Poetry

Dear Mama, I am dying, don't abandon me now.

More haiku. The below five, as with the preceding five (part 1) and seven (part 2), are all in 5-7-5 and were composed in Thailand.

Haiku composed in Thailand, part 2

"Thaiku"

Never had I seen such beauty, elegance and poise.

Four short poems inspired by T S Eliot’s Preludes.

This poem is inspired by one of the sonnets of the Portuguese Byron, Bocage, in which he gives us a frank self-portrait.

It’s not the girls I get, but the girls I just miss that keep me coming back. The girls I get are often a disappointment. The girls I just miss are always that perfect dream girl!

This poem for St Valentine’s day was inspired by one of the greatest love poems of all time: The Good Morrow, by John Donne.

There was a profound silence filled with chirping of evening birds returning to their nests. A balmy breeze started flowing with the sound of murmur in her lips.

It's time for some medicine-- I know what we need. An Icarus antidote: Something simple to read.

Together they live in a small room In soi seventy-six defying the attack of ennui and time, Where light intrudes hesitantly and scarcely Like an interlude of nature

Time passes like ethereal mist; The world changes with every step I take,

I love everything about Asian women - but most of all, their eyes...