A poem a week for 2012 - A record of a year in the life of...#FrankBruno

Frank Belief

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Gentle giant swaying 

off balance today,
buffeted by media blows. 
Many years we spoke 
of family; of life and pain
- yours extraordinary, 
and you took the time for 
everyone, seeking a 
normality, hidden
from crazy celebrity.


Off-kilter, hook left, 
duck right; 
your honesty 
sold outright.  
But supporters
rally overnight. 
National treasure 
- a legend loved;



A quiet might.  
You told me
'always seek the light
believe in karma' 
- you were right.


Your turn to 
live the laughter
- win the fight.

Frank Bruno leaves hospital as fans post flood of supportive messages after his Piers Morgan interview – The Mirror – 20^th April 2012 http://bit.ly/I8IWhg

A poem a week for 2012 - A record of a year in the life of... ...[Edinburgh after] 116 Years

116 Years

Edinburgh

No race, religion or colour

Just grass and blood

Green and Mauve

Ventricular Hay

Insolvent Death

Turned its back on Hampden

The cheats and the bigots

Will have to wait for

Another day

Edinburgh

Your sweet smog

Envelops my heart

In a beat

In May

A poem a week for 2012 - a record of a year in the life of...

...The Modern Western Church

Time for an Easter rising
of singing hymns of football fans
mid high street throngs
for easter hams. 
Eggs soaring wingless, 
sales march onward, masking
truth of retailers' blessings  
from costs escalating; 
and petrol prices flaring on
through shortage fears
- no trips to Gran.  -
Good news short-lived 
cheap cocoa crowning
thorny consciences are drowning
demand for chocolate icons soars,
symbols of religious bores
celebration long forgotten
instead to mammon children glutton
in contemplation raise their faces
heavenward and spreading traces
arc across our modern church
in digital we now believe
whilst older generations sink
retreat into their church to think
Irish minds turn back the clock
and take a moments' hush to look
96 years of Republican pride,
unity and sacrifice find
space upon the retailers aisles
whilst poorer shoppers stay home, bored
make simple Easter orisons 
by empty piggy bank they swear
- next year  they'll be abroad...

The Easter egg 'bargains' that could end up costing you more - Mail Online -Saturday, Apr 07 2012