Ollie Lind Poetry

So many times we eat alone. At least I do. Then I think of the times when I have had company for dinner, or just shared a snack with someone. It’s probably one of the more enjoyable pastimes we indulge in. I wrote this poem after a dinner with friends some time ago. There is [...]

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I don’t know about you, but time is, to me is both the greatest asset and biggest problem we all have. So often there never seems to be enough to do everything life demands of us. On other occasions, time seems to slow as we drift along, no ambition or aim, to fritter away the [...]

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So many people have the feeling that their god is with them all the time. This poem is written for them.
Live well,
Ollie Lind
Friend
Who calls me friend?
I know no one
who seeks to blend
stars, moon and sun
In one like me
to know no sin
kneel, bended knee
of life within
so all can see
all praise to him

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There is no doubt in my mind that the biggest single scourge facing the planet is aids. There is considerable conjecture as to the origin of the disease and, in the early days such names as ‘gay plague’ were common. There is no doubt that the gay population is particularly vulnerable, but it had progressed [...]

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I don’t know about you, but there’s something about the snap in the air on a fresh autumn morning. I was driving down a street near the city on Saturday morning and I was struck by the many hued trees shedding their leaves. It was beautiful to see. Yet I saw a fellow angrily brushing [...]

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