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Jan 31 · 107
Just words
Succinctly yours
For those who abhors
Descriptive jargon
That I’d pardon
Not always aware of what they mean
Sometimes go by what is seen
One can be mistaken
a word that is faken
And one where the meaning is ambiguous
To words who we abhorred
Because the meaning is unknown
I’ve learnt a few as I’ve grown!
Jan 30 · 90
Beautiful past
I ramble down to the beach
On a summers day
Body board under my arm
Wet suit on
I’m off and away
For yet another lovely day
Work rest and play play play
Riding the wave
Better than chocolate I crave
Sumptuous sea and soft grain sands
Sun shining down with no demands
Life in my forties Was a peach
And now in my sixties I just can’t reach
The memories are precious though
And I appreciate it all you know
But wish I was there right now
Enjoying and living the life
Without a trace of strife!
Jan 30 · 98
Life's too short
Life’s too short
So we ought
Make the most
Grabbing while it’s there
Use it
Peruse it
Try a little more
Open up the  door
There’s more behind
Be kind
Unwind
Love a little
Achieve
Believe
In yourself
Look after your health
Improve your wealth
Life’s too short!
Jan 29 · 187
Another winters day
Another day
Of rain and wind
But we can see through this ….
To the bright shiny green leaves
On those lovely big trees
Beaten by the weather but still beautiful
Despite the rain and wind
The temperature is being kind
It’s not freezing it’s a little warmer now
No snow at the moment
But there you go, I love snow!
Jan 29 · 74
Tired
Eyes sting
Tiredness comes over
Hissing in the ears
I’ve had for years
Time to sleep
Oh no time to rise
Waking up tired
As I sighed
Another day
Another day at work home tonight and a lie in tomorrow! Thursday is my zombie day! No work just rest and play! 3 hour journey home ! 2 days a week is enough at 65 winding down to retirement!
Jan 28 · 94
Can’t sleep
The mind
Hurling
Burning
Squirming
The body
Twisting
Tossing
Turning
Can’t sleep

Thinking
Worrying
So deep

Tired
Unwired
Then sleep!


Snoring!
Jan 26 · 102
Wind and rain
The bamboo tree is waving at me
The wind is getting worse
It’s swinging side to side
As if it has a curse
And then it stops quite still
The rain comes down at will
And now he’s getting wet
The wind comes back with force
He swings around of course
His branches shudder and shake
I hope that wind will break
Jan 26 · 105
Field of Pheasants
The field is full of pheasants
All running around
There’s the runners and
The males and females
Abound in the long dry grass

I try to take a picture
But no, alas, they have class,
They’re hiding in the long dry grass
No pictures to be had
somehow it made me sad

It was a rare old sight
End of the day
Coming night
No gun just a camera
They probably thought I’d shoot

It really was a hoot!
Jan 26 · 123
A Spiritual visit
I smell a fragrance
Familiar to me
There’s no one around
Except just for me
It’s quiet
It’s dark
It’s calm
I feel a gentle tickle on my arm
But there’s no one there
I can not see
I think it’s a spirit
Trying to talk to me
Someone gone before
But now just passing by!
It’s strange this did happen years ago! And sometime later I heard my God Mother had died around about then and no one had told me! until ages later!
Jan 26 · 424
It did it for me!
The scent of the purple butterfly bush
and the clean fresh air
The sound of the sea
Does it for me

A walk down the road
Rough may it be
Getting nearer the beach
And nearer the sea

To think once I lived there
Amazing it be
I’m sad that I left there
I’m missing the sea!

It did it for me!
I used to live in Cornwall, sorry I left , it was heave on earth!
Jan 26 · 135
The Bucket list
When I retire
All this I desire
Lots of walks in the park
Cruise on the sea
Cold water swim
Afternoon tea
write a book from within
Fun trips with my family
meet up more with friends
Visit different places
And see what life sends
Not much I desire
But I’m still a live wire
Let’s hope life takes me higher!
Because I am a flyer!
Jan 26 · 129
I love you all
I love the natural things in life
I love all the good things in life
I love when you pick me up when I fall
I love when you make me laugh but that’s not all
I love that you are tall
I love that I am small
I love to hear your voice when you call
I love you all
Jan 26 · 104
Compromise
There’s no need for fighting and killing
And all this blood spilling
With an advanced world
Of technical advances and natures
There’s compromise
There’s consideration
There’s respect
There’s love
There’s peace
Or the world will just decease!
Jan 26 · 104
A Troubled world in war
She gave a image of what it was like
In the troubled world of war
Sadly Her family were still there
Such sadness and despair
Her sadness she did share
So we gave her all our love
As we listened to her prayer
And hugged her both in turn
And told her we would share
As we offered her our prayer!
Jan 26 · 96
A beautiful world
The twinkly stars in the sky
The shiny bright moon
The green leaves on the evergreen trees
The flowers
The red berries
The holly and the ivy
The sun when it shines
Make the world a celestial place

