Jeff geddes's Blog (3)

on my way home this night in the fright of aged forgetfulness a box of books marked 'free' parked outside a Salvation Army op shop caught my eye there in the midst of a collection of medieval junk lay New Zealand's 'Landfall' issue 216 this is the supposed highest order of intellectual poets/writers in pursuit of pretty things to say wreathed in obscurisms reading the contents by a street lamp reminded me of distant insights of my childhood here within its pages a coterie of self deceiving… Continue

In the flow of summer In an early morning sun-glow In a field of corn heavy in ripening Out of my body I became everything I only had to think the ears of corn I became I became the lark's song I was the Melody in the running brook The green in the standing trees The wave in the bounding sea I was a oneness never forgotten To be begotten of everything The total sum of all that is A moment in time of no time The sublime point of Nirvana? perhaps Never has it repeated itself It was I was.........p… Continue

We can never outrun the wind papa. If I eat the sun,the clouds,the moon the stars And drink the oceans will I be a forever day? What is the color of water papa? When it rains is God having a shower or is he crying Why does a dog talk with its tail How many sleeps do I have to have before I ten How long is the sky What is an adult and how do I know me Why when its dark do we close our eyes Where do words come from when we talk How are you my mum and dad.......... * jeff geddes Continue