Thursday, September 24, 2015

To G...

I have been urged not to desist in this,
Which is  the distillation of the lived -
And this is my reply to that kind urge.
Of course! I shall endeavour to persist
To crystallize the not-yet-formed within,
To make that sparkle which before was dim,
And, doing so, bequeath a heart-felt hymn
To what the mind can formulate and keep
Upon the sullen vastness of the deep.



Monday, September 7, 2015

Hail, hail rock'n'roll

Just no-ones, burning to achieve their goal,
The hungry rockers lent their music soul
Enough to captivate each eager heart
That longed to beat to a rhythm apart.
And now they rock on far beyond that guise
In which they first appeared before our eyes -
Rapt eyes that ran the scale from young to old -
And as they took their place in ways untold
The stars of rock awoke in fans devotion
Which was their due through passion and commotion.
How many plaudits justly they have earned
Ascending to the fame for which they yearned!