MARTIN WARDLEY

Before the recognition of pain Before the false perception of the teeming rain Before the keen pursuit of misuse Before the first and...

There is a thinly veiled change pervading the in-coming air A slight and lazy chill resting in the breast of a gentle breeze A Dawn...

Give me reprieve from the constant Give me a break from the boredom Give me respite from the trite and the dry Give me a path to a...

Memories meander Recollections conflict Stories embellish While tales are dismissed Truths are diluted Opinions distorted Lies are denied...

Through chains the sniff of freedom holds an air so deliciously sweet And a gift through deprivation raises tears of brief relief While...

All those feelings Of elation Expectation And such Are buried in a pit Of melancholic Painful sludge Buried where the eye cannot detect...

This journey Of considerable magnitude Hampers the spirit And vexes the flailing mind But broken into elements Of sizeable proportions...

Simply words would oft suffice But he churns out through a hefty tome What warrants a synopsis Is laboured, pious, overblown He takes a...

A whining warble winces on the airwaves My two fried eggs are slightly under-cooked The menu sighs in misspelt carelessness While the...

Just when I had learned Everything there was to learn I learned this was mere vanity And just when I had learned And all had been...

There were always two of you But now when we converse I am the one to chose And until my days are few There will only be one Of you And I...

The scream of the swift heralds May Oblivious to the year underway And ignorant to that which had passed With all of the pain and the...

What faith now for the faithful? Beneath their watching Gods While the murder of the innocents Stands proud of testing dialogue 22nd May...

They’ve smoothed out all your edges And dampened all your differences Polished all your character While Irradiating nuances And you let...

She’s been listening to this bile throughout her life These nasty, vitriolic bitter lies Blackmail of the soul and more besides A...

A shadow of the daunting undertaking looms immense With a power resting largely in a duped imagination To quell all resolve and to test...

There is a peace in solitude A calm which seeps Through this secluded interlude A serenity which creeps There is an energy in isolation A...

It’s a perfect game he talks While seldom does he walk the walk A cacophony of words But deeds are whispers barely heard All victories...

If I reveal it Will they steal? If I pour out all my joy And all my sorrow Will they borrow? If I commit to word and print and page Will...

Did I invest at best with adequacy In all probability I did not Can I recall a score of splendid decisions I confess with distress I...