Richard Bach, 18 Mar 2017
Famous People, Essays to a Swan
22 Dauntless →
For Bethany Nikka Ferret, character in Curious Lives, a bold, young and dashing adventurer - captain of the sea rescue boat - Resolute.
God, March 2004
Spirit, Essays to a Swan
God, 26 Mar 2016
Gratitude, Essays to a Swan
Inspired to write again after 3 years, this one simply shows gratitude to the Lord for things we behold.
Women, 13 Apr 2016
Romance, Essays to a Swan
Gypsy, 10 Nov 2016
Birthdays, Essays to a Swan
Birthday wishes for a good friend of mine. I usually send this out on birthdays along with a fresh poem.
Sandra, 10 Nov 2016
Romance, Essays to a Swan
Uma, 12 Nov 2016
Family, Essays to a Swan
A tribute to mothers, especially mine - "lights that guide us through the dark".
Self, 19 Nov 2016
Family, Essays to a Swan
Asha P, 15 Dec 2016
Gratitude, Essays to a Swan
God, 23 Dec 2016
Spirit, Essays to a Swan
A plea to one and all to have enthusiasm in life to "flow through our niggles" and be "full of joy" despite the ups and downs.
Uma, 31 Dec 2016
Family, Essays to a Swan
God, 31 Dec 2016
Spirit, Essays to a Swan
Vichu, 31 Dec 2016
Family, Essays to a Swan
Sama, 14 Jan 2017
Family, Essays to a Swan
A plea to cousins to treat each other well and accumulate good memories of "mischievous deeds and healthy fun".
Jayan, 15 Jan 2017
Gratitude, Essays to a Swan
For mentors who "push the boundaries of our abilities", a "chain of nurturers showing us the way".
God, 22 Jan 2017
Nature, Essays to a Swan
Beginning with romantic thoughts like "standing under a waterfall beside one you love", this poem ends with a call to have "deep wells of love, for the plants and animals that share this planet".
Sama, 22 Jan 2017
Romance, Essays to a Swan
Love, from a woman's eyes, for her man "whose graceful nature and toil, kept us in abundance and comfort".
God, 4 Feb 2017
Devotional, Essays to a Swan
About seeing life as a constant effort to Serve God through benevolence to his creatures.
Shobi, 8 Feb 2017
Friends, Essays to a Swan
For a dear friend who I "thank for being steadfast in love for those are the very things - that makes us feel not like paupers but as kings".
MSA, 11 Feb 2017
Spirit, Essays to a Swan
MSA, 12 Mar 2017
Imagine, Essays to a Swan
How the world can be if Builders (Change Agents) were all given a chance to "reshape that stream of activity around us until the possibility of greatness is achieved".
God, 12 Mar 2017
Devotional, Essays to a Swan
Describes God and the divinity within. A path to "guide the traveller to his journey's end".
Richard Bach, 18 Mar 2017
Famous People, Essays to a Swan
For Bethany Nikka Ferret, character in Curious Lives, a bold, young and dashing adventurer - captain of the sea rescue boat - Resolute.
MSA, 19 Mar 2017
Spirit, Essays to a Swan
Another poem in the Spirit series, Perfection tells us how life can be when we are inspired - "deep seated in our mind it liberates".
God, 19 Mar 2017
Nature, Essays to a Swan
Named for the Jethro Tull song, this poem tells of forests that "give a weary traveller rest", - those of us who "see acres wild, filled with the wonder of a child".
Gary, 25 Mar 2017
Spirit, Essays to a Swan
America - On looking back to my time in Bellevue in Nov 2013 and how I was touched by so many people - receiving both positivity and encouragement.
Tracey, 25 Apr 2017
Romance, Essays to a Swan
Introducing Tracey (future imagined lover) - a character from Wilbur Smith's Diamond Hunters.
God, 3 Jun 2017
Devotional, Essays to a Swan
One more of those devotional poems that talks of life, with "experiences so engraved in our minds - emotions that linger in all shapes and kinds".
God, 3 Jun 2017
Spirit, Essays to a Swan
Begins with a mention of the Indian God of Death - Yama, this one talks of the cycles of life and death - each one ending with a rebirth
Uma, 3 Jun 2017
Family, Essays to a Swan
For my mother - "with her at my side, the battle of life to fight, saves me from danger, my anchor in any plight"
Tracey, 19 Jun 2017
Romance, Essays to a Swan
Tracey, 23 Jun 2017
French, Essays to a Swan
A romantic poem in French about how "my days are incomplete without you - the nights without colour and alone".
Srividya, 15 Jul 2017
Romance, Essays to a Swan
Another fun romantic poem. This one sung by a friend while the ink was still drying.
Vasantha, 23 Jul 2017
Family, Essays to a Swan
Devotional - For Mahakala and Mahakali (the Primal Aspects) - Lord and Queen of TIME. "reveal themselves they do to a few - seers and saints in every hue - to instill in us a sense of direction - to stay the course".
Sandra, 26 Jul 2017
Romance, Essays to a Swan
Sandra, 26 Jul 2017
Romance, Essays to a Swan
I think of those days I was rapt - "so deep the bond we lovingly forged - feel you beside me our lips engorged".
Women, 29 July 2017
Friends, Essays to a Swan
Sheeba - For a girl I met that evening, sitting quiet and not talking much - "It gets lonely sometimes as one waits - For love to come and flood the gates"
Veena, 6 Aug 2017
Friends, Essays to a Swan
For a dear old friend, in memory of good times and a imperative to "raise our glasses we did in toast - to a life from which we would wrest the most".
Tolkien, 6 Aug 2017
Spirit, Essays to a Swan
For Tolkien et alii - a tribute to books, movies and songs - hence the category Medley. "to rediscover the Flame Imperishable - set in the heart of every man able".
MSA, 7 Aug 2017
Spirit, Essays to a Swan
As the poem ends, it makes you ponder "in striving we find we've grown, our hearts widening, - our minds reaching to the far galaxies glimmering".
Women, 13 Aug 2017
Romance, Essays to a Swan
REG Ah, to be young and in love again... "methinks a partner is the best thing to keep - in sickness and in health, a spirit so deep - entrenched in your soul"
Vasantha, 23 Aug 2017
Family, Essays to a Swan
Vasantha, 2 Sep 2017
Family, Essays to a Swan
For my grandmother again - that carnatic vocalist of yester year. "music was in you its what gave your life soul - soul that rang true as a melody in a bowl".
MSA, 9 Sep 2017
Famous People, Essays to a Swan
Sandra, 29 Sep 2017
Romance, Essays to a Swan
Richard Bach, 2 Oct 2017
Famous People, Essays to a Swan
Dedicated to Richard Bach, ispired by his character Stormy, who with her partner Strobe work to teach children by "Open[ing] their hearts to the glee of boundless flight - Supporting them so dearly with all of our might"
Tracey, 3 Nov 2017
Romance, Essays to a Swan
9 things I learned by loving (9 different women :). Written with a hope to leave the past in the past and look to the future...
Tracey, 12 Nov 2017
Romance, Essays to a Swan
Wedding Vows (as to be expected - there wasnt even a girl on the horizon when I wrote this :p)
God, 18 Dec 2017
French, Essays to a Swan
A poem in French about the animals and animal characters in my (younger) life.
Shayesteh, 24 Dec 2017
Family, Essays to a Swan
I was thinking about my father and how often we'd like to "Go Back" in time, especially when as we grow, we find relationships with loved ones strained.
Gypsy, 13 Nov 2017
Death, Essays to a Swan
At every death, there is cause to pause and reflect on these, it helps put living in perspective and to celebrate the time we have (left).