Introduction
My poetry could be called an evolution as the more I write the more my
poems evolve. The Quill to Scribe
has taken many years of writing to create.
My poetry has changed and matured.
Looking over my complete catalogue of works is a journey , a personal one
of challenges, struggles , celebrations , interests with twists.
The collection has serious moments along with
parodies, some poems are deeply intense others are light and whimsical. If it
was not for the encouragement of my Mother and friends it is very unlikely that
these poems would have been written let along see public scrutiny.
The Quill to Scribe – Poems for the Soul is a complete
collection of my poems dating back to the 1990’s. I am re visiting all the
poems and have completely re written some others have been edited and had minor
adjustments.
Humour , emotional poems, life ,nature along with parodies are covered.
I hope you will find these enjoyable,
thought provoking and entertaining
- Always Put your Marbles in a Jar
- Anger
- Anticipation
- Aotearoa
- Aquatic Souls
- Artic Queen
- Are you the One?
- Back in the Old Days
- Barry has a New Ride
- Be the Change you Desire
- Bright Eyes
- Broken
- Butterfly
- By My Side
- C – Is for Child
- Caught in a Lockdown
- Children of the Street
- Choices
- City Fathers
- City Hall
- Country Life
- Days of the Virus
- Dawn of Friendship
- Destiny
- E. Cackleberry – Deceased
- Embracing Time
- Fall – The Waiting
- Fantail
- Farewell to Stripped Pyjamas
- Farewell to the Old Year
- Father and Son
- Flight of Freedom
- Free Spirit
- Frozen Beauty
- Gambling with Pricks
- Griaffe
- God’s Sanctuary
- Good Vibrations
- Halloween Dance
- Happiness
- He is Love
- Hello Morning
- Hills of Gold
- His Love Is
- His – Story
- Horizon
- How Will you Know Me?
- I Am
- I Hope For
- I Will Never Give Up
- I’m Naked
- Inner Peace
- Just an Empty Seat
- Just Perfect
- Kereru
- Khaki Soldiers
- KiaKaha (Stay Strong)
- Kia Kaha Tama
- Labelled
- Lessons
- Life
- Lion
- Little Angel
- Little Train
- Look Into My Heart
- Love Hurts
- Love is a Weapon
- Love, More Than a Word
- Marigold
- Maybe you will Remember
- Melodies of the Mind
- Memories of the Beach
- Misfit
- Moments
- Morning Chorus
- Mother’s Memories
- My Little Money Box
- My Mum’s a Politician
- My Mind
- My True Friend
- Natures Beauty
- Natures Fury
- Nectar of the Bean
- No Bricks , No Walls
- No More Talk of Hiding
- Ocean’s Charm
- Ode to the Mountain
- Old Jack
- Once Upon a Time
- One Red Stripe
- One Tribe
- Our Land
- Our Mother Earth
- Papatuanku’s Child
- Pebbles
- Pick and Shovel
- Pondering Thoughts
- Pot of Gold
- Potted
- Power
- Pretty Fantail
- Princess of the Mill
- Pure Love
- Rainbow’s Gold
- Raindrops on Clover
- Rainforest
- Sand Beneath my Feet
- Sardines
- Saving Lives
- School Days
- Silver Moon
- Simple Life
- Since you have Gone
- Sky Masters
- Smile
- Solidarity
- Spread Peace
- Stand Up
- Starlight
- Starry, Starry Eyes
- Stay at Home
- Stress
- Summertime
- Tarot
- Tears of Yesterday
- Thank You for the Memories
- Thank You Mr Jones
- The Apples are Green
- The Battle of Innocence
- The Bridge
- The Bridge to Tomorrow
- The Camp Fire
- The Caretakers
- The Classic Gem
- The Coalmine
- The Day Our Funding Died
- The Days of My life
- The Flower
- The Godess Sings
- The Green Bridge
- The Kitchen Riot
- The Legend of Arthur Pendragon
- The Leprechaun
- The Lonely Sea
- The Man of Mystery
- The Mask
- The Pain of Love
- The Phoenix Rises
- The Quest
- The Rewarding Sunset
- The Riddle
- The Road of Despair
- The Rose of Friendship
- The Silent Partner
- The Silent Warriors
- The Stillness
- The Street of Tears
- The Time the Country Shut Down
- The True King
- The Twilight of Spring
- The World of Violence
- The World Through a Painted Mask
- Thorns or Roses
- Through the Window
- Time
- To the Sea
- Tomorrow’s Bridge
- Treasured Friend
- Tree Hugger
- Unicorn
- Unicorn Dreamweaver
- Voices of Humanity
- Walk Me Home
- Weeping
- Willow
- Wisdom of Great Spirit
