They Leave No Footprints
They Leave No Footprints When they met that last time They stood together In an empty field of turmoil … The ground was frozen Snow covered He offered her his hand … A candle flickered And a book was...
View ArticleLonely Hours
Lonely Hours A wind-filled rain Tears at the leaves The shadows Like dark doors Stand open I stare At the distant moon Through these long Lonely hours And a tear falls A bright Tremulous drop In the...
View ArticleWinter Wind
Winter Wind Winter wind Blows over me Chilling me to the bone Like dread Icy Trickling from my neck Down My trembling spine © Ann Bagnall 2015.
View ArticleAnd Now
And Now In the silent shadows I hear you calling Beneath a canopy of tangled branches I have no need for a candle There is nothing here to fear For it is you passing As the wind might blow Like...
View ArticleTranquillity
Tranquillity As Spring skies turn Towards Summer Arrayed with fraying ribbons Of silver and blue Shafts of sunlight dance Like silent thoughts That come unbidden Surrounded By the sweet serenity Of...
View ArticlePoetry Clips – Echo/Echoes (Within The Shadows)
The cold liquid sky Runs like a river Clouds splashed Through twisting deep blue Echoes of laughter The wind rings the air with ice Within the shadows Pale and empty arms Eyes fathoms deep And the...
View ArticlePoetry Clips – Perfume (Sweet Serenity)
Silent thoughts Come unbidden Perfume lingers Upon the wind Falling blossoms A filigree Of senseless patterns Of light and tears Drift drowsily by In sweet serenity © Ann Bagnall
View ArticlePoetry Clips – Perfume (A Gentle Loss)
Petals fall Diaphanous Drifting on the breeze The cherry stands bereft Her branches darkly reaching Beseeching She weeps fragrant tears Such a gentle loss Petals fade into the dirt Ever transient Yet...
View ArticlePoetry Clips – Perfume (Your Flame Still Flickers)
Night lingers In a pool of stars A perfumed wind Awakens something in me Your flame still flickers In the depths of my soul © Ann Bagnall Image: ‘Night Sky’ by Joshua Milne
View ArticlePoetry Clips – Perfume (I Hear Your Voice)
Memories floating On the perfume laden winds I hear your voice love And I wind myself open In the warm embrace of night © Ann Bagnall
View ArticlePoetry Clips – Answer (The Wind Will Not Confide)
A restless wind Rattles incessantly Memories stirred Errant whispers Bringing back All that was unsaid But the answers To questions Asked a thousand times These things The wind will not confide © Ann...
View ArticlePoetry Clips – Answer (My Soul Is Blooming)
A whispered question A soft answer on the wind My soul is blooming Like flowers after the rain Opening gently to morning © Ann Bagnall
View ArticlePoetry Clips – Answer (Winds Of Separation)
I dream of my love Whisper wishes to the moon The echoes answer Rumbles of a distant storm And winds of separation © Ann Bagnall
View ArticlePoetry Clips – Answer (A Whispered Question)
You took my heart But there is a fire still A slow burn And my soul is like a thirsty desert Touched by the bloom of flowers after rain Love comes like a whispered question And I will hear an answer...
View ArticlePoetry Clips – In The Silence (The Touch Of Winter)
In the silence His shadow falls Across the window Turning slowly He walks away Leaving the touch of winter In my soul And the whispering Of the wind © Ann Bagnall
View ArticlePoetry Clips – In The Silence (Unfurled)
In the silence Of this place I discover An echo It comes to me On the wind Rushing in Like the tide Unfurled Into my soul © Ann Bagnall
View ArticlePoetry Clips – In The Silence (Sorrow Falls Upon Me)
In the silence Two tangled leaves Tumbling together To the ground Clinging to each other Against the pull Of the relentless wind Autumn shadows Are dark pools And such sorrow Falls upon me © Ann Bagnall
View ArticlePoetry Clips – Despair (The Sighing Of The Wind)
Darkness falls Despair and emptiness Ever hide unseen Singing their sad melody Into the night Colours of the day move in Through the endless blue In the sighing of the wind The river flows Through the...
View ArticlePoetry Clips – Hold – Part 1 (Colour Is Drifting)
Under this soft moon Fireflies glow like stars Shadows are dancing entwined Colour is drifting There is the fragrance Of blossoms I hold my breath As darkness falls on me The gates of heaven open And...
View ArticlePoetry Clips – Hold – Part 2 (Like A Serenade)
I hold his gaze Lest he should fade And strain to hear The passing wind That carries his whispers Like a serenade © Ann Bagnall
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