A place of beauty
A place of peace
A place of love
We can increase

The beauty of the sea and sand
The gentle flowing streams
The forests of green
Are a present to mankind

A place of freedom
A place of love
A place to share
For all who care!
Jan 26 · 59
Peace
Peace is what we need
Peace to those who heed
Peace I only plead
Peace or we will bleed!
Jan 26 · 107
A beautiful world
This world is beautiful
But could be a better place
With love for one another
We’ve really got to face

There is no need for fighting
There is another way
Just Stop the bad back biting
And we will see another day !
Jan 26 · 67
Wet
Wet
The sky was black this morning
As we ventured out as the day was dawning
Thick frost underfoot but that was expected
We did not know what was a pending
Out of the black came ascending
Enormous rain drops falling from the sky
Like the heavens had been opened
And Mother Nature was having a cry
Soaked to the bone
we went home
Dried off with a towel
And back to bed under the quilt
I had Walked the dog so I have no guilt
We snuggled up nice and warm
A happy dog ( my baby) and a happy mom!
Safe and warm and now back home!
Jan 25 · 495
Stay with me
You make me feel warm and cosy
Even on a chilly day
Everything is right and rosey
In every single way
You make the sun smile
You always go that extra mile
You are my conscience and Go to
You make the sky shine bright blue
You cheer up even the dullest day
With everything you say!
We have such fun together
We’re just like birds of a feather
You’re really very clever
Finding me that day
I pray we will be together
For As long as we can stay!
Jan 25 · 59
My Body gaurd
Six feet two
Build like a brick wall
But that’s not all
A heart to melt you!

He’s so kind
In the early days
We wined and dined
And had Fantastic holidays to Mexico!

So happy together
Thought it would be forever
But now my body guard
Has fallen hard!

He’s a poorly man
But I do what I can
I give him my upmost love
I take care of his every need
I love him and care
I try to be there
As much as I can
Because he is such a very good man!

Nothing lasts forever
We all eventually have to go
But I’m holding on tight
Because he’s such a delight
I always think things will be alright
We’ll always be together
It would have been forever
As I thought
But that was all thrawt!
Jan 25 · 64
Behind closed doors
Always look super slim
neat and tidy slick and spam
Wear fitted clothes tight to the skin
Clear the kids toys up before he came in
Be at his beck and call
But that’s not all
Yes sir, no sir
He didn’t care
His other women
So glad they were there
Big relief when he wasn’t here
Divorced at twenty three
Forty years ago
Left with two babies
Them and me!
Behind closed doors
You couldn’t see the sores!

Now I learn
With Much discern
A friend has been going through
Just like What I went through
Behind closed doors!
You couldn’t see the sores!

Well she’s a mess
I say, I bless
Emaciated
Confused
Battered and bruised
No one knew
Behind closed doors
You can’t see the sores!

His control
He did foil
But she always looked so good
Behind closed doors
You can’t see the sores!

Why would we suspect?
but I guess we should
It all came to no good!
Our old friend our bud
We tried to pull her up, but Twas no good
She’s a broken woman
A damaged soul
Behind closed doors
You just can’t see the sores!
So sad our friend has been to hell and back for many years but no one knew as it was all  behind closed doors
Jan 23 · 76
Vermin
The vermin
Come out at night
Destroying everything in sight
They don’t care
They know they won’t get caught
No matter how much we have fought
There’s no respect
Nothing will protect
Us
against the vermin!
Jan 23 · 113
The strong wind
Strong Winds forecast for tomorrow
Like a hard strong gust waiting to bust
Tie down your latches
or doors and your thatches
Lay low,
stay in don’t go
Out in the blustery wind
Make sure everything is pinned
Because the wind is a demon
Waiting to beam on
Everything in its way
It’s tomorrow they say
It’s angry it’s nasty
How long will it last y
We just don’t know
It’s not a friend, it’s a foe!
The damages it does
Is what bothers us
The danger
What’s stranger
Is we just don’t know
Where it will go
Up down across or all over
From Scotland to Dover
Fast as it comes
It goes
Leaving destruction behind
It’s just simply unkind and entwined
Blowing us all away front back sides and behind!
Jan 23 · 101
A weather warning
The mighty red sky
Like blood
Up above high
At the break of morning
As the day was dawning
A weather warning !
Jan 22 · 231
Electric cars
Summer time it’s good as gold
Providing it’s not too hot
But winter time it’s just untold
Less miles to the full charge I got

No heater on no window blower
Drive carefully now
Much much slower
But that’s probably a plus I surely know!

Lovely car
Oh yes oh yar
But you really truly can’t go far!

