My Poem “Transitional”

Life is always transitioning
from one state of being to another -
but the act and the art of change
is no more apparent, prominent,
invigorating, and awe-inspiring
than at the time of the year
of when Spring becomes Autumn
when the leaves of the trees change colour
and then ultimately let go and fall...
people are always thinking, listening,
feeling, and looking for new things,
or familiar things,
to excite or reignite their senses -
and there is no time like the present
when anybody can seemingly do anything,
when anyone can look how they want,
when anyone can be whoever
and whatever they want to be...
places are always having new visitors to them,
and there are always those people
who return to a place time after time -
because a certain place has something about it
that is special, magical,
and gets under a person's skin deeper than a needle.

In my experience life is full of poetry...
in my experience people are more pliable 
than they think they are...
in my experience every place has a story
that speaks volumes and can be heard
if you want to hear what it has to say...
in my experience life experience is
what gives us all the gift of indistinguishable individuality...
in my experience some people
can only show their best side when
everything around them is dark
and they can shine like the brightest of stars...
in my experience we can all find ourselves
somewhere and with someone that can influence us
that we can in turn have an influence on
the more that we are exposed to them -
especially if we are with someone
somewhere almost every day.

Life does not always give everybody a choice
as to whether they want to change or not -
because sometimes some things
must happen,
whether we want them to happen or not...
life has moving pieces and things
that must repeat and work
in synchronicity with one another
like the cogs, gears, and the settings of a clock...
people like things that reoccur
because it gives them something to look forward to -
that is why people like traditions...
life is about things that are built to last,
as well as about things that happen, are captured,
and then are gone again in a snap!
Life and people will always be a work in progress
and always in the process of constant transition.


A Poem A Day #368: From Scratch

“From Scratch” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Dreamer and The Dream’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw

A Poem A Day #367: The Game of Life

“The Game of Life” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Dreamer and The Dream’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw

A Poem A Day #366: Self-reflection

“Self-reflection” by Mark Hastings is a new poem which can be read along with hundreds of other poems on Mark’s website: http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw

A Poem A Day #365 – Special Bonus Episode: A Poem for Every Day of the Year

In this bonus episode of the podcast Mark marks the occasion of the 365th episode of “A Poem A Day” and he talks about the experience of reciting a poem every day for a year and the fact that he has now shared just as many poems as there are days of the year. Mark also once again shares his poem “It’s a tradition” which was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Dreamer and The Dream’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw
Today I shared the 365th episode of “A Poem A Day” on my podcast “Mark The Poet – The Podcast” – meaning that there is now literally a poem to be listened to for every day of the year. A Poem A Day #365 is my poem “It’s a Tradition“, which is taken from my book of poetry “The Dreamer and The Dream” which was published in 2015. So, now that I have posted a poem for every day of the year, is that it? I have been reciting poems for a year now – starting with my first book “Poet of the Sphere”, then from “The Sound of Mark”, then from “The Eternal Boy”, and now from “The Dreamer and The Dream” – so what’s next? Huh? Well, I carry on, of course! There are still many more poems to share from my books and from my website http://MarkThePoet.Me so I will carry on doing what I have been doing until I am told otherwise. If you have listened to any of the poems that I have published on my podcast every day via Spotify, Amazon, Anchor, or on iTunes I just want to say thanks for listening and I hope you like what you hear! 😊

My Poem “Self-reflection”

My life has always been one
of constant reinvention...
every day the man in the mirror reminds me
that you cannot move forwards
if you continue to live your life in reflection...
my life has always been one of questions,
answers, and the pursuit of mystery...
every day the voice within me
tells me to never give up, to stay true to myself,
and no matter what I do continue to be a poet
and an author of my own poetry.

We can only live our lives
by embracing what feels right at the time...
we can only see what we capture with our eyes...
we can sometimes only be free
when we are sleeping and dreaming at night...
we can only compare two sides
when we are given a deeper insight.

Some people will never truly know you,
nor ever understand why you do what you do
and sometimes that can be frustrating -
especially when you want someone to "get you",
to like you, and to want to engage with you...
some people can be drawn to people,
some people can be intimidated by people,
some people can be intrigued by people,
some people can know people
as soon as they meet them,
because they see themselves in them
as if they were their own reflection.

“Self-reflection”

A Poem A Day #365: It’s a tradition

“It’s a tradition” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Dreamer and The Dream’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw

A Poem A Day #364: Garden of Inspiration

“Garden of Inspiration” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Dreamer and The Dream’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw

A Poem A Day #363: Here Be Dragons

“Here Be Dragons” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Dreamer and The Dream’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw

A Poem A Day #362: The Feeling

“The Feeling” by Mark Hastings was taken from Mark’s poetry collection ‘The Dreamer and The Dream’ which was published in 2015 by Zeloo Media. Check out more of Mark’s poetry online @ http://MarkThePoet.Me – all poems © Mark Hastings ● Buy Me a coffee @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MarkThePoet ● Check out the merch store on Redbubble: https://rdbl.co/3xWa4Rw