Mark Heathcote : Writing

A bitter focus in the wind tonight

A bitter focus in the wind tonight

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


There’s a bitter focus in the wind tonight My soul is losing altitude My heart is in the eye of a storm! As my senses, are touched ..
He’s just a bug on my lapel

He’s just a bug on my lapel

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


The cancer filled my lungs… Like a garden of twining weeds But I still had the beat of my wings And sang in chorus to the wheeze! Yes, canc..
Until I follow you

Until I follow you

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


Love hangs upon a star But it’s equally as scared As a ministering moon, Whose prayers go unaired? Who’s absent hope abjection? Cries..
I curse the day

I curse the day

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


I curse the day As does a vulture - its living prey I cursed that day, I met you I rue the day, I drew breath, And you kissed me. Almost; resusci..
Does the hummingbird know best?

Does the hummingbird know best?

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


There’s a banquet table So big, and so, high It leaves us mindful …That the floor is a pigsty. Hummingbird on the wind ..
All those I should haves

All those I should haves

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


Art work by my daughter Natalia,
An angel walks in snowdrifts…

An angel walks in snowdrifts…

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


On cashmere snows An angel walks in snowdrifts. It’s here; she weaves no tracing steps Those wolves or roe deer trackers can follow. Just, w..
Redemptive lovers…

Redemptive lovers…

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


My love we haven’t danced or linked armsLike those leafless apple trees in the orchard.Not for a while have we rolled in the weir…Ankle t..
At least I loved you

At least I loved you

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


I’ve been tearful, and I’ve been beautiful I’ve been mad I’ve been happy and I’ve been sad I’ve b..
Every flower has a lonely song to sing

Every flower has a lonely song to sing

A Poem by Mark Heathcote


Every flower has a lonely song to sing to the bee And each time I look at these flowers I’m glad I’m so glad not to b..