New Year, New Hope, Old Story
Labels: contemporary, cultural, history, hope, human, humanity, identity, life, nature, New Year, peace, personal, poetry, renewal, rights, social, society
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].
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.
Labels: contemporary, cultural, history, hope, human, humanity, identity, life, nature, New Year, peace, personal, poetry, renewal, rights, social, society
Labels: bigotry, culture, diversity, divisions, ethnicity, human nature, human spirit, identity, love, mind-body-spirit, personal space, poetry, positive thinking, prejudice, relationships, religion, sexuality, society
Labels: consciousness, dreams. peace, global, human, humanity, kindness, mind-body-spirit, nature, peace, personal, poetry, politics, progress, religion, respect, society, space, spirit, survival, war
Labels: ageing, childhood, family, ghosts, growing up, human nature, human spirit, imagination, life forces, love, memories, mind-body-spirit, personal space, poetry, posthumous consciousness, self-awareness
Labels: bigotry, Christmas, culture, division, fundamentals, human nature, human spirit, humanity, inhumanity, life, love, mind-body-spirit. spirituality, peace, poetry, relationships, religion, society, war
Labels: art, beauty, human, humanity, inspiration, landscape, life, nature, painting, poetry, seasons, snow, winter
Labels: clouds, comfort zone, contemporary, creative, culture, dreams, ghosts, hope, human, imagination, inspiration, life, mind-body-spirit, nature, poetry, retail, shopping, society, stoicism, therapy
Labels: childhood, Denmark, escapism, fairy tales, fantasy, Hans Christian Andersen (writer), human nature, human spirit, life forces, love, morality, nature, poetry, relationships, society, stories
Labels: celebration, childhood, Christmas, contemporary, delusion, hardship, history, human nature, identity, illusion, life, love, mind-body-spirit, nature, poetry, reality, religion, religious festivals, society, winter
Labels: celebrations, Christmas, culture, festivals, hope, human, life, love, mind-body-spirit, nature, peace, poetry, religion, religious, society, spirit, war, winter
Labels: challenges, competitiveness, emotions, human nature, human spirit, identity, learning curve, life, love, mental heath, mind-body-spirit, motivation, personal space, poetry, posthumous consciousness, stress
Labels: aspirations. adulthood, childhood, competitiveness, contemporary, dreams, human nature, identity, life, mind-body-spirit, nature, philosophy, poetry, positive thinking, potential, society, wishful thinking
Labels: art, arts, contemporary, display, human, identity, images, imagination, life, love, nature, personal, poetry, society, space, tattoos
Labels: armed forces, consciousness, courage, death, duty, Freedom, global, glory, horror, human, mind-body-spirit, nature, peace, personal space, poetry, posthumous, remembrance, spirit, survival, war
Labels: armed forces, Berlin, British Legion, Cenotaph, courage, death, Help for Heroes, life, London, loss, love, Neue Wache, peace, poetry, poppies, remembrance, sacrifice, survival, war
Labels: clock, consciousness, culture, history, human, life, mind-body-spirit, nature, past-present-future, personal, poetry, religion, society, space, spirit, St Albans (market town), time, tower
Labels: Alban (saint), art, Christianity, history, human nature, human spirit, inspiration, life forces, love, martyrs, personal space, poetry, posthumous consciousness, religion, spirituality, St Albans (cathedral)