Monthly Archives: March 2023

Vegan Meals

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Rex Tyler

Conflict became apparent Almost from day one Ordering food From the dinner staff Was anything but fun What was described as vegan Or Muslim sadly saw A full compliment of dishes And the staff then did ignore The manager would … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, activism, Medical | Leave a comment

Is it the end?

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Rex Tyler

A period of solemness Silently so The sanctified realm Not wanting to go Breathing incessantly Drawing down soul Recalling a best friend In what is a role She has in your life Every moment when she Answered a gaze And … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, Breathing in colour, Death and Dying, Emotional Poems, Ethereal Poems | Leave a comment

Miraculous March

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Rex Tyler

The third month of the year March you can feel An energy out there It is very real Light is coming in Filling our space Today it was sleeting All over the place Out of a cold grey sky The … Continue reading →

Posted in Forests and wild places | Leave a comment

Chicken face

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Rex Tyler

Chicken is everywhere We beings we Chose their white flesh Most greedily A beautiful chicken With feathers of gold Of blue and of red So many are sold All of them families Loving and caring A heart much like ours … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, activism, Chickens, chickens.ducks. | Leave a comment

Job

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Rex Tyler

The patience of Job That’s the Red Kite Spiralling constantly they Searching the ground For the carrion fair Whatever time of the day Serenity Clearly a quality they Can drift and presumably Mark time that way Gloriously managing The miles … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism in art, birds and the environment | Leave a comment

Anu

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Rex Tyler

Sister Anu You feel her She’s true To her self To her patients To the world roundabout 3 lovely daughters Lives near to the hospital Stalwart and hardworking Anyone sees Gaining respect from her charges For certain Quiet and efficient … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Cleo

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Rex Tyler

Those eye lashes Sweep upwards Gloriously and she The officer, good at discharge She came and said to me You are leaving us And it pleases me To be the one to say Of all discharges it pleases me To … Continue reading →

Posted in People I have observed | Leave a comment

Not quite out

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Rex Tyler

A dull grey day Snow on the way Todays the day when I Surmount the wall Best not fall And look into the sky Getting out The old heart flutters No objections too My flight of fancy With my friend … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical | Leave a comment

Anisha

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Rex Tyler

This morning I met Anisha Physiotherapy Put me through my paces With my ablutions Let her see What I can do And what I do At the sink My washing scene Face body Beard and hair Balance not as lean … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Student Nurses

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Rex Tyler

Three years in Two student nurses Prim and proper Gentle souls One from Kochi One from Freetown Sierra Leone their respective roles Choosing caring loving sharing A lifetime’s journey Is their ploy Taking on the sickly British Bringing them some … Continue reading →

Posted in Malaysia more especially Melaka, Medical | Leave a comment

A wintry scene

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Rex Tyler

An icy cold start Where the frost does impart A cutting creative display Of tragic proportions The forest bleached white Wild animals scuttling out of the light Imagine their predicament Caught in the cross hairs The violence the streaming of … Continue reading →

Posted in Forests and wild places, Trees our silent friends, Wildness is our friend, Winter | Leave a comment

Cry

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Rex Tyler

The cry of the morning The cold of the air Assorted snoring I feel so aware Of the chortling presence Of four men asleep A night full of pain When the infinite reap Soulful expression A tender retreat A light … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, activism, Medical | Leave a comment

Bottles numbered three

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Rex Tyler

The papier-mâché bottles Three I get each night Formed entirely beautifully And all of them invite Us users to drink water And use them carefully Standing to attention As happy as can be They sit fair and squarely Gasping for … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, activism, Medical | Leave a comment

Dedication

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Rex Tyler

The ultimate respect Is earned by Nurses Some of course are better than others But they do an uncompromising stint of Personal caring With sick and dying patients Every moment they are sharing A countenance that’s peaceful A service to … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, activism, womens issues | Leave a comment

Dream Weaver

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Rex Tyler

Damask delightful Myriad blues Magical memories Wonderful hue’s Soft to emotions Wild and a fire To the soul To resolve Like an impressionable Lyre Bird of the forest It’s feathers in awe Ringing true every glimpse Every sound wanting more … Continue reading →

