Living Is Poetry

Jazz Bar~ Smoothe Jazz Strong Feelings Dancing Sweet Rhythm Touch silken Warm skin Rich beauty Radiating Age old Love songs Sum up New emotions Love advances Take chances Step together Step back Discover your Hearts desire Swirl round Truth found Wait now Learn how Fingertips Swinging hips Our tune Starts soon....

Holiday Romance~ First Night~ They Meet... Her brown- eyed beauty, His angel-smile, He sits beside her leaning forward, Fairylights twinkle as music mingles, in the bar that Friday night. A vibrant flower with petals crimson, reaches over to share their moment, His lips brush hers, Their warmth surrounds them, Guarding against the evening chill. Bats encircle as shadows dance, her skin like velvet, their fingertips touching. His voice is gentle and yet he is strong, Energy flows like oceans between them. Backwards and forwards, So new and refreshing, They drink in this moment, He holds her awhile, Her brown-eyed, beauty, His angel smile. The Next Meeting~ They listen to some music, playing on the CD, "Especially for you and me." he says as he drives along. 'Baby, baby, baby' Feelings filter through her... " Do you know, I think I love you?" Clouds collect above them, Far on the horizon, Separate rain-storms crashing...

To Create A Potion~ Part I To create a magical life, take a fantasy that appeals to you, mix in a fairytale or three.... The potion, it will start to fizz, Colours vivid, Perfume sweet. Next you add a pinch of joy, Fires burn, Excitement mounts... Simmer slowly, Season to taste. Part II Real life, Chapped lips, Precious moments, Leisure trips. Wild success, Back flips, Creaky legs, Broad hips. Before this recipe's complete, Add some struggle, aching feet, When Fantasy and Reality meet. Combined they add a different touch, producing  those flavours we love so much.

Hippies~ In our dreams we fly to the moon, Sprinkle the sky with shimmering stars, Kiss the North Pole, Swim in a pool, crystal clear, magnificent, cool. Stand on a platform, looking out to sea, We swim with the fishes and love to be free. We sit on the moon, our feet dangling down, Admiring this country, loving that town. When you want adventure, take hold of my hand, that way we'll discover a new secret land where all is peaceful. Beauty surrounds with fantastic visions, exquisite sounds. We are together, We hold the key, Our ears really hear, Our eyes really see. We know life is simple, lovely and pure, When we're together there's much to explore. Each precious thing we know off by heart, Love keeps us together when we are apart.

Butterfly Memories~ The mist so cool, The air is still, We watched you settle on a flower, so delicate, a silver- blue, Sucking nectar, deep within.... Petals unfolded silently, The flower it smiled up to the sky. The petals brushed the tiny wings of the exquisite butterfly. Pollen dusted its legs and wings, soon to be carried far away, We watched that very precious thing, on that dark and cloudy day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Later as the sky turns dark, thousands of stars they sparkle down, I look to them and think of you, imagine what you are doing now. Once we were standing side by side, barefoot on a sandy shore, water lapping at our feet, yet I know we are no more.

Hope~ And yet- There you are, You grasp my hand, Hold me close, Dry my tears and dream with me. You sooths my fears, Your lust for life, Your outlook rare.... I seek and find you- Everywhere.

The Journey~ I was dreaming, I jolted awake, Knowing at last which path to take, One route familiar, comfortable and safe, The other, adventure, all at stake! I tremble as I face my path, The mountain is steep, the rocks are hard. I take one step forward, edging along, Choosing this life means I have to be strong. Another small step then I break out in sweat, I turn to look back, yet I feel no regret. This setting is tranquil, No cloud in the sky, and yet in the distance a bird starts to cry, Then it circles around me, it beckons me on... I return to my journey, I stumble along, Approaching a huge rock, I pull myself up, Cling on with both hands and try not to stop. I dare not look down or My body will freeze, I take some small comfort, from the heavenly breeze. My climb, it continues, I try not to falter, The sun it beats down, I have nothing to cool me, I force myself onwards... I arrive at the summit. I lie down exhausted, I close both my e...

Beauty~ Beauty rises from the water, walking barefoot in the sand, Wandering slowly to the hills, Reaching us across the land. Beauty smiles at our adventures Watching happily when we smile, For she knows we all are special, What we have is truly rare, We can conquer any distance, Work together then we can, build a world on sure foundation. Beauty pouring from the sky, showering us in every colour, Bathed us in sunlight, warm and beaming... Filling us with liquid light, tiny raindrops sprinkle downwards, so our bodies gently tingle... Beauty fuels the growing pleasure, radiating from this moment. Beauty knows the time has come, We may go our separate ways, Yet nothing formed will fall apart. What is meant will stay together. All we have is touched by Beauty, Held protected in her heart, Like a very precious jewel, Love will truly last forever.