- Words Spread Across the Universe
- Words – The Poem
- Worlds Apart
QUOTES
† Edge of Yesterday
† Nectar of Success
† Walk in Light
† The Loudest Sound
The True King
Forged with magic and mystery
A legend of a disputed throne
Bathed in the waters of a lake
Gifted by aquatic sorceress
Held in an enchanted
scabbard
Thrust into a rock by Merlin
Arise the true King
King Arthur
Excalibur the enchanted sword
Is rightfully yours
The Legend of Arthur Pendragon
Caitlin & John Matthews produced a beautiful
tarot deck illustrated by Miranda Gray . (1991 ) (2015) .These cards and the
deck are inter laced in the legendary stories of Camelot, Avalon and the Round
Table Knights of Arthur Pendragon . The poem sets out to tell of this legend
through six of the cards
The Emblem of the Knights
The emblem of the Knights of the Round Table worn round the necks of all the
Knights was given to them by King Arthur as part of the ceremony of their being
made a knight.
The Order's dominant idea was the love of God, men, and noble deeds. The cross
in the emblem was to remind them that they were to live pure and stainless
lives, to stive after perfection and thus attain the Holy Grail.
The Red Dragon of King Arthur represented their allegiance to the King. The
Round Table was illustrative of the Eternity of God, the equality, unity, and
comradeship of the Order, and singleness of purpose of all the Knights.
Arthur as drawn by Miranda Gray
for the Arthurian Tarot
The Legend of Arthur
Pendragon
Legends from Avalon and
Camelot
Merlin, Arthur and Sir
Lancelot
Magic, romance, battles
and fights
An enchanted sword, Round
Table knights
Lady Vivian and Merlin,
King Arthur and Gwen
In Avalon’s mists truth
and myths blend
The Seeker stood alone at
lands end
Faith and trust become
his friends
A hobo’s brindle carried
with pride
On to the rainbow he now
strides
The journey of discovery
walked alone
Mother Nature shall
provide his home.
Merlin with crystal
jewelled crook
Hand scribed formulas in
his book
The magic is in this mans
hands
Alchemy master of potions
grand
Knowledge, wisdom, herbal
tonics,
Pure and natural, no
antibiotics
Enchantress of Avalon,
All power and might
Gifting Arthur Excalibur
after his swords plight
Lancelot would call you
his new mum
Long before a knights
battle was fought or won
You stole Merlin’s magic
and forced him to leave
Avalon and Camelot he
would forever grieve.
Guinevere Pendragon child
of a smith
Rose to royalty, romantic
and swift
Lover of Merlin and Sir
Lancelot
Arthur’s wife, Queen of
Camelot
Widowed ruler of the
enchanted land
When Arthur fell by
Mordred’s hand
Prince Arthur of Pendragon, Uther’s son
Guinevere’s love and support you won
The enchanted sword Excalibur you hold
In battles with Saxons with your Knight, bold
But Camlann saw your last gallant fight
Hail the leader of the Round Table Knights
Gwion who tasted the cauldron’s brew
Your knowledge and wisdom by magic grew
The morphed hare pursued by the hound
You became court poet and storyteller renown
Despised by Ceridwen before becoming your mum
The little boy with magical elixir covering his
thumb
Created by Caitlin and John Matthews
The beautiful artwork by Miranda Gray
Once upon a
time in the village
The kiddies when to school
Armed with pencils, eraser and 12 inch rule
They sat at desks did maths in their heads
Learned new words and spelt them correct
The clocks had faces with black arms
And everyone knew to go home
At a quarter to three
Homework was done before you went to bed
Wednesday morning was the day of dread
Had you learned your ABC?
Can you spell arithmetic correctly?
Looking at the paper they tried their best
To answer all the questions correctly
and master the test.
Destiny
I stand on the mountain of destiny
The cool wind brushes on
my face.
I have left behind the
misery,
The destruction and
waste.
Looking ahead I see a
path beautiful and bright
A path of opportunity
surrounded by light.
From my lofty summit I
see all that can be
What I do next is
totally up to me.
