Month: March 2026

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Fall Down Seven Times

Steve Rowe

During the day the emotional toolbox is goodBehind the trained emotions sits the abyssOnly rearing its head in the spacesEarly to bed avoids the fatigue and the black dogEvery night is the same dreamSearching for what is not there anymoreWaking at 4am exhaustedNot wanting to go back to the dreamWrite poetry5am get upMeditateTrainBurn incenseChantCommune with the infiniteRefreshedCarry onFall Down seven timesGet up seven timesNot bloody eight. Continue reading Fall Down Seven Times

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Grief

Steve Rowe

You don’t ’move on’ from griefYou ‘go on’There’s a differenceIt’s always there in the backgroundHow deep you lovedIs how deep you grieveOver timeIt goes from being an overcoatTo your underpantsIt’s always thereBut hidden from othersIt gets triggeredBy photosBy smellsBy placesBy eventsAnd for a brief whileIt becomes an overcoat again. Continue reading Grief

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Chinese Whispers

Steve Rowe

Chinese Whispers In WW1 there’s a story that in the trenches commands were ‘passed down the line’ and by the time “send reinforcements we’re going to advance” had gone down a long line of men it had become “send two and sixpence were going to a dance!” We never know how much knowledge passed down orally has become corrupted. I come across it regularly because I’m old and have studied the classics for over 50 years and often know the uncorrupted versions. But even then, were the original and revered ‘masters’ that good? The stories and legends of both Tai … Continue reading Chinese Whispers