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, 14 June 2021

Subject to Circumstances...

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Here in England, we will hear from Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, later today whether or not all remaining safety restrictions due to the coronavirus outbreak will be lifted on June 21st. 

Sadly, he is expected to announce a further delay, given the spread of the Delta variant and growing number of infections. 

Yet again, many personal and business plans will need to be put on hold. We can but hope businesses will survive and personal hopes are not entirely dashed. 

Many people, at the end of their tether after more then a year of Covid tensions adversely affecting their everyday lives will be tearful when the expected announcement comes. Yet again, it is down to human nature’s innate powers of endurance to press on regardless, still looking at the brighter side of life... albeit through a misty landscape. 

SUBJECT TO CIRCUMSTANCES... 

We shed and partly shed
the tears of a world left giving
and partly giving - while
(mostly) hell bent on taking more
than its fair share or what's said to be
on offer 

We bleed and partly bleed
for the ills of a world left fighting
and partly fighting - for justice,
peace and love on which it thrives
or partly thrives, duly obliged to keep up
appearances 

We resist and partly resist
all prejudice, hate crime, stereotypes
on which societies - turn
or partly turn, if only for running
this or that everyday gamut of its wishing
and hoping 

We dream and partly dream
of a world where kindness has the edge
on its nemeses - humanity’s
innate sense of right and wrong
putting it to the test, by having us jumping
through hoops 

We believe and partly believe
that mind-body-spirit will see us through,
for better, for worse - richer
or poorer, keep us safe or partly safe
wherever inner eyes focus on the better part
of human vision 

We are the rains that fall to feed
and partly feed a natural world on which
humanity, in turn - feeds
and partly feeds, reasoning its needs,
makes such excuses as keep it any which way
but (quite) loose 

Winds, blowing or partly blowing
such seeds of change as past times so love
to tell, retell - reworking
lives and part-lives, keep us on our toes
just long enough to have capital gains saving
and partly saving faces 

Such is the power of circumstances
letting us live and partly live, ever listening 
and partly listening - heartbeats
that would now have us running straight
and narrow, now only partly so for You-Me-Us
thinking we are in control

Copyright R.N. Taber 2021

 

 

 

 

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