Doom scrolling

Posted on May 30, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged doom scrolling, Internet, Life, Phone, Poem, Poetry, reposting, Sadness, Thinking, viewingLeave a comment

I keep picking my phone up

Looking at the screen

A blip of endorphins?

Another look…

Gradually it builds

More reading

More reposting

Soon I’m overwhelmed

So much sadness, evil,

No compassion.

It hurts

Stop

Now

!!!

Esther Chiltons weekly word prompt

Posted on May 28, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Esther Chiltons weekly prompt, Health, Life, Poem, Poetry, Test, Thinking, Time, WordLeave a comment

Tests……..a short poem….
Tested to destruction
But you keep going
Ploughing on into the future
Maximum effort to pass
Even by one point.
Tested for healthiness
Bounced and bumped and pushed
Given medicine that may transform
Be a “cure”
Test positive, or negative?
The result depends
On interpretations
May you all pass.

Tired

Posted on May 25, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Aching, Life, Nap, Neck, Pain, Poem, Poetry, Shoulder, Sleepless, Time, Tired2 Comments

I woke up aching,

My shoulder hurt

My neck is tight

Need to relax

Only 4 hours

Of sleepless

Discomfort.

Decaff helped

Pain killers too.

Now dozing

Tired

Might nap

I need a hug

Ugh!

I miss the sea

Posted on May 19, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Driving, Life, Memory, Ocean, Poem, Poetry, Postcard, Regrets, Sea, Thinking, tide, ViewLeave a comment

I see the sea and wish

I could be there to see it.

Sending postcards to

Wish you were there

Friends and family

When will I go back?

It’s not far away in distance

But it is in time

I don’t know if I can go now.

I lost my confidence

Don’t feel safe

Travelling the distance….

The tide is out for me.

Morning Cat

Posted on May 18, 2025May 18, 2025 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, greeting, Life, morning sun, Poem, Poetry, Purrs, Sitting, Stairs, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

He greets me sometimes

with purrs

Mornings in the sun

Have a wash

Finding that comfy space

But sometimes?

He sleeps on a stair tread

Curled up happily

Danger to footsteps

I can avoid

But he’s too cute

To criticise!

Abstract ‘grain’

Posted on May 16, 2025 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Bees, Bread, Digital drawing, Food, grain, Insects, Life, Poem, Poetry, pollinating, Porridge, Sketching, TimeLeave a comment

If all the bees were gone

There’d be no flowers

So no fruit, no vegetables

No more blossom.

We could still have wind blown pollen

So grain would be possible?

Maybe….

Not much choice

Porridge or bread?

Let’s save our bees

And pollinating insects

We need them.

Old sign?

Posted on May 14, 2025May 14, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Antique, Art, Design, fake, graphic design, metal sign, Picture, Poem, Poetry, Question, realLeave a comment

You look old….

But the joke is new

How did that happen?

To you…

Is the joke on us

Or you?

Not antique

But imitation?

I’d have it!

And that’s true X

Snug

Posted on May 10, 2025 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Bed, Black and white cat, Curled up, Dreams, Happy, Poem, Poetry, Sleeping, Tuxedo catLeave a comment

Snug as a cat on the bed

Happy paws

Claws tucked away

Sleeping all day

Moggie dreams

Of chasing butterflies

Twitch and race

Across the garden

Happy and comfortable.

Retirement!

Posted on May 8, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged career, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1933, hopes, Poem, Poetry, Prompt, retire, Thinking, WorkLeave a comment

What is your career plan?

Playing mahjong

I’ve worked long and hard

Given work some welly

Retirement would be fine

I mean resting and learning

New things.

I’m semi retired now

But I’m below retirement age

Which keeps moving on

I would have retired four years ago

Except they changed the rules…

Ah well at least I can.

Gemini

Posted on May 1, 2025 Posted in Memories, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Digital drawing, Doodle, Gemini, Gone, Loss, low mood, Memory, Poem, Poetry, Sadness, TwinsLeave a comment

Twin gone over two years

Memories fade away

I don’t want to miss her

I want her back

Too much loss

Fed up

I don’t know

What to do?

Digital drawing does not represent either me or my sister..