Harry Is A Poet

Tomorrow. Tomorrow will be the day I will rest. But tomorrow I agreed work to be done, and it has to be my best. And there's this other favour, and that one too. I don't think the tomorrow's rest will likely come true. Maybe in a week? I'll say no to things people suggest. I'll schedule one day in when I can truly rest. Hold on though. I have this weekly commitment early each d...

"Evil may so shape events that Caesar will occupy a place and Christ a cross, but that same Christ will rise up and split history into Ad and BC, so that even the life of Caesar must be dated by his name. Yes, 'the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice'" - Martin Luther King Jr *** It is a famous quote. You may have heard it before. It may have confused...

Do you fight the rain, or embrace it? Do you back down or do you face it? The rain hits hard, no one denies that Yet it's also bearable, you must realise that It may be unpleasant, or better from afar Sounds better on the windows or roof of a car But what if you know you'll have to walk in rain? Do you live your life inside in full restrain? Do you go outside, but only reluctantly Protect...

I can't even remember her face any more I stared into her eyes for such a long time What colour were they? Hazy. Same as her hands, I so often held in mine She was kind to me, I remember that Especially when we left, tried to leave me with no pain And with it she took nearly everything. Memories. Seized along with her name. She was greater than me, in a way I could never know She was beautiful...

The Compass The compass was a gift from God But the needle refused to stay still I'd walk three miles through deepest bog Trying to follow its will Today is a day we go North! Needle held a steady line Next day was East. I went forth Then it showed South for a time Occasionally, I would stop Watch my compass circle round Dive and dance and spin and drop Sometimes point at the ground While stat...

One reason people don't understand music, poetry, dancing or art Is we are taught to analyse it at school You need to fall in love, let it fill your heart Let it make you act a total fool You must learn each step, remember each note Break down each and every line And never feel the rhythm inside your throat Never live inside the rhyme You must say to that world of cynicism and fear I don't...

The sun is not for you, young Icarus You will burn your wings trying to reach so tall Let me burn my wings then So that in learning how to rise, I will know what it is to fall Just as I know it is better to have learned to dream Than never to have flown at all Icarus, The fall will be great You will never return to the sky Would it be better not to leave the ground? Should I also make sure I don&#...

Dream, young child. Your path is before you. You could do a thousand things But you can't do all of them So, for now, you need to dream You need to aspire You need to pick Need to choose Need a way to pick the left fork Or, sometimes, know what's right No human will pick 'em quite like you So you need to become yourself Dream, young child Your path is before you And you alone*** https:...

I want to be your ray of light If you will let me shine I know you have walked in darkness So let me share this light of mine I have been fortunate of late With few obstacles in by path If you will let me use this extra time I would like to make you laugh Even though we walk our own way You need not walk alone And, dear friend of mine I know your struggle is one you own But, if you let me, then fo...

It's been a busy time Life's been a rush Work has been hard Expectations a must You've been off your feet There are scars and blisters Seized every chance Missed some by a whisker Your brain's at a limit Your heart is in stress You've been piled upon As a well-structured mess You've done what you can - You've done your best. Finally, it is time to rest. *** https://harr...

At first, there's only static The spit and crackle With shh and speckle White noise. Underneath If you listen long Strain your ears And manage not to go mad Do you hear it? please Tell me You hear it? Beneath all static, there are words foreign, distant Deliberate Words Calling Do not fall in to the noise Do not listen too closely Lest you too Become Static *** https://harryisapoet.blogspot.co...

We shared a moment, which turned into eternity. We listened to each other, even when we could hardly hear. We sent gifts of love, not knowing if they would reach. It would be easy to give up To let go of what we had To accept the loss Live in a darker world. Instead, we strove to reach the candles in the distance. Knowing that, if we did, we could shine together beyond imagination.*** https://harr...

What makes a good lover? Is it virtue enough to be attracted to each other? Let's praise each day for all that we do. If our love is true there's not a single fault with you. Now, I admire a good love story as long as I have a tissue But if we talk about such love as truth then I have an issue You know humans? Kind of goofy looking, walk on their back paws Well they're living and they&...

