Many of us have cause to thank Jools for her support over the years, myself in particular.  This is just a small way of saying 'thanks'.

For Jools, Bringer of Gifts

London 23/3/2019

They came for Albion
a million strong
from the north and from the south
the east and from the west
they wore stars on their heads
they wore stars on their capes
they marched they shuffled they chanted
the true heart of Albion
We are an island
and we are united .....

We Remain - an island

My Virtual Lover

You are my virtual reality
My spontaneous exchange
And love receptacle 
I know nothing about you
In reality, actually
Do you have a lover, a mother
a brood of children or
A Darkness, Desires and Ambition?
It feels a little
impolite
to ask
after all these years.....

Jools Elphick - May Day 2019

My Virtual Lover

Thoughts are crowding my head
Like Dragon Eggs
Cracking open
as I mentally caress each one
Revealing an exotic creature
-a symbol of a future path
- a future meeting
- a future destination 
How can I sleep
with such a magical visitation?

Dragon Eggs (spoken word)

In the Age of Disconnected Realities
and Interconnected Anomalies
We extend our Reach
Whitewash & Bleach
until misshapen & colourless
we snatch desperately at identities & ideas
perform notions of honour
in the act of self-righteousness 
and all-encompassing guilt
Just to arrive at  
The Centre
From which we began

The Wasteland of Earthly Pursuits (Spoken Word)

Creatures of habit 

do you eat dairy
do you eat meat
do you like to 
walk over grass with bare feet
do you rise early
or do you sleep late
believe in destiny
or leave it to fate
do you like the bright lights
the rich country smells
believe in the faerie
and magic wishing wells
I recognise you
from so long ago
but who are you this time
my friend
(or my foe?)

Creatures of habit

Travelling at the Speed of Light
(A multidimensionaI) Short Thought....

I can go anywhere
but I find it hard 
to stay 
Somewhere
Travelling 
at
The Speed of Light
Celebrating Diversity
Avoiding Stagnation
A Being Within
The Being
I get a Buzz

Travelling at The Speed of Light

SMELL THE ROSES

The faux sparkle
The manic glee as
You think you entertain me
But the DNA is shaken AND stirred
The psyche and the aura are mashed
You are too loud
I want to find the off switch
I want to honour the Silence
I want to celebrate the eternal - 
the emptiness 
that is the conception of Creativity and Life
This grey dragon
has no colour  
it is not beautiful
please release it
and put on your coat of many colours
WAKE UP!
and smell the roses 🌹

SMELL THE ROSES

Pink Heaven Descends

Not Naked but Natural
Twig entwined holding hair high
Grass anklets and dandelion medallions
And sweet stream music

Exploring the wild Cumbrian jungle
Holding my beech prop high
Like a shepherdess queen
Ruling nature, Alone

Sunshine evaporation
On the grassy banks
Alone but surrounded
Pink heaven descends

Living up in the Scottish Borders one summer  - stripping off and bathing in a wild water stream to cool off!

Pink Heaven Descends

You make me feel
Connected
To the Source
In a way
that is like
Mainlining
Pure Vibration 

The Power of Music!

She can’t hitch a plane
He’s running on empty
Meet me in the Morning
And I’ll bring you 
Buckets of Rain.....
Who needs to fly?
Who needs a plane?
Soul Travelling is for Lovers
With Everything to gain...

IMPASSE

Sitting in my desert
listening intensely to the Universe
My antenna tuned to your waves
Waiting for a signal A communication
First Contact from another Galaxy
Are you reading me?
Send me a Sign - Send me a Song! 
There has to be Life on Mars.....
Or have I been wrong?

Signals from Outer Space

When I close my eyes
The Vortex People are there
Milling around and around
Gathering in their Polarities 
in their different nationalities 
Coming together as One
Black Hole

The Vortex People

Mass production 
will lead to
Mass Extinction
Industrialisation is
an overwhelm
Now is the Time
To consider what we Need
as opposed to what we Desire
To think creatively
To create thoughtfully 
To return to Ourselves
To return our support
To our Planet
NOW is the Time


NOW IS THE TIME

Life’s Graffiti 

Feeling flayed alive
flesh stripped to the bone
Bleeding, reality wrenched
from the heart of the home 
Battered and Bruised
and mortally tired
Feeling hung up strung out
bitterly marred 
Life’s graffiti etched 
into body and mind
We become 
Indelibly Scarred

Life’s Graffiti

I have been fast-tracking
Through this Life
Obstinately holding on
For Dear Life and creative
Survival until
I arrive at
This place of Peace
Enough Time
Enough Space
Enough Love and
As I contemplate this
I realise
I have survived

Destination Enough

PROOF OF LIFE
Your heart beats
the rhythm of
your Conscious Self
Your blood pulses
the journey of
your physical body
Spirit pervades
Spirit is the fuel
Together it is
Proof of Life 
Which we begin
with a cry
and leave 
with a sigh
But Love
Oh Love
Love is the Essence
Love is the Rhythm 
Love is the Pulse
Love is the Fuel
and it has nothing 
nothing to prove.....


Proof of Life


Dust & Glory

It's a temporary thing
This Living Fling
Here today and
Gone tomorrow
We write our Story
Perform for Glory
Until we Rust and 
return to Dust
An Ephemeral Mote
In the Cosmos' I
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Dust & Glory

HOLISTIC JAH

Holistic Jah
Holistic Jah
How Holistic is your Life?
Respect, 
Respect Responsibility 
No Conspiracy
How Holistic is your Love?

Feed the world yeh
Not your head yeh -
keep up that drinking man you’ll soon be dead
Holistic Jah
Holistic Jah
How Holistic is your Life?

⁃ Something for Nothing?
⁃ Ain’t Nobody going to buy that
kind of action
(Yeah Fela Kuti)

Be the change
Walk your talk
No room for Ego
Spread the Peace 
Holistic Jah
Holistic Jah
How Holistic is your Life! Jah

Holistic Jah

If you want to ride
That perfect wave
Knowing your Balance
Knowing your Power
Don't be afraid
To crash and burn....
Love is a parachute 
Step out into the Darkness
Without a hand to hold
Drift in a downwards spiral
Towards terrors untold
Land on the Earth
Both feet on the ground
Your beating heart
The only sound
Notice the waterfall
As it cascades down
Walk into the water
And know you won't drown
This baptism of Fear
This Surrender of Self
Will carry you through
To the Valley of Light
Where all that you are
And all that you can be
Are One and the Same
And Know that after all the pain
This Initiation will set you free, again....🙏❤

Love is a Parachute

I bought Youth a passport
and invited it to stay
We were going to have such fun
Carousing the night away
But Time had another plan
Too cruel to anticipate
It hijacked the opportunity
And offered Age as my Fate......

And Spontaneity is slack
And Hope is waning
The Day is almost done
So little time left for Fun
Memory is my Companion
As I weave this map of Life
We carouse this Dance together
Spinning towards the end of Strife.....

Tempus Fugit (it’s legit.!)

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For Jools, Bringer of Gifts

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