A Poet's Blog: Roger N.Taber shares his thoughts & poems...

Thoughts and observations by English poet Roger N. Taber, a retired librarian and poet-novelist.- "Ethnicity, Religion, Gender, Sexuality ... these are but parts of a whole. It is the whole that counts." RNT [NB While I have no wish to create a social network, I will always reply to critical emails about my poetry. Contact: rogertab@aol.com].

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Sadly, a bad fall in 2012 has left me with a mobility problem, and being diagnosed with prostate cancer the same year hasn't helped, but I get out and about with my trusty walking stick as much as I can, take each day as it comes and try to keep looking on the bright(er) side of life. Many of my poems reflect the need to nurture a positive-thinking mindset whatever life throws at us.

Friday, 7 February 2020

Mysterious Ways


I often refer to ghosts in my poems. Do I believe in ghosts? Oh, yes, I certainly do.  Here, though, the ghost is simply a metaphor in the manner of many poets, writers, and artists before me and I dare say many more to come…

A metaphor, for what, did you say? Ah, therein lies the secret of the kenning form of poetry; you usually have to read it to discover the narrator’s true identity.

MYSTERIOUS WAYS

I am the ghosts
of seasons taking their cue
from all around me,
busy recreating roles to play
that I dare step back into
once choice comes into its own
while (still) denying access 
to any 'live' past-present-future
offering to make peace

I am the ghosts
of seasons taking their cue
from a restless heart,
invading the enquiring mind,
seeking to be reconciled
with whatever moral order
loath to acknowledge
no (conscious) harm ever done 
in agreeing to differ

I am the ghosts
of every season's fretting
about fulfilling
its potential, whether physical,
psychological, emotional
or, yes, sexual, since you ask 
(and well you might)
given that we're both working out
a full life sentence

I am Conscience, human nature's diary,
the sum total of its eternal mystery


Copyright R. N. Taber 2011



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