Category Archives: nostalgia

Lost Gardeners

Posted on 21 March, 2020 by PoetJanstie

There was such hustle and bustle where now reflective calm. In the thunderbox room nearby the melon yard haunting echoes of silent voices once green fingers that pressed a trigger for King and country, gently call from an early grave, … Continue reading →

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Sunday

Posted on 28 January, 2018 by PoetJanstie

Walking home from church. Like seeing the sun rise over the week ahead, mind full of penitence, a righteous child, wrapped in reverential warmth and a sense of duty fulfilled. That place of comfort, as short lived as chocolate, such … Continue reading →

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Underneath The Stairs

Posted on 15 October, 2017 by PoetJanstie

And how their days would start at dawn
to sounds of clacking feet.
Underneath the stairs they’d run,
their serving paths to beat. Continue reading →

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But You

Posted on 14 February, 2015 by PoetJanstie

(for Barbara) There couldn’t be, there could never be anyone so flawed and yet pluperfect any other being, so dissonant, yet in harmony with an Earth full of strife, yet bursting with life full of hope, and love, and integrity and … Continue reading →

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These Stones

Posted on 18 February, 2014 by PoetJanstie

These Stones. – A poem to commemorate how war penetrates all aspects of human life, in all corners of our world, however remote … over at The Bardo Group

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The Air We Breathe (A Poetic Collaboration)

Posted on 16 July, 2013 by PoetJanstie

  [This was originally born, last summer,  from the photo provided by Shan Ellis-Williams, which spawned some poetry from three of us, members of the Grass Roots Poetry Group. It is now presented to Victoria Slotto’s “Writers’ Fourth Wednesday:”, this … Continue reading →

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Elegy for Penny

Posted on 7 February, 2013 by PoetJanstie

It isn’t the loss of the shirt from my back, nor the house that’s levelled and gone. You couldn’t replace the air that we breath or the love, ’bout which there’s a song. Refrain But you gave me power and … Continue reading →

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Christmas Tree

Posted on 22 December, 2012 by PoetJanstie

Christmas tree O, Christmas tree, bring me a little magic so I will see where I can dwell in places far away and hear you tell the tales of yesterday. Christmas tree O, Christmas tree, bring hope of dreams as … Continue reading →

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Hypno-Vision

Posted on 10 October, 2012 by PoetJanstie

 Conscious of a noise. Hypnopompic. There’s something or someone doing something familiar but very vague. No synapses connecting to reason. Feeling a thirst that puts the ‘P’ in pang the ‘D’ in desire the ‘G’ in good deep longing … Continue reading →

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An Ekphrastic Experience…

Posted on 25 September, 2012 by PoetJanstie

If this is Ekphrastic, which I’ve heard recently described as one of the ugliest words in the English language, then what follows is the complete irony. It also demonstrates what little fodder poets need to inspire them to feats of … Continue reading →

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