Lesley Dewar's Blog Posts Tagged 'Colin Hope' (4)

There are many journeys
Short and small
Long and consuming
And some that never end

Travelling through time
As the years flow by
Everyday is a journey

Who can tell in the end
If it is over?
A word spoken
Can set you off again
Chasing another dream




(c) Colin Hope and Christian Coulter All Rights Reserved Reproduced with permission from "Observations on Chaos Theory”. Published 1993.

Pen, pencil, chalk, knife

It doesn't matter to the poet.

Anything to wrap his fingers around

It doesn't matter to the poet.



Something worn, something used,

Some old song, somewhat abused,

It doesn't matter to the poet

He'll use it.



Wandering in the day, as he does everyday

No work, no money, no honey

Appreciating trees and fleas

And a cold winter's breeze -

That's what his poems are made of.

But it doesn't matter to… Continue

Dressed in suits of twilight

Crying in dresses of satin

Spades in hand

Springtime in the boneyard



Cathedrals of wood

Stand weeping

As the birds watch

Fragile on the branches



Low mounds of stone

Bearing silent messages

They are unable to hear

Any mourners dull groans



The birds are singing

Amongst the bees in the boneyard

The soft winds of spring

Breathe life

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While Dad and I were doing some more work, organizing the HO and deciding what needed to be thrown away; could be given away and what to keep, I found Colin's book of Poetry. He gave it to Robbie and me as a Christmas Present in 1993; some of the poems are written by him, his friend Christian Coulter or in conjunction with one another.

Their book of poems is called "Observations on Chaos Theory" (Copyright) 1993.…

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