Ball flying through air
Back of the net!
No, handball.
Or offside
Screams and chants
For the champs
But giant beaters
Beat giants.
It’s the magic of football
Soccer matches
FA Cup…
But I don’t watch it!
Tag: Poem
Fern
Small neat leaves
Spores underneath
Found on a wall
Old stone
Leaves like scales
On an aligators belly
Strong and tough
You survive
Winter
Ginger moggy
Ginger moggy
Like lemon marmalade
Hasty and zingy
Wide eyed and happy.
Bouncing like rubber
Heels kicking
Flying free
Ginger moggy
I wish I were thee…
Snow people
Seen on my walk
Two melting snow people
Holding hands
Waiting to collapse
To pass from this world
As a puddle
On a concrete drive.
Who will mourn them
Gone and forgotten.
Meltwater in an urban street.
Swan and Cygnet
I remember
When you were an egg
I sat on you for weeks.
Then a fluffy brown chick emerged.
You were a handful,
with your siblings.
Sampling duck weed,
Chasing stickleback,
Bobbing up and down
While pike examined
your feet.
You could have been snapped up
By a fox or a stray dog.
But you grew
And grew
Fed by people
as well as your parents.
Your down is disappearing,
Soon you will be serene
White feathers sailing
Over the lake…..
Snow
It came again…
Startled the cat
Turned it yellow with fright.
Another beast from the East?
That’s what they are saying.
Cold comfort
In a cold world
And as the year ends..
The days will get colder
We will huddle more
Keep warm,
But open the windows!
Fight off illness
Be more thoughtful
Consider others
Work wirh people more
Avoid making Resolutions
Wait and see what happens
At least it won’t be 2020!
Silhouette
A view across the snowy allotments from yesterday. The posts of the gateway and metal spikes on the top protruding up into the darkening sky. The pathway through the allotments is visible because the metal dars are bent at the top.
The year turns
Soon old man will be gone
Baby year will renew
Shadows of the old year
Still overwhelming…..
Commandments for today.
Thou shalt not
Meet more than one person from another household.
Travel from your tier to another tier
Visit relatives in nursing homes
Have a party for New Year’s Eve
Visit non essential shops
Buy too much toilet roll
Go out without a mask
Thou shall
Wear a mask
Wash your hands
Maintain a social distance
Buy just enough toilet roll
(well it has been a s***** year!)
Apologies if this is offensive.
Another one
Another pattern
Another flower
Right in the middle
Of the picture
Another branch
From another tree
Tangling round the corner
Knots of branches
Tighten round
Leaves are glistening green
Another day
Another noon
Sunlight and snow abound.
Mallaband-Brown 