Posted in Channeled Works, Corporate manslaughter, Dreams, Ethereal Poems, Goddesses, India and the visionary, Love poems, magick, Medical, Poems written before the year 2000 | Leave a comment

Namrada

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Rex Tyler

A lass who recounts It was Kochi The family home From where This dedicated career Began A nurse where she could share The gift of course to travel From the sunlit watery East Everywhere was on her list A smorgasbord … Continue reading →

Posted in People I have observed | Leave a comment

Nurses

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Rex Tyler

Healing caring sharing A basic premise for Giving back what we have taken Each of us explore The need to love life admirably Respect the moral core Defend the honest bounty Make peace said John not war Greed of wanting … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, Activism in art | Leave a comment

The Inquisitors

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Rex Tyler

Today they came thevtwo of them A personal chat evolved Home from whence I had come from Now tney wanted to solve A marital complexity Disablement the need Evidenced by sepsis Where the inner demons feed Friends so called with … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, activism | Leave a comment

Silence by degree

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Rex Tyler

The ward a dismal place of woe Recovering souls lie still Rigged up to contraptions Serviced there’s a chill There’s grief frustration,fear and pain A time honoured stint An army of nurses delivering care Give the love that’s missing there … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, activism, Carers, Medical | Leave a comment

Visitors

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Rex Tyler

They come for whatever reason Leisurely sometimes Eat and drink Enjoy themselves Who cares what I think Nobody abusive Some are it’s their right Have a go at the only bloke For me it is the height Of disrespect and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Infection

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Rex Tyler

Harping back to Infection When the psyche explodes Misrepresentation The role of my odes In distinguishing Fact from profound fiction Where The mind takes a beating And is just left aware. Seeing believing creating Inside Significant miasma Which maybe denied … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, activism, Medical | Leave a comment

Like the Moon Walk

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Rex Tyler

It took 15 days From arrival until now Confined to a bed Not remembering how Life went on previously Infection the King Had stolen my freedom And all that did bring A series of torturous Journeys to make Trapped in … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical | Leave a comment

The Machines

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Rex Tyler

How archaic it was the ugly connection Pulleys and linkage a sluicing of sorts The natural discharge the natural conclusion Organic channels And wonderful thoughts One minute connected Restrained by inaction The next freedom beckons The beautiful Dawn The traveller … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism in art, magick | Leave a comment

Dead of Night

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Rex Tyler

The two of them came In the dead of the night Both Doctors apparently With potent vastly superior drugs That would do things for me One dude order more aggressive The other younger full of gob Getting me to try … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, activism | Leave a comment

My Belfast sink

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Rex Tyler

A place to scrub down Some hot water Somewhere I can go to wash Each time I want to Flannel soaps accoutrements And a warm encounter Tragically it’s abused Often dirty dregs My flannels used for cleaning house Abuse it … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, activism | Leave a comment

The vegan

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Rex Tyler

The vegan the infection the Extreme YIN drug’s,all they Messed with utter consequences For the set along the way A matrix of emotion A notion that where I Was on a different planet A split screen lullaby. Spiders tangled webs … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, activism | Leave a comment

Having to go into Hospital

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Rex Tyler

It happened the worse kind of Wakeup to have Slipping out of bed in the dark and the cold Lying four hours As Jack frost gets his chance To get into your bones Exerting his powers Ambulance called Waits going … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

L&G’s Hospital cleaner

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Rex Tyler

Diminutive and jolly efficient Through and through a new age Mrs Mop Is here To clean it all for you High mops shiver q the dust about But it’s her persona she Helps to move the rubbish m And bin … Continue reading →

Posted in womens issues | Leave a comment

Catheter

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Rex Tyler

Alone in my bed with a conduit drain Not on my income but really a stain On my bedsheets it’s heat between my legs Makes me feel The bloody things leaking with adequate zeal Abandoned by medics to urinate freely … Continue reading →

Posted in Abandonment, activism, Medical | Leave a comment

Sprites

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Rex Tyler

An infectious state of virulence Creates a putrid place An ugly oozing dark refrain Where sprites and Ugglies grace and uglies grace

Posted in Abandonment, activism | Leave a comment