01 Jul 2019 3 Comments
in Life, Love, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, words, wordsmith Tags: creative writing, Jemverse, July, love, marriage, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, soulmate, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
In seventy-nine
Forty Julys back
two kindred spirits wed
A fledgling love
grown stronger since
and deeper it’s been said
So this series
now at eleven
to my soulmate here I give
These simple words
true from my heart
for the life we share and live
©Jemverse
Jem & Sal on their wedding day: 7 July 1979 [photo – James Newbold]
30 Jun 2019 2 Comments
in poem, Poet, Poetry, poetry blog, words, wordsmith Tags: creative writing, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, words, writing poetry
It’s been said before
but my pen can’t keep still
as I write every day
on a whim and a will
Words about life
I see around me
and the things that I do
and the world that I see
It’s something I do
Lifeblood of my being
Capturing words
about all I am seeing
And when I have written
something else that I do
is publish them daily
and share them with you
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
07 Jun 2019 3 Comments
in poem, Poet, Poetry, words, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, life, passing, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
I read to you
whilst there you slept
Perhaps you felt
the tears I wept
Perhaps you heard
It’s hard to say
But I continued
anyway
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
03 Jun 2019 1 Comment
in beauty, Life, poem, Poet, Poetry, words, wordsmith Tags: contentment, Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, words, wordsmith, writing poetry
If a story speaks
and brings a tear
spilled out without reserve
from an eye that knows pleasure
If a landscape catches
and a breath is held long
whilst a moment is safisfied
Then I am the echo of life
Relecting beauty
I bring contentment
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
29 Mar 2019 1 Comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, words, wordsmith Tags: ideas, inspiration, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Venice, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Started last September
Eight months of poetry
My little book from Venice
has served me faithfully
But now alas I’m reaching
the last few pages here
A few more days of writing
before the end is near
That’s when this little book
I have carried every day
will join all of the others
in my study on display
And then I’ll have the pleasure
of starting up another
A book of poems filled
from the front to facing cover
©Jemverse
As a poet who writes daily, I carry an ‘ideas book’ with me everywhere I go. I’ve done this for years now but still have every one. They each last between 6-8 months each. This one was purchased in August last year whilst visiting Venice, Italy. When finished later in April, it’ll join the others – now numbering just shy of 100. Each is a a treasure. Photo – Jempics
27 Mar 2019 3 Comments
in Creative Writing, Life, poem, Poet, Poetry, words, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
I wrote about a journey
I started way back when
the words that found their way
to the pages from my pen
were from an adolescent
who hadn’t yet found life
yet wrote as though he knew it all
through torment, angst and strife
But as the years have passed
and my poetry has grown
those words have mellowed somewhat
as my publishings have shown
For now a sixty something
I have seen a life and lived
And used my words to capture that
as living is a gift
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
20 Mar 2019 2 Comments
in Creative Writing, poem, Poet, Poetry, poetry blog, words, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, life in words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, words, wordsmith, writing poetry
I like writing poems
I write one every day
‘Cos there’s lots in life to write about
and it’s nice to have a say
I’ll write about the sunshine
and I’ll write about the sea
I’ll write about ‘most anything
and sometimes simply me
I have words describing places
and the music that I hear
and the people that I daily meet
and sometimes share a beer
So I’m sure to always have to hand
a book and yes, a pen
‘Cos words can come at any time
and I’m never certain when
©Jemverse
Photo/logo – Jempics/Jemverse
“Life in Words” was first published on Jemverse on 29 January 2016
