Author Archives: Richard

The page of enticement for the curious mind.

What moves forward but stays still at the same time?
“Human existence.”
Knowledge, technology moves on, primitive instincts remain.
Thank God for those who still think they can make a difference for the common good.
Hope is still the best motive. 

With the deluge of knowledge
Information becomes a plague,
A never ending stream of books,
By those who are clever,
Engaging us with their page.

Their themes are all the same,
Enticing the curious mind,
Conspiracies, intrigue and sex,
The life blood of mankind.

There is plenty to pass the time
While waiting for our death,
With conscience occasionally stirred,
But soon returns to the slumber of  death.

Please, don’t get me wrong,
There is a master plan,
The brain makes demands of us,
A lifetime to understand.

The pinhead is never crowded,
You too, can take your place
Where the analogue becomes the digital,
You may call it
Saved by grace.

R. de L.  30/06/2014 

Dapper of Battle, East Sussex

 

 

 

 

The beech tree cockerel/ the allotment song.

Method of construction- using string, bunching together ungainly branches. It took me about half an hour. I’m looking forward to when the beech leaves turn copper in the autumn.

Click on the icon to hear this song which was written circa 1976 while on an allotment in Alfriston, East Sussex. This led to an audition at the George Inn where I performed six consecutive Saturdays. The current version recorded 26/06/2014.  The  allotment song

Truth plus.

Will you need glasses?

Click on the icon to hear a new version of an old song. I rise up every morning

There is truth,
And there is truth plus-
Guess which one is the threat to humanity. 

Don’t just accept another’s essay,
Write your own.

I know; most of us cannot be bothered.
That is why the extremist of any ilk
Makes life hell for all of us.

And God? He’s in His own league.
And why can’t I still be convinced of the no God argument?

Like I have said-
There is truth, and there is truth plus.

And the elderly lady (cross gender)
In the front row said
“What’s he say?”
R. de L.
24/06/2014 

Who is the fool in the cemetery?

Richard’s favourite at the moment – The Carter family – wildwood flower.

The wasp and the bee,
The Arab and the Jew,
The Christian and the others,
And not forgetting you.
Is it not a fact of time
We’ve all been put in place?
And the best that we can hope for
Is to die in a state of grace,
But language with definition
Will curse us to the end.
The One who brings me comfort
Indeed will be my friend.
Jesus Christ is mine,
What or who is your’s?
Whistling in the dark,
Or believing in Santa Claus.

R.de L. 12/06/2014 

 

Honesty when defeated.

Regarding my grafting experiment (see post January 28 2014) I can safely say it was a complete failure. Interestingly, the flowering cherry which was grafted onto the willow did go further than the others which produced just buds. The flowering cherry actually produced a whole leaf!

“All knowledge/information is dodgy except that which you believe to be true.” R.de L.