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The most recent of my poems I have placed first, and they have the date they were written and uploaded to the site. Hope you enjoy, or at least get something from them. Poetry is a personal matter I find, but can reveal more, something that resonates for you - for all, dare I dream.

Know naught
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Sleep well
Stand tall
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Common sense
ed.111122

Beyond religion and morals
Is life and common sense
Beauty, wonder and
Carrot cake

Minds imaginings
Stirred by naive sophistication
Warmed by a whisper
Exhilarated by a touch

Beyond religion and morals
Is the truth that won’t
Stand still, to be
Labeled right, wrong or indifferent

Timeless truth
Always there
Naked yet warm
As buttered toast

Smiling at our
measured steps
Laddered stockings
And football boots

Unbelieving and unknowing
The prevailing presence
The malleable conduit
Of truth prevails

Beyond religion and morals
Is life and common sense
Beauty, wonder and
Carrot cake
Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz


Coexistence
ed.200223

War, legalized killing
Expression of ineptitude
in coexistence - most basic
of life’s requirements

Done with cannibalism
Done with war
Participants all
Down arms and walk

Break the chains
Walk away
Don’t join
Stay sane

Lesson learned
Grassed over
Is the bloodied turf
Of past affairs

Wars, no warrant
No place, no time
No matter, no sense
Down arms and walk

Break the chains
Walk away
Don’t join
Stay sane

No engine, no war
Play football
Chess, slam dunk
Why war

Legalized killing
Expression of ineptitude
in coexistence - most basic
of life’s requirements

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz

( May, 2022 )

How Can I know

How can I know
when beauty
Never fails
And ugly
Ain’t ugly
Anymore

Know naught
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Sleep well
Stand tall
Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz


Big Bang
ed.250123

A bang
A spark
Our universe
is born

Beam of
Light
No one
In sight

No water
No life
As science
dictates

But the essence
For chemistry and
Complex notions
Of matter were lurking

Rock n roll
And along came earth
on a Merry go Round
With time and seasons

Human beings
Hand prints
Etchings, cuisine
and cars

Labels all
For our
Garden
Of Knowledge

A garden
To weed and grow
Facts to fiction
Fiction to facts

Flat earth
Round earth
Three dimensions
Four dimensions

Do I hear five
Can the labels
Cope, mathematics
Confirm

Old man walks
Down the street
Trips, Falls
Face first

To the pavement
Bang
Rolls over
To brilliant light

No pain
No time
No time
Hovering faces

But they don’t hear
I’m ok
Leave me be
Light years to go

Old man
Residing
on warm
lie-low

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz


Parking lot
ed.300123

It’s been a long journey
From the chemist shop
To our parking lot
Third row back

On arrival
Spot lit
Brimstone boiling
Geysers and gas

Drip drip
And there was steam
Clouds and water
Raining down

Rapid rivers
To languid lakes
And the feisty
Global ocean

Blue as
The sky
In atmosphere
Expectant

Home to nutrients
Bacteria
microbes
Fish to us

Us humans
With our cattle
Our pets
And pollution

Back to nature
The natural way
Home sweet home
As they say

And robots
to work
Manage and
Entertain

Fingers on
The button
Remote surgery
Press play

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz

( May, 2022 )

Earthly Feet

ocean
sand
Meteorite

Wink wink
Cosmic link

Still here
Earthly feet

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz

( May, 2022 )

Grown up

Why don’t you grow up
Why don’t you do as you are told
And be happy with your lot
Why don’t you be like me
An old fart in the trenches

Because I’ve grown enough
I can see for myself
I haven’t a lot of anything
And I am not an
Old fart in the trenches

Think the sun shines out your ass

Do you

Not me, you think so

I think not

Bollix, called Trench
To Peter Pan over-head

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz


A Brain
211222

A brain
The size of
its universe
A garden
to weed
And grow

A brain
The size of
its universe
Its mirror
rings
a bell

Of Golden years
Corn
Cobble stones
And beer

Ringing in
The changes
Simple to
Sophisticated

All simple
In the light
Devilishly difficult
in the dark

Child’s play
They say
Work, play
Same thing brain

Aiming for
the sky
With our
Artistry

Manuring
The earth
With our
Generosity

Huh, unsure
Of where
in heaven
we are

laying about dreaming
Of Shakespeare’s bottom
Garden’s end
Three monks in tears

Child’s play?
With a brain the size
Of its universe
A garden to weed and grow

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz

( New Year, 2021 )

Bubbles

Force gone
Bubbles in
Bubbles bubbles
Everywhere

Family bubbles
Travel bubbles
Team talk
Bubbles

All work
All play
No work
Force today

Sweet dreams
Sour dough
Rise now
Morning song

Sing high
Sing grand
new songs
Of praise

To earth’s
Bubble to
Our feisty
Domain

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz

( New Year, 2021 )

All Roses

In heaven it is not all roses
and where there are roses
there surely are thorns
beautiful too and
devilishly crafted.

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz

( New Year, 2021 )

We struck a chord

Like to be
Remembered -
For someone to say
we struck a chord

Harmony
omnipotent
Relentless
Unassailable

Discord a
Mere pause
To waken
The senses

To nature’s
Allure
its artful
pretensions

Its hallowed
Path we
Tread to
Remember

For someone
To say
We struck
A chord

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz


Ditties

( September, 2020 )

If I were a tom-tit
Wouldn’t worry
bout was or were
just whistle my sweet

If I were a tom-twit

If I were a tom-twit
Bemused I think
Of you and me
In a tree

If I were a tom-twit
In a tree
whistling
Would you

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( August, 2020 )

How long
can I stay
in sun’s
embrace

How long
before
I sleep.

How long
Before
Ambition’s
itch

drags a
lemon
from my head

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She was a handsome flutterby
Rarely understood
He was a thoughtful mannequin
Made of precious wood


Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz

( April, 2020 )

On the move

Flags, headstones
idols, kings
All gone
To museums

Turn away
Face
the bow
And paddle

Lean
wave
Flock
that way

Won’t stick
too slick
is art
On the move

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz

( April, 2020 )

Front Steps

I spy puss
The neighbour’s cat
On mission
across the street

To take
seat
Two steps
below

Casual
and cool
This cosmic
Mate

We sit
Both
Eyes
ahead

Zest
Of Sea
and
memories

Times
to savour
Dreams
to ponder

Sun
soaked
Head
inside

Leave cat
Draped
With familiar
Foot steps

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz

( April, 2020 )

Mother of Light

Magnanimous
Guardian
Star of
light

Held our
Hand
Spun us
Round

Warmed
brew
Grew
life

Lifted
Head
Gave
Sight

Named
Sunne
Mother
of light

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz



For all the people



Yenom
a novel
for all
the people

Artists
like lennon
No lies
Do listen

Consider
the script
as it
is written

Yenom
a novel
for all
the people

Neil Felton - https://artis.co.nz

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