10 pages moments of truth

Moments of Truth Graham Vivian Lancaster

Moments Of Truth Last light Zambezi River White Egrets flying Home for the night Low through the gloom Ethereal photograph Symmetrical beauty Poetical wafting white wisps Fast pace In a slow frame Spirits of birds Birds or spirits Of truth Or just a moment With you beside

ALEXANDER HOUSE Incorporating TRAYBERRY PRESS 29 Howick Road Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 0836388813 Copyright 2010 Graham Vivian Lancaster Copyright 2010 in this published edition ALEXANDER HOUSE All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder and publisher.

Copyright 2010, 2011 First published 2010, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-9869707-9-5 Photograph – G.V.Lancaster Cover design: G.V. Lancaster / Richard Burns Distributed by ALEXANDER HOUSE.

Works by the author: NOVELS: Wind Song Storm Song Strength Of Ten SELF HELP: Everyone Can Do It Its Never Too Late Surviving The Ladder The Cost Of Money Who’s Shrinking Your Money?

The Happy Customer POETRY: Marks On My Soul Gypsey Whale Song Gravel Roads Fledgeling African Ride Moments Of Truth HUMOUR: Bert and Co. Bert Another Story Nothing For Mahala ADVENTURE SERIES: Wild and Dangerous Secrets of the Sea Cyclone Tracy Wrath Of The Gods Dangerous Alliances When The Earth Thunders * The Adventurous Life Of Rory Flint

INDEX 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

Schoolgirl Beach Trader Deep Thoughts Fisherman Oh! Lost Educator Farquhar Street Turning Wheels Hand Outs Heaven Sent Trolley Man Wiser Green Eyes Waiting Beyond Valentine Craft Master What’s This Mess?

Piqued Off Petulance Poetry of Love Time Out Mahabharat Beauty Delilah Labourer One World Order Innocent Red Roses Young Double Standards Oxygen Thief Return To Sender Farmer Pathos Delivery

37 Survival Instinct 38 Ocean Blue 39 Old School 40 Apartment 41 Contractors 42 Ruthless 43 Innocuous?

44 Expansion 45 So - This Is Football 45 Vuvuzela 46 Longing For Sunday 48 Pretences 49 Hopeless 50 Through The Mist 51 Priceless 52 Invitation 53Tropical Cyclone 54 Diplomat 55 Uncle Raymond 56 Botswana Road 57 Sunrises 57 Sunsets 58 Madonna 58 Genetic Links 59 World End 60 Motor Cycle Repairs 61 Africa Drumming 62 Reality

Schoolgirl Spindly girl Sitting watching, Just watching Across the class.

What were you wondering?

All these years later Beautiful mature woman Looking at the wedding ring On her finger

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Beach Trader Twenty three years That I know Old Indian lady Thin as a stick Barefoot Faded sari wrapped Red thika dot Sparkling diamond Pierced nose Selling pineapples Like an ice cream On shaved leaves cone With dark eyes carved out Of sweet yellow flesh In sweet spirals Ready to eat

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Deep Thoughts how deep these thoughts of you this morning rising fresh and crisp with the sun gilding my mind in pink shades of gold how deep these thoughts of you this evening rising calm and serene with the moon painting my mind in purple shades of silver

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Fisherman In the hurricane lamp’s Orange flickering paraffin flame Dancing gold across the Dark early night water Creole fisherman slowly Powers his boat to the gap Through the reef on the wave lull Into the open ocean.

Sleeping with fishing rods Tied into rod holders And in hand Jerking awake with each bite.

Returns at day break With tails poking out fish bucket Pushes along the beach On bicycle carrier To the weigh station Selling Before working the garden all day

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Oh! Tilt of your head Watching From beneath Your fringe One blue eye Sparkling mischievous Signals Of more

Lost Wafting in the current The conductor’s baton Of lost brassiere and panties Hooked on coral Commands a sad silent orchestra Of forbidden cross cultural love.

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