9Nov 2016 Derrick Gaskin

MORPHOGENESIS AND ME

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When all these numbers are finally crunched As electrical spasms jerk each thought At equations of such simplicity - Patterns emerge that were there all the time. Nothing arrives without... Read More
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Sometimes, our equation seems unbalanced; impossible to solve for “x” when we can’t see “y.” – mh clay

20Feb 2016 Derrick Gaskin

THE RUST AND THE RAIN

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Darkness everywhere when we open our eyes To tears in the tide’s never ending song. Oblivion everywhere before we could think Of being oblivious to right or wrong. Beauty everywhere... Read More
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Emancipation sans achievement; being without having been. Cold are the stars from this deep dark. – mh clay

31Oct 2015 Derrick Gaskin

LOVE POEM

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(for DC) I remember walking through quiet landscapes Of English poetry, feeling distant nostalgia, Drawing out of shadows all those words, Ideas, metaphors, similes, the usual mechanics Great poets used... Read More
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Ah, such love; sought by poets, all. “…a stampede of syllables.” To be trampled by them – divine. Thanks, Derrick! (Another mad missive from Del on his page; a vision of things to come? – check it out.) – mh clay

30Oct 2015 Derrick Gaskin

2099

Before the demise of dark, they said, there were stars: The Mighty Hunter, Gorgon’s Head and Flying Horse; Yet, like Phaethon falling from the sky our dark is dead, Is... Read More
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Poetry or premonition? Hmmm… – mh clay

6Jun 2015 Derrick Gaskin

PREDATOR

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For winter’s twisted trees there is no escape. The Earth turns, no longer at the centre, A mere speck in the sandstorm, The sun knowing what power is, unlike Those... Read More
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Time wrests Now from our grasps. Hold tightly or relax grip; this predator devours all. (Read another mad missive from Del on his page; a bit o’ star gazing – check it out.) – mh clay

6Jun 2015 Derrick Gaskin

BEYOND THE CLOUDS

On clear nights stars seem close, Almost skimming my hair, Gentle breezes lifting each strand Of the evening, touching my mind, These strange suns . . . so far away... Read More
21Feb 2015 Derrick Gaskin

ALWAYS (For Jo Gaskin)

Butterflies defy the lie: See them once and then they die. Don’t see them twice And you may miss Life within a chrysalis. See them thrice And smile with me... Read More
21Feb 2015 Derrick Gaskin

LONG SHADOWS

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Stretched into the night then twisted by the Sun. In the early hours and at first light Nightmares dance as one, accepting this life As flowers fade and petals fall... Read More
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Stand in the shadow of our tall belief; together forever, if not here, then… (Another one from Del on his page; brief as a butterfly kiss – check it out!) – mh

24Dec 2014 Derrick Gaskin

A WITCH AT CHRISTMAS

It started late this year, end of August, Hardly time to pay off the last one! This brings out my sunny side, Pulling Santa’s beard and growling At carol singers... Read More
24Dec 2014 Derrick Gaskin

THE FAILING YEAR

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Midwinter must not be the chilled wind, Emptying tears from a child’s eye, Shivering a mother’s fear. Midwinter Cannot destroy the flame of youth, Nor the embers of age. This... Read More
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Defy the nay-sayers and the dooms-dayers; a little bit o’ hope for the Holidays. – mh