Hat or not?
Headscarf, cap?
Keep the sun off,
Stay in the shade,
Don’t let the sun burn
Red skin and pain.
Not in this month though
I haven’t seen the sun.
But I’ll still wear my hat
To keep the rain off….
Instead!
Tag: Poetry
Be more productive?
make more stuff
Don’t stop
Till you drop!
You must work
Don’t stay home
And shirk!
Covid, what’s that?
You should be working
Hard, relentless
Making an effort
For goodness sake
Money required?
Go get a job
Furlough?
Not allowed
Economic units
That’s what they want us to be
Poverty pushes you
Out of the door
Into the grip
Of illness and more..
And if that’s the case
Covid free, we will never be!
Pylons
Pylons
Marching across the land
Birds rest on your open arms
Static but moving
Cables sagging
Great metal sculptures
Varied and angular
Electrical conductors
Humming your tune
Across the land
Striding over moors and valleys
Your importance holding
Your power.
Where does snow come from?
Mummy?
Yes dear?
Is it falling feathers?
Or dandruff from god?
Is it ripped paper
White ash?
Is it magnolia petals
Or rose flowers?
Duck down
From the sky..
Could it be dessicated coconut?
I’ve never seen white flakes
Gently landing
Painting the ground
And trees
Covering the land
And houses?
Dearest
It’s Snow.
Winter used to be cold
And white.
Frozen water
Hexagonal delight.
Janus
Janus, two faced
Looking forward
To the future
And back
To the past
January is your month..
Old Year gone
Now New here.
What is your future?
Do you know your past
Janus, oh two faced in one.
Will you last?
The garden needs a trim!
Like a lockdown hair style
The garden grows
Longer, taller
Tangled locks,
Like sleeping beauty’s garden
The plants expand.
Ivy clambers
Holly spikes outward.
Buddliea twists and turns
Cut me!
It calls out.
Trim me!
Give me a hedge cut!
But I wait
When the ground is dry
I will fight through it.
The other cat..
Sweet and cheeky
She sits atop her post
Paws and claws
Sitting watching
The birds outside
Feed on the feeders
On the fence.
She stays inside
And is the queen
Of all she
Surveys.
Singing on zoo….m
Singing on. Zoom
Out of tune
Don’t try singing
Together
You endup
Outof
Timewith
One
An
Other!
Cross eyed
Why is it
When you
Cross your
Eyes
You get
Double vision?
I see
Your face
In my
Glass
Don’t laugh
At my
Crossed
Eyes!
Is it
Double vision
Or a
Double cross…?
Pencils
B and H
Soft and hard
Graphite not lead
Silver sheen
Draw and write
Encased in wood
Carbon core
6B or more.
My favourite
Soft and neat.
Mallaband-Brown 