Books, Poetry & Prose: [1] Will I know her?

Books, Poetry & Prose

Samples of my very own Poetry and Short Stories, and one or two not so short stories, as well as my thoughts on Books, Writing, Life and the Universe.

: Name: Thomas McLaughlin; Location: Gold Coast, Australia

I was born in Motherwell, an industrial town in Scotland. I have lived in various parts of the world, including Edinburgh, London, New York, Seattle and now Australia's Gold Coast Hinterland where I have settled with my Australian wife Kerrianne. If you are into Books, Literature and Writing, welcome to my weblog. If not, welcome anyway.

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[72]The Politics of Ignorance and Fear

[71]What Celtic Means To Me

[70]Aussie Cave Man

[68]Smoking Damages Your Brain

[67]Whatever Happened To Private Grief?

[66]A Lucrative Enterprise?

[64]Scotland's Shame

[62]It's A Girl Thing

[61]The Kids Are Alright

[60]Return to Sender

[59]Gender Poetry

[58]Humour for Wordsmiths

[57]The Gold Coast

[56]A Glasgow Dynasty : Part 6 - Erchie's First Sale

[55]I Haven't Lived

[54]A Glasgow Dynasty: Part 5 - Slappin' a Polis

[53]A Glasgow Dynasty: Part 4 - Pissin' up a Close

[52]The God Delusion

[51]Maternal Advice

[50]A Glasgow Dynasty: Part 3 - Broken Biscuits

[49]A Killing Kindness

[48]A Glasgow Dynasty: Part 2 - Pissin' in the Sink

[47]A Glasgow Dynasty: Part 1 - The Man Fae The TV Licence

[46]A Slap on the Face

[45]How Did We Survive?

[44]The Black Hole

[43]Buried Alive

[42]The World Cup

[41]In the Movies...

[40]My Favourite Writers: James Kelman

[39]Vital Football

[38]My Favourite Beer

[36]Comb For Sale

[35]McNulty's Law

[34]Beware of the Dog

[33]The Substitute: An Extract from my Novel

[32]Books That Became Films

[31]Tall Boys and Wide Girls

[30]My First Novel: The Substitute

[29]My Favourite Writers: Louis de Bernières

[28]My 25 Favourite Films

[27]Decisions Decisions

[26]Devil's Desire

[25]Pain or Pleasure

[24]Out of the Mouths of Babes and Sucklings

[23]No More Tears

[22]Dame Muriel Spark 1918-2006

[21]10 Things I Miss About Scotland

[20]Little Red Riding Hood

[19]Natural Bridge

[18]Journey to Nowhere

[17]Westminster Man

[16]My 25 Favourite Albums

[15]Bless Me Father

[13]I've had it with Born-Again Christians

[12]Moonwalking

[11]My 25 Favourite Books

[10]Heroes and Sinners

[09]Thinking of Kerry

[08]An American Dream

[07]Never Again

[06]Under A Bridge

[05]Deep-Fried Madness

[04]Man in a Bookshop

[03]Was There A Time?

[02]The Executioner

[01]Will I Know Her?

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"Nobody is perfect, but if you strive for perfection, you will never descend to mediocrity."

Kerrianne

Robert Burns

William Shakespeare

RichardDawkins.net

The-Brights.net

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The Schoolboy
Our Lady's High School, Motherwell 1966

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[1] Will I know her?

I can see her.
She walks calmly, assuredly
In my direction.
I watch the smile form on her lips
Those lips so warm and inviting
Yet somehow distant,
Out of reach, out of bounds.

Will I know her?

I can smell her.
She sits next to me, quietly,
Effortlessly rousing my senses.
Her scent intoxicates me
Both placating and inspiring
The passion deep inside.
My heart is pounding.

Will I know her?

I can feel her.
She stirs and our legs touch.
A shock runs through me,
Nerve ends reeling in its path,
Head spinning in its wake,
Mind racing in its aftermath.
Does she notice? Does she care?

Will I know her?

I can love her.
She listens to my calling,
Welcomes my embrace,
Such glorious reward,
Like a sinner finding grace,
I grasp the nettle, take up the sword.
She noticed. She cares.

Will I know her?

I wrote this poem for my wonderful wife Kerrianne when we were courting over the internet while she was in Australia and I was in Scotland.

Kerrianne

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Hi TJ. I like the poem. I am a lesbian but doesnt stop me saying you have a nice warm face. and I hope you wont mind if I say your wife is so lovely. yummy yummy kerrianne.