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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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