Category Archives: Poetry

Just Another Cigarette

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Fles

Just another cigarette in the great ashtray of life – Never thought that such a love could lead to so much strife. You sparked my passion, lit my flame and took my breath away, Then stubbed my heart out on … Continue reading →

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If

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Fles

My father read me the Rudyard Kipling poem If when I was a child and it made rather an impression upon me. In light of recent times, I was lately considering what sort of poems the parents of politicians might … Continue reading →

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T’ Kroegje

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Fles

I wrote this six years ago, when I was working in the Netherlands, but I’m rather fond of it and this seems as good a place as any to put it, so here goes. T’ Kroegje Once more no train, … Continue reading →

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Siren

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Fles

Your kiss is all the aphrodisiac any guy could ever need; your touch is like a healing serum, yet through the night you make me bleed. Your every word belies betrayal, your every sigh a serpent’s hiss; at every meet … Continue reading →

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Mindscape

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Fles

Having a love affair with my own imagination, For reality can never live up to dreams; Dancing every dance with the memory of that image, Solitude not as lonely as it seems: For a heart that breaks releases ghosts Who … Continue reading →

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Flame

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Fles

The touch of your skin is the fusion of feeling with thought As emotion through motion Piercing my soul like a torch in the blackness of night Your scent is perfume which swirls in my head like a whirlwind And … Continue reading →

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Eternal Moments

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Fles

Afterwards, we lay together: Our breathing heavy, in rhythm, as one My fingertips traced the length of your spine, Caressed the nape of your neck, Your sweet, flowing hair; We kissed, your tender lips encompassing mine, And the tips of … Continue reading →

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Vantages of Oblivion

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Fles

Born out of time: Whatever happened to romance? Whatever happened to tender kisses at the edge of night? Longing, longing, Aching for that age to reign once more: When love was less brutal, When sweetness did not overflow to sicken. … Continue reading →

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