Old pottery

Posted on July 25, 2021July 26, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bricks, Decay, History, Photo, Poem, Poetry, potbank canal, Pottery, relic, Sad, Walk2 Comments

So sad to see the decay

Weeds and rubble on display

Once hard working

Now rats lurking

Crumbling brickwork

At the old works

Let it survive

Keep pottery alive

This is our history

Part of life’s mystery

Cat in control…

Posted on July 24, 2021July 24, 2021 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, cat asleep, controller, Fun, Humour, Poem, Poetry, Tuxedo cat, TVLeave a comment

Asleep

Paws out

Claws at the ready

Ready to pounce

If I even dare

To touch

The

Remote

Control!

Back yard

Posted on July 23, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Back yard, Colour, Flowers, Gardening, Life, Plants, Poem, Poetry, Summer, Terraced houseLeave a comment

Too many flowers

Growing out and round

Hanging baskets

Decked out and grand.

Pots filled with lots

Of colours and shapes

Joy to my heart

These flower baskets make.

A real riot of colour

Blooming in my heart

And the heart

Of the city.

Framed pastel seascape

Posted on July 20, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Birds, Blue, Fish, Flying, Ocean, pastel drawing, Poem, Poetry, Sea, Sketching, Sky, trip, VisitLeave a comment

I must go down to the sea again

Says the old poem.

And I know why

Beauty and violence

Gentle lapping wavelets

And white horses.

Frantic families

Lost sailors

Storms and waves

So high they reach up, up

To the sky.

Birds skim the surface

Grab fish in their beaks

Puffins and Skewers

Cormorants and Choughs

Ever changing

Sometimes boring

I must go there again.

Face app?

Posted on July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Face, face app, Fun, Mask, Mystery play mask, old photo, painted, Papier mache, Poem, PoetryLeave a comment

I don’t need retouching

Thanks.

Or soft focus

Blending

Trimming down.

I am me

I wear my own mask

Fairy drinking

Posted on July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged drinking, drip, Fairy, Flight, Flutter, Lake, palm, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, SipLeave a comment

A fairy seems to hover

Over the lake

Wings flutter

Like a humming bird

A cupped hand

Reaches out

A small pool

in her palm

Takes a sip

Watches

the water

Drip

Cool pool

Posted on July 15, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged cool pool, Dorothy Clive garden, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Pond, Water, Waterlilies, WetLeave a comment

Still and quiet

The waterlilies opening

Swirls from fish

Lazily catching flies

Circles on the surface

Reflections rippled then still

How deep are you?

Walking to the edge

Then dip a toe in

Feel the cool liquid

Gently caress.

Sky over Etruria festival

Posted on July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged banners, Bubbles, Etruria, Flags, no rain, Outside, People, Poem, Poetry, Slow, snail man, WindLeave a comment

It didn’t rain

It didn’t pour,

Even though we sang.

The flags flew

The banners flapped

In the breeze.

The bubble man

Blew huge bubbles

That the children popped.

And the snail man?

He walked very

Very

Slowly…..

Red sky

Posted on July 9, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blue, Dawn, Grey, Hill, Moon, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Red, Sky, Sun, Sunset, Time2 Comments

Wrong side of the hill, but still saw some lovely reflections on the cloud base. Red sky at night predicting a lovely day tomorrow? We will see….

Red sky to dark sky

Sun sets slowly

Dark sky to black sky

Moon rises brightly

Grey Dawn to blue sky

Sun rises gently.

Le Tour

Posted on July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Collage, France, Fun, le Tour, malliot jeun, peloton, Poem, Poetry, Sketching, Yellow JerseyLeave a comment

Chasing, racing, riding fast

Le Tour enthrals

France in three weeks

A journey of courage

Tail wind, head wind

Peloton group

Cycling up alps

Down valleys

Rain or snow

Burnt by the sun

Super human effort

Yellow Jersey holder

Speed and elation

And the winner is?!

Mallaband-Brown

Tag: Poetry