There Is A Place~ There is a place that we can go, Look down at the rocks and the sea, A place so free... The wind and the rain know our place well, The sun, the moon and the stars all tell of its beauty. Unchanging nature, There for all time. We can sit and we can share, and our words will echo there, Whispering our secrets, carried by the breeze, overheard only by the trees. We tell our story... Yes we can talk about the past but if it's cold then we won't linger. Find a warm and cosy cafe, spend some time there sipping dreams, Happiness flows in tiny streams. As it builds our river widens, forces stronger, faster-flowing, to the sea our river is going. Join  the salty frothing waves, watch them rolling onto land, Stand there watching, hand in hand, marvelling at Nature's way, Try to find the words to say how it feels when dreams collide, mingling in the silvery sky, find their own place, high in the air bigger, stronger, floating ther...

The Sea~ Note the fathoms of the sea lapping calmly on the shore, Waves of blue, so strong and bold, flowers like bells move in the breeze... Egg shells scatter magic powder lifted headlong to the trees. Look at you so innocent, faltering footsteps softly made. Regal gaze sets you apart, Hope that nourishes the heart. Neon light, exotic, rare, Shimmer, flit across the water, Vessels sailing from the shore, Hope brings possibilities for me, knowing this can set us free.

Midnight~ Deep uplifting Midnight sky, covers me with endless magic. Life is full of vivid colour, bold, electric, sparkling, fizzing energy renews my soul. Charged with endless possibility- Silky, velvet, rich and soft, drape across my naked shoulders... Look at you so pure and dazzling, turning to smile at me directly. I do not know you but I know I like you.

Autumn~ Goodnight Summer, please sleep well, while thoughts inside my mind they swell... Teeming together, forming a kernel, growing a fruit from a flower blossom, Displaying petals so unique, that the bloom of Summer might last forever.

Poetry~ My words, Captured like photographs, Evidence that I existed- Now I'm tipping out the box, Overflowing, precious treasure spilling from inside my mind, Stooping to grasp them, Revisit them briefly with my fingers. Each memory it has its place ensuring my thoughts leave a trace. Place them back where they belong, store them somewhere safe and strong. Wrap each very precious thing in tiny strips of coloured velvet.... When I've finished, find a ladder, climb up deep inside my mind, Ensure nothing is left behind. Know that on a rainy day, when I 've little left to say, maybe trapped inside my home, tiptoe, quiet as a mouse, find my box of memories, gently blow away the cobwebs... Unfold each cloth and look inside, opening my mind incredibly wide to release each precious memory, hold it up, then set if free! Thinking back on all I did. Now I smile and close the lid. Every now and then a thought, once escaped, runs through my mind, h...

Now: My present will one day be my past, travelling with me into my future. To me, each love connects me at a deeper level, helping me to explore communication without words. Without Love we all would be lost, tumbleweed rolling through a desert, leaving impressions in the sand, easily erased by the billowing breeze. Each love fills us differently. Colours form, a shimmering spectrum, feelings always hit their mark, rarely erased or ever forgotten. Somewhere deep inside my mind lie snapshots of time spent together, Moments shared will last forever.

Dancer~ I am a woman, Blue-grey eyes, Happy surrounded by sea and sky, hearing Adventure summoning me, Holding  hands, Floating free. There's a town not far from here, There resides someone with beautiful eyes, Music inside. Quietly determined, Cat-like, smiling, Top class international act? Listen, talk to me, teach me to dance. Drinking wine together, standing at the bar, Waiting at the station in the cool, dark air. Taxi pulls up, At last you are here. Buzzing together, Entwined in sweet nothings, You stop to pick a flower, growing in a garden. When you offer me the flower I have something in mind, Maybe you and I are two of a kind?

Inspired by The Jam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf8yjkBLAOY I am like a butterfly collector, I look back on beauty, Such vibrant colours and graceful movements- But unlike a true collector I would not dream of pinning you down. Trapping your soul in a little glass case. Because to me there is nothing worse than being tied down, Frozen into submission, Immobilized, Unable to cry. No, I prefer my memories... Picturing you flying around, Fluttering to the ground, tasting the nectar from all those beautiful flowers.

"All I've loved is who I am..." Marc Almond I was tidying out my drawer and found a diary containing some very old poems. I hope you like them! ~ Cathy Green~ Think of green- Sparkle, Flutter, spill, stumble,waiver-Me. You- Roaming, emerging yourself in Culture, Easy Beauty, surrounded by beauty- Your smile- it dazzles, Perfect white moons on your fingernails... Invite you here to this chaos? Probably bitten by a flea or crumpled into a sweaty, dusty tent, Subjected to rain and festival toilets- Challenge. Confide,dream..... Dream- consider cruising over deepest ocean, dolphins skip. Do I know you? Will I ever?