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I have written poetry since my school days, using my pen name Rhumour and influenced by my grandfather who left us a legacy of his life story in verse. My published collection 'Rhumour Has It' is available in print and ebook formats. Recently I received my copies of the 2012 Who's Who in Poetry, one of which my daughter promptly snatched. :) I find pleasure in reciting my poems for people so also record selected poems in MP3 audio for those sites that facilitate audio. I am even experimenting with video now. :) I am currently a Success Coach on a blogging site where I encourage new bloggers from many countries to aim high, and have for a long time worked with poets around the world who wished to improve their grasp of English. Some of those poets have succeeded in getting published and I continue to encourage others to progress in the same way.
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It's hell from leather for the animal within,
And fur is no fun if it was ripped from your back,
... continued
of how I was a family man, husband, father and son,
and after many years of writing poems and more,
... continued
Napalm dropped as if with no care,
tortured children screamed as they ran,
... continued
What is it all for?
Does it bring happiness
... continued
Shall I sit and think of you and me,
alone on a beach with a tropical sea
... continued
soon signs of summer will be lost without any trace,
the leaves have been falling for a few weeks now it's true,
... continued
there cannot be another lure
for all my trembling thoughts are true
... continued
right at the very edge of land,
a gentle breeze cooled the heat
while soothing waves caressed our feet.
We stirred and smiled into each others eyes,
so blessed were we below those azure skies,
bodies bronzed by weeks of naturism's rules,
quite relaxed by time away from noisy fools.
We rose together and gently washed away the sand,
that caked our skin in places that were never planned,
then embraced again in the warm and easy surf,
knowing there we shared all that was truly worth,
the time of man and woman to invest in every day,
and hoping we could always feel just that way.
An island with a beach so well designed
may exist somewhere beyond our minds,
but until we can locate that special one
where we can ever rest and play upon,
still we can enter our dreamscape each night
to continue with all our passions delight.......
©Rhumour
April 27th 2011
not knowing who would reach out to hold them near,
a random spice of vivid scenes there for all to view,
... continued
absorb the goodness that you see,
rejecting all the bad ways of hate,
assured we can do better if we only try.
Let us live within each others eyes,
see the world as one united soul,
never more to clash with futile sighs,
for we can do so much better as a whole...
Move ever forward into clear days of hope,
trusting in the one inescapable fact
that we all depend upon the depth and scope
which comes only when we truly share....
©Rhumour
August 13th 2011