Rock Climbing

My Poetry

Moving on

A sadness fills the air

A hole where once was none

A missing link something bare

A lost feeling for someone’s gone

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Now spread to the north and west

To crags in mystical blue

Where cracks are neat & solid

And pockets are lipped & true

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To ply their skills with others

To chat of partners past

Of the ones that helped and guided

Of memories that forever last

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To talk of routes once feared

To others of similar cult

There’s Seaena, Hedron & Goodvibes

Rain dance, Cinders, and Salt

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Time will fill the void

And others will take their place

But memories will shine brightly

Of truly fantastic mates

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Bruce Jones March 2006

Hogbin drive   The namesake of a councilor Is a road that wanders through The lowlands of our region From Coffs to Sawtell too   There is magic in this blackened strip That makes the cars go slow 100k the signs do read But 80 is the go   The designer’s blood needs bottling His magical wand preserved For nowhere across the land Are drivers speeds reserved   After many years of trying I have had but one successful trip In the deadly black of night My car sure did the trick   I didn’t break the limit Simply matched the signs Contented & satisfied With this, my one and only time   And now the road is changing Widened a bit I think I hope the same designer Has his finger in the pit   For as sure as the rains will come Hogbin will be as the rest A trip to tempt the leaded foot On a deadly quest for death   Bruce Jones 22/072002 Web Site : www.bjguiding.com Email : bjguiding@yahoo.com.au

 

Wondrous Things   There is many in this life That deserve my love and holds The product of my joyous ways Sees but four wondrous souls   Three are of the fairer sex The other big and bold My love is deep for all of them Even though they’re not so close to hold   My life made a change At the time it is ordained Nature is the clever one Visions through the rain   My softish heart and lack of will Did cause a badly part Everyone blaming everyone And all have aching hearts   Every time I came but near The one that I had left Arguments and screaming Did seem to be the quest   With ultimatums and judgments made Upon my meagre self I strove to drive a different course With those of similar stealth   So with thoughts of peace & happiness I thought it best to hide To leave them to themselves While I sorted out my stride   Surprised and perplexed Feeling lost and all alone My children had forsaken me Their love has stayed at home   Managed by the angered Their thoughts confused & twisted The waters ran as rapids But I for one just drifted   Detest the ones who cause the hate There is one way for us to live To foster love and happiness The way is but to give   Down and out and close to dirt Feeling failure and loss of self Back from a depressive void Stand alone and be oneself   For in the end that’s all there is You, yourself and nothing more The way to enlightenment For you to do, and be sure   ………………………………………………………   Hardened now, less helpful now For time has made me less Its saddens me indeed to say I am similar to the rest   No thanks I gain for helpful deeds No little touch of kindness Just suspicious thoughts, unspoken truths From members of the mindless   The one who could the one who cared Who tried to right the wrongs Has left us now to sing her song To another receptive throng   Indeed it is the outside ones Who bask me in their webs Of love & peace & happiness Feeling warmth within my bed   And now I have a love that’s grand More grander than the rest A sweet and lovely lady That’s nothing but the best   ‘She loves me more than words can say I can’t believe its so She makes me laugh, she makes me sing And surely it must show’   My life is full of wondrous things For my mind does make it so It filters out the ugliness To make the world aglow   I perch myself upon a ledge Amidst the mighty crags Gazing at the wonderment In aw of what we have   BJ 22/07/2002

 

 

Made of this Earth   The body’s tuned The mind fully sharp Skilled and confident The climber starts   As smooth as silk In control with his lot The leader shows His repertoire on rock   Movement is smooth This ‘dancing on rock’ Rehearsed and refined Simply splendid to watch   ................................................   Was no easy task To ascend this wall A challenge for the mind An elevation of all   And now it’s done I’ve reached the top Of my personal mountain Contented and aloft   The feelings magic To be the known first To have touched this spot On this wondrous earth   At one with this crag For much it is worth Our spirit and body Are made of this earth   BJ May 2002

 

 

Non Combatant   Peering in through unlocked doors Never entered but longed to go Trying to fathom the sorrow and sadness Captured in poems of distant wars.   It is hard to feel the heavy drops When one is sheltered from the rain Words that fall in mighty storms Quickly in the barren earth do drain   BJ 9/3/2002

 

 

To Pinch a Phrase   "Hollow boulders" indeed, we are Skins as hard as hell Matters not what others do As long as we are well   Somber assorted colours are we As the stones of the river we lie Washed around by wandering waters Programmed differently to die. March 2002

 

 

Rock Climbing Blues (song)   (Chorus) Hey babe I’ve got those Rock Climbing blues   Look up Wheres the top Gonna get up babe   Chorus   Dreaming of Another climb Adrenaline pumpin Through my mind   Chorus   Hanging now Finger tips Swinging free To get a grip   Chorus   Look up Wheres the top Gonna get up babe   Chorus   BJ 1997

 

 

Never Drink   I may never drink.... For others are there before Indeed I may thirst forever And no doubt it will be so Perhaps, one of tender years Or maybe one of many Will share their life's delight For the one desired will pass me by A spell is cast, the heart ensnared Locked in emotions jail Sentenced to life, and death, by acking For eternity, the waiting

 

 

The glen   The Camphor grow strong along the small creeks Cascading black berries that pigeons do eat The foliage turns green then brown to gold Such treasures everlasting for us to hold The Bandicoot snoops for leftover bits The Redheads missed in their daily skits The Willy wags and mimics the Thrush As the Kookaburra taps his beak on the brush The Peewee resounds its annoying call For the Butcher is airborne a danger to all And so life is balanced in this wondrous Glen A place of beauty for all make of men   BJ September, 1993.

 

 

Song to Mam (song)   I hear that rain a fallin Cause my Mammy did her dance It’s rushing through my gutters And fillin up my tank   The frogs are all croakin The leaves are stretching out Everyone is happy Cause that rain is all about   Well there's magic in the light That shines so nice and bright Misty views of rainbows That settles in the night   I love that pita patter Of those raindrops on my roof Memories of my childhood Of love and peace and good   Hmm Memories of my childhood Of love and peace and good   BJ 1998