Names
There's more meaning in names
Than sometimes we know it
My name in old Manx
Is Teige - a poet!
In the world day to day
My name shall Keig be
But for poems i think
I'll use Teige for me.
(the derivation of my surname is something i only discovered this morning!)
poem by David Keig
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For All You Are Worth
Throw off your shoes
Throw back your hair
Just lie and relax
As if i'm not there.
Throw off your cares
Throw off your woes
Just sit there and smile
And we'll see how it goes.
Throw off your pain
Throw off your hurt
Just sit there and be there
For all you are worth.
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Human Rights
Mankind lies whole within each man
Inside us all's where life began
Breathing life with every breath
That scores our path from birth to death
No monster man no evil deed
Should separate us from this creed
Humanity's no matter slight
We all have claim to human rights.
poem by David Keig
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The Sensual Fig
Delicately exploring the concupiscent fig
Teasing each fold with tipped tongue
And delighting on the secrets hidden at its heart
While the fig juice flows moist upon the lips
Yielding up its sweetness slow
As if each fig were still the first
For tasting and for lovers.
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Star Trek (#2)
We search amongst the stars for life
Like moths forever seeking light
We cannot bear just being alone
Beam me! Beam me! Scottie! Home!
Now we can hear the moon from Mars
And Titan's vicious thunderstorms
I wonder if its best to be
Right here on earth and just being me.
poem by David Keig
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Etheline
Etheline
a name
like some plastic
or compound
or tangly wangly polymer.
Etheline
a writer
with some pain
and then again
with grace
and acid
in her words.
Etheline
again
short and sweet
but not so sweet as one would dare
dismiss the anger that she shares.
poem by David Keig
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Requiem
The sun shone brightly on the green
The greenest green I'd ever seen
The sun seemed brighter than before
The sea slow lapping on the shore
My eyes did see such lovely things
Then closed as my imaginings
Went calmly back to whence they came
And would not ever see again......
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David Hicks
I now fear the sun and open spaces
I don’t see people – only faces
I don’t hear meaning – just the words
As if the shriek of angry birds
These days, I hear a noise and cry
Frightened I’m about to die
Since when it happened I don’t know,
For I was in Guantanamo.
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Farewell David Blunkett
So farewell David Blunkett
We knew you as a forthright man
With that Edwardian beard
Making you seem as if you
Were from another age of politics
In which principle not opinions counted
So farewell David Blunkett
England hopes to see your kind again
Of honest and defiant men.
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Requiem (2)
The sun shone brightly on the green
The greenest green I'd ever seen
The air seemed lighter than before
The lakeland hillsides slid to shore
My eyes did see such lovely things
Then closed as my imaginings
Went calmly back to whence they came
Such sights i'd longed to see again.
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