James Dyche
Poet and Writer for honesty and resonance in your projects.
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'Sediment'
It’s always there, the sediment.
All the bits and things, accumulated.
Gathered by time,
The sediment.
In the waters calm, it sits
Idle and still, all is clear
Unnoticed, unfelt
The sediment.
But these waters are a torrent
The rapidity of flow, unceasing
Churned, tossed
The...
'Not To Be'
The caterpillar
Spun its silk
Wrapped, cocooned
A butterfly
To become
Beautiful, and fly
But it all went wrong
Couldn’t break out
And so, it was not to be
The tadpole
It grazed, wriggled
Grew legs and arms
A frog
To become
And explore the land
But it all went wrong
Got eaten
And so,...
'The Unfortunate Ladies'
Her name was Rebecca, and she lived in the sea
She came up for air intermittently
But when she saw there were people around
She breathed in the water, and chose to drown
Her name was Susannah, and she knew how to fly
But somehow, up there just seemed way too...
'Why I Like an Autumn Chill'
I used to dread
That Autumn Chill
An anxious childhood chill
The end of Summer chill
The back-to-school chill
The quiet child, ‘please don’t pick on me’ chill
The (must it always be football) PE chill
The last-to-be-picked chill
The shouting teacher chill
And...
'The Darkness'
In darkness formed
In darkness grew
In darkness, darkness
Grew in you
In darkness born
In darkness start
In darkness, darkness
Took your heart
In darkness ripe
Became you man
In darkness, darkness
Was His plan
In darkness cloaked
Emerged, stepped out
A glaring world
That made you...