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.

Monday, 27 April 2020

Heavens Above

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As winter begins to give way to spring, even the most uninspiring landscape assumes a sense of potential more pleasing to the eye. Much the same can be said for those aspects of life coloured by a sense of negativity for whatever reason.

I began to suspect even as a child that humankind has much to learn from nature about its potential for good as well as bad and - by way of lateral thinking, although I did realise it at the time - the art of being positive, no matter what life throws at us.

‘Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.’ - Albert Einstein

“There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.” - Victor Hugo [Les Miserables]

HEAVENS ABOVE 

Glad blue skies, vivid backcloth
to sad, naked branches
barely hinting at far kinder times
yet to come once winter
has worked its worst on humanity
for wanting to prove itself
better, stronger than Earth Mother
while working its worst
on all things bright and beautiful,
freely given

Sad clouds leading us a merry dance
for wondering if any tears
that may (or may not) fall are meant
to harm (even kill) or nurture,
inspire, re-invent an ethos of peace,
love, kindness and respect
for nature, human nature, all-inclusive,
no cherry picking for egos
to feed on the brighter, more beautiful,
least demanding

Grey skies, making no sure promises
(or threats) to naked humanity
anxious to avoid the worst of nature
yet to come once winters
of the heart have worked their worst
on human mind-body-spirit
obsessed with survival for its own sake
rather than enjoying each day
in all things brighter and more beautiful
for freely given

Pink-yellow skies, reflecting uncertainty
on earth as it is in heavens
that would guard us from all evil save any
we knowingly or unknowingly
proceed to propagate for some greater good
as dictated by dogma
mindless of consequences to any true feeling
for freedom of movement,
negotiating all things bright and beautiful
on its own terms

Wide, open skies, ever inviting all nature
and human nature to a life
freely given albeit for the asking or taking
as they see fit who seek
to ask or take but on their own terms,
only to realise soon enough
there is no bargaining with Earth Mother
for nature is to a mind of its own
as human nature is to ‘karma’ by way
of making excuses

Copyright R. N. Taber 2020












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