One time, as a young child, I ventured outside my front door. On my own. I marvelled at how big the world was. I knew my way to the shops at the end of my street. It was a long walk. I couldn't have gone much further. As I grew, that street didn't seem as long anymore. Familiarity shrinks the world. But Curiosity grows it. And I am a curious man, so before long I knew every street in my ci...

The World turns. And we turn too Subject to whatever forces the world puts us through Seasons rotate. We are passengers on this ride Gripping on with gravity as we fly side-by-side Time passes. And so we all must age. Sometimes we forget, and it fills us with rage About how mannerisms are different, not like they were before As we come to terms with a World we don't recognise anymore Friends c...

hello You                 how are You? more importantly, who are You? and is it who You want to be? i don't mean to pry, i'm asking seriously. see we all have an image of ourselves in our head. is it different from the mirror? who are You instead? maybe You have grand plans for the future maybe you don't maybe You follow through. maybe you wont but i have a question - are you working t...

Some things I do to live. Other things, to feel alive. Let me explain. As one of many fragile ageing beings clinging on a coincidentally inhabited rock, hurtling through the great endlessness of space, I am scared of what challenges tomorrow will bring. But, as a human. One with family and friends and ambition, I want to know what adventures tomorrow has in store for me. Every time I take a breath...

I can't know what you've gone through. I just can't. Maybe it's an identity thing. You share with others, not me. Maybe it's blindness. Something I refuse to see. If I see it one day, I'll apologise. I hope it will be enough. Because, I know that you've survived. You're made of some tough stuff. I can't know what you've gone through. It would be slander to p...

The whole world is listening. You grab a mic and the whole world is listening. What do you say? They wait, hanging on each word. Every ear ready For you Speak. You must Build up courage Gather yourself And speak You wont get this chance again Not unless you seize them by scruff of the neck and make your point in such a way that no one could deny you You, who right now have a message to give A mess...

Right now, we're in a war. But, we won't always be. One day there won't be guns and conflict as far as we can see. There won't be a man, gun in hand, waiting to kill us on sight. One day there won't be a war. We will have ended this fight. In this generation, we fight for a cause. We fight without mercy, fight without pause. We survive one tough day, two tough days. All days ar...

Is life a race, or a dance? If life is a race, let me run. Let me not need to pause. Leave my rivals in dust. If life is a race, let me finish first. If life is a dance, then let me take time to perfect my steps. Let me appreciate tap, while dancing for my break. Find solice in slow tunes, and fire in the fast. If life is a dance, then let me find my own rhythm. In both race and dance, I am not al...

Empathy. It's the great human curse and the great human gift. When you see your friends smile - it gives your heart a lift It's the thing that fills us with utmost joy Like when we know someone has been blessed with a new girl or boy But it's not all cheer. There's something else inside. Like most things in life - empathy has two sides For every head there's a tail,  courage fo...

Have you heard?  Have I heard? About this thing that's absurd: This kid down in Nazareth got all uppity Seems to me he's got a problem with authority Went up to the leader of the Pharisees And gives him a lesson in theology As a kid?  As a kid Seems to me this kid is not messing around He is going to cause problems all over town Have you heard?  Have I heard? About this thing that's ab...

I've wondered for a while - do I write with correct technique? Or am I more a mish-mash, a creative freak? I know I'm not a poet who is learned in his way I know my rhyme schemes cause dismissal and dismay If I sit down with one who studied properly past sixteen years I'm often overcome with turgid terminology that fills my fears Look, I'm an academic in enough of what I do already...

The kid could fly. By Jove and by Jupiter, this kid could fly! They could, but wouldn't. So I had to ask why. "Hey kid!", I asked in a not unkind tone, To the kid who was sat looking guilty on her own. "Don't worry" I rushed, "I don't mean to cause a fuss But I must enquire - did you just feel a gust"? I made an indirect enquiry, wishing to give the kid sp...