Thursday, 29 June 2023

I will never be angry with you, but

 I will never be angry with you, but
You can never place religion before love
Because love is true religion,
And talking heads who smugly overstate
Views different from this
Are wildly off the mark.
We listened to them too avidly in the past,
Accepted their logic, and went our
                                 separate ways.
But now it is time to bid bygones goodbye,
Kiss and make up across the great divide
So that you can be truly you
And I can be truly I.


Trevor John Karsavin Potter, 
June 29th. 2023.

Trevor J Potter's Art: The Gardener. (Newly Revised).

Trevor J Potter's Art: The Gardener. (Newly Revised).: Blue Hyacinth for Mr. Thompson, Dying last night while the north wind                                                 swirled             in...

Sunday, 18 June 2023

The Gardener. (Newly Completed Poem).

Blue Hyacinth for Mr. Thompson,
Dying last night while the north wind
                                                swirled
            in shrieking fits
That shattered the lattice porch
          beneath his window. 

A pompous man who, as Advent neared,
Sprinkled wine and words over seed trays
                 to invoke his dream of April.
And then, on Christmas Eve,
His chubby fingers working overtime,
Stuffed spring bulbs into treacle tins
To give to friend and neighbour.

Springtime was always on his mind
However bleak the winter;
And tinsel hung on plastic trees
Simply not his style.

Blue Hyacinth for Mr. Thompson.


Trevor John Karsavin Potter,
February 4th. 1963 - June 18th. - 29th. 2023.

Broken Jug / The Rose.