jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20252 min readBattle BornIn water, a bed or home they lie As far can be from mortal rest Death will be faced here The flesh exposed Still but not silent And For...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readAchievementIn the stands In the grounds At Three AM or Nine PM Hot from the feet that walk across them In windswept light Or black of night For the...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readThe Fall of Finrod’s SongWhere sand and seas are swept Warmth dies And shade lies The quiet before the swell The rise of his voice Ensnared in one’s own trap...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readSmall VictoriesAlike in thought and form They are all alike and the same Wrought well, and forward. Make struggle serve you Make pain your consort...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readSpring AffirmationOne way forward Clear and cold Like the light flakes Spiralling drops of snow Shutting out the spring sun Building a bed of challenge For...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readOur Virtues and VicesAny fairness or foul Habit or exercise Done from your will Any spirit of fairness you hold Your own Hold it in your hands Sculpt it and...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readAwakeningTo see the world differently Isn’t like a photograph Everything changes And nothing Chop wood Before and after Enlightenment Our muscles...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readMiura MusicWhat Gods And Souls there are In quiet contemplation No rest A pace turned to horror from beauty and frigid desire once more Humanity...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readThe ArtistAirless Mouth pulled Down And I would be Unable to Say Speak And hardly with words Will never articulate The rawness of honesty Such as...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readTwo EvilsThe two evils: to drink poisoned milk And bemoan those who drink while swallowing it. By J.W.H. Hobbs.
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readCombe DownA beautiful painting Then and now to recall Without context But no amount of bitterness dries the colour No sound can sap the shade And...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readThe FewGeneral faithlessness The casual or swaying nature of those reluctant to join eager to believe the worst and dismiss the best the rest...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readWritten off the cuff, for SomeoneYou remind me of the sunrise Rose, flesh and warm shades Coming to cold night And the sight Thrilling and expectant Newness and for one...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readYou are the HandStop feeding The people Who insult you While you pay for their service By J.W.H Hobbs. I got the idea from a Chris Eubanks...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min read‘Methinks the reaper hunches’Methinks the reaper hunches Bowed over and lean For who knows more of what they love Than the breaker, the forger, the washer clean? By...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readWhile Reading WordsworthTraveling through all the night A path before indigo valleys Of mind, memory and the soul And in this writer’s words I feel kinship And...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readThey Scream Their SongLong dust ingenues Figment languages Promises of what May be with sacrifice All scream their song In my ears All pre-dawn And ink-night...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readOld and GreyThat is a life Old and grey With those we love Whether we call it that Shown In how they live For were we ever alive If When set to die...
jwhhobbs22Jan 10, 20251 min readInspired by Pen and Watercolour at WorkWhen we cannot name Do not write Or know A new song Played by one we like As with moonlight guidance Poor on phones But undying in my...