECTION 3 SHORT POEMS A caged bird with a mirror And a hand me down heart Fluttering on one wing Fell in love with its reflection ……………………………….. A star fell into a forest of thorns As snakes ate their own children And a hemlock mist rolled Over the sands of mankind’s guilt ……………………………. A shooting star Travelling on a train With no tracks Chased a rainbow Into a crystal canyon In search of a home …………………………………. Sunflowers bowed their golden heads As the sun said goodnight And the poet wrote of an almond love Waiting at the gates of the moon …………………………………… As the moon eclipsed the sun Black diamonds sparkled As a dying star fell In the corridors of uncertainty ………………………… The sun turned away In a smoked trance of helplessness As a child with a bloodstained umbrella Delivered a rose To an unnamed soldier ………………………………….. Beneath a cold moon The seeds of hope Fell from the tree Leaving bruised secrets Scattering in the wind …………………………………. In the valley of unwritten letters A grey shade of poetry Undresses the sleeping lion As a half moon floating Sleeps on a bed of tears ………………………………… The moon takes a bath Inside a sleeping volcano Of perfect dreams As the sun breaks The heart of a snowman ……………………………… A thousand dreams Surrendered to the stars As the moon casts its shadow On the blue side of loneliness …………………………… A seagull’s scream hangs in the air As the first ray of sunlight starts flirting With the dew drops on a wet rose ………………………………… Trekking beneath the stars Latched to a full moon Running with no shoes Towards the black hill Where dreams lie in shadows ……………………………… Peter Kelly copyright 2013
Collection 1a of short poems ………………………………………….. Do not fear climbing the mountain to reach the moon For at the summit sits a blind angel Conversing with the ghosts of poets And harvesting dreams Whilst the stars look on in awe ………………………………………………………… If the windows are sleeping Allow the sun to stand outside For later a yellow moon Will open the door ……………………………………………….. As a falling star that has finally found its place Next to another in a lovely constellation Where they will sparkle in the heavens forever So are dreams that linger until the dawn …………………………………………………… Poets it is said are wizards But wizards are poets of the soul Who infuse our world with magic That can turn dreams into reality ………………………………………………. Always sing the best you can For the world would be very silent If no birds sang Except those that sang the sweetest ………………………………………. When the world seems to have lost all color Go into the silence Then ask what it is you need to know …………………………………………… It was only a sunny smile And little it cost in the giving But like morning light It scattered the night And made the day worth living ………………………………….. Jupiter Roman God of the sky With sixty seven moons as lovers And magic rings that never cry All dancing dreams in cosmic colors ……………………………………… Imagine a universe with no galaxies No planets; no stars; no meteors No satellites and no moons A vast blackness Nothing to grow Nothing to become A never ending emptiness In which your dreams are forced to survive ……………………………………………….. It’s hard to think that the earth is one This poor sad bearer of wars and disasters Travelling round the sun with its load of gangsters Attended only by the lonely moon And our star guided dreams ……………………………………… peter Kelly copyright 2013
COLLECTION 4 of Short Poems A night watchman played solitaire by moonlight As beneath the smoothness of black silk The softness of an inner thigh was accepted And love danced to the tune of cosmic rhythm ……………………………………………………… Cloudlets forming crowds of snowy hued White robed moon maidens Entered the doors that never open To steal words from lovers lips …………………………………………….. Veined clots on the moons lung Reflected on blossoms of paradise As an artist with no brush Painted the spots on ladybirds …………………………………………. The earth sighed with cracked lips As a lonely baby cried And twilight dropped its curtain On a heart still waiting ………………………………….. The full moon shone on the city Where fat cats dined on corruption Bankers ordered more champagne And stars fell one by one into a casket of poverty ……………………………………………….. Dying stars abdicate a burnt shrine Leaving locked secrets of fire Searching for the cuckoos eggs In the golden nest of time …………………………………….. The sun reflected on silver helmets As a host of armored knights Carried a casket of dead poems To be sacrificed on pyres of broken hearts ……………………………………. Riding the white horse of fate And carried along on summer winds A rogue star fell to earth Searching for the scent of a woman …………………………………….. In the dark poverty of night Across the barrier of silence Blindfolded clouds hide a cracked moon As the ashes of dreams Are scattered on hungry sands ……………………………………………… Rippling reflections on water Gave a last sparkling smile As the sun played reveille And the sky devoured the moon …………………………………….. Through stained glass windows The last rays of the sun Sparkled on the golden cross Waiting to be bathed by a blue moon ………………………………… A star fell into a forest of thorns As snakes ate their own children And a hemlock mist rolled Over the sands of Mankind’s guilt ……………………………………… Peter Kelly copyright 2013
BLEACHED HEART How many times can you come up for air When you’re drowning in your tears How do you mend your shattered heart After so many wasted years How will you climb the mountain When your soul lies fast asleep How can you build a castle If your trust is buried deep Your heart is bleached with teardrops Let the sunshine rinse it clean Take the first step out of darkness You’ll soon find a different scene Where your soul will fly in freedom Then you may cast away the chains Soon you’ll find that trust is waiting In a world where love still reigns. peter Kelly copyright 2010
NO VALENTINE No valentine again this year No table set for two No candles set to light tonight Just sweet memories of you No present wrapped with ribbons No roses red and new No chocolates and no laughter But sweet memories I once knew No music in the background No hand that I can hold No words to say I love you Only memories etched in gold No champagne fizz and sparkle No lips that I can kiss No dancing in the shadows Just sweet memories that I miss peter Kelly copyright 2014
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