A Radical Socialism
Working the land
For the common good
Not every socialism
Is the same
Kindness
Is a social act
Courtesy
A tenet of the tame
Good bread
Enough for the village
Potatoes
Wine and onions
From the fields
Where the breeze
And the new wheat
Touch tomorrow
And a path
To the future
Remains
Smile
Individual journeys
All of us
Indescribable rides
The subjectivity
Of true selves
Unique in dimension
Kierkegaard
And the mark of the beast
Beyond the authenticity
Of wisdom
Squandered
On a smile
Pure
Boiling it down
Always
And not spreading it
Too thin
Getting to the heart
Of it all
Marching along
The strict lines
Of abiding
To the truest
Forms
Of our rounding
Lost Summer
Through
The quiet storm
Of green grass
Over rolling hills
Forever dreaming
And driving deep
Into memories
And the fresh breezes
Of newly formed
Mornings
Where nothing
Is finished
And everything
Needs a saviour
Wayward
And insecure
Like a lost tear
In the first silent summer
Of love’s regret
New Light
Realities
Running parallel
An egress
To worlds
Both old and new
A note across oceans
Sends hearts
On winds
Of endless flutter
New beaches
On new shores
With each day eager
To taste new light
Morning in France
With the buzzing
Of the morning
And the sunlight
Through the window
Of the old farm house
In the long countryside
Birds in the trees
In the garden
And the sound
Of a simple nature
Surrounding
As she stirred
And settled back
Into the softness
Of gentle dreams
And the warmth
Of the beauty
Around her
John Drudge is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology. He is the author of seven books of poetry: “March” (2019), “The Seasons of Us” (2019), New Days (2020), Fragments (2021), A Long Walk (2023), A Curious Art (2024) and Sojourns (2024) . His work has appeared widely in literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.
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