Time to charge
Find a charger
Anxiety larger

Yeh ok I love it!
I rise above it
It’s an AI
And he does try!
Jan 22 · 127
Dreaming the dream
Dreaming is an awesome thing
Astro dreams are the thing
To go just anywhere
Anyhow
Anytime
Any place
Then come back
And remember
You’ve dreamed a dream!
Jan 19 · 69
Writing poetry
There are so many little things in life
That make life worth living
Writing poetry and lines
Is just about divine

It’s a place you can express
The words that are on your mind
And even write that fiction
Of any other kind

But writing about our lives
The good the bad
And those that help us strive
And the things that make you sad

Poetry Can sometimes make you cringe
And others will think you’re off your hinge
But I don’t mind it’s poetry of kind
And still it’s good to get it off your mind!
Jan 19 · 148
I remember as a child
I remember as a child
Dads green Land Rover how wild
Think it was mark one
But either way the hard seats hurt my ***
But I would have appreciated it now
Those days I wouldn’t have known how

I remember as a child
Dad taught us to paint
Start at the top
Straight strokes going down
Don’t scrub or go round
Up and down
Up and down

I remember as a child
Mum would say
If we were naughty that day
Wait til your father gets home

My parents were good
But as strict as they could
Without being cruel
Mum was no fool

I had a good upbringing
Mum was always singing
Dad worked so hard
When he off he was in his shed in the yard

Dad was making model train engines
I don’t know where they went
I would have loved to keep them
Cos that was my intent

Dad was a brilliant soul and dad
And mum was a brilliant heart and mum

Sadly they’re both gone to that place in the sky and together they’ll be until the day I die!
Jan 19 · 96
In my imagination calm
On the stairs of a stately home
Walking down the large sumptuous stairs case
dressed in a glowy gown and a smiling face
With ballet shoes and a kitten heal
Slowly descending holding the rail
To the marble floor
And a big old wooden door
Walking through the wooden door
To a beautiful cosy room what’s more
With purple, velvet armchairs
An open log fire
Lit and burning with desire
Sitting down on the soft velvet chair
Shaking one’s head and waving ones hair
Resting now and having a snooze
Just so relaxing, don’t need any *****
Imagining going on a river cruise
Dressed in a beautiful gown and pretty shoes
Falling asleep in the warm comfy room
And dreaming of once being in the womb
All cosy and safe cuddled up warm
Sleeping now deeply and so very calm!
Jan 19 · 86
Sunday morning
It was a Sunday morning
When the day was just dawning

The air was so cold and felt like a shroud of ice
But the sky was bright and that was nice
There was no one around
Not even a sound
No birds to be seen
All asleep in the evergreen
keeping Warm
in their dorm

It was a Sunday Morning
When the day was just dawning
Jan 18 · 231
The Birds on the table
The birds are all visiting the bird table
They’re all eating as they are able
It’s cold out there
And I do really care
So I drop some more seeds on the table
When ever I am  able
Suet chunks are hanging
Left over bread I throw out on the lawn
I couldn’t just leave these poor creatures forlorn! So I feed them all, day, night and dawn!
Jan 18 · 92
Munching
Down in the dumps
Going over the bumps
Makes me want to eat
Because I’m so beat
The bread sticks come out
No doubt
Greek Yoghurt and hot salsa
Delicious delightful and deliriously nice
I chomp and I chomp and I munch
A hand full, a bunch
Of lovely breadsticks
I crunch
Makes me feel so good !
Jan 18 · 102
No sense
Is is quiet before the storm
Silent and calm
Because lately
Things are not quite stately
Stress yes stress and more stress
What a mess
I guess
Everything happens at once
It’s all nonse
No sense !
Christmas Eve we got a nearly £4k bill from our energy suppliers after us asking for a bill for nearly 2 years, they said we didn’t exist at one stage, and they finally sent it Arrived Christmas Eve along with a debt collection demand ! Didn’t even forewarn us or discuss and put straight to debt collection no warning! Their fault entirely! We’ve Gone to energy ombudsman! They have caused us so much stress! its unbelievable !
Jan 12 · 106
Beautiful
You are so beautiful
As beautiful as a summers day
Your love is unconditional
You are a sunny ray
You are so beautiful from right within to out
You’ll always be our baby in every kind of way indeed there is no doubt
We will love you forever
Love you from right inside and definitely will without
Jan 11 · 113
The Garden
Well the sun shines on the evergreens
The holly sort of glistens
I see no red berries on the holly
I think the birds had these
The sky is a subtle blue
With stratus clouds there too
Some trees have lost their leaves
But they’ll be back there soon
When the sun comes through in spring
Spring brings some cheer in nature
Flowers start to bloom
The leaves pop out on the trees
Then the gardens another room!
Jan 11 · 102
Anxiously waiting
Waiting
Waiting for that call
That you don’t really want
But you have to
When it’s someone you believe in
Someone you need to support
When a friend has been controlled
Bashed and beaten for years
Behind closed doors
No one was aware least me
They were a nice person outside
Social psychopath
And now its time
To give a statement
Anxiously waiting
And that’s  just the beginning!
And how it will go
I really don’t know!
Jan 11 · 228
Aware
Feel the skin you’re in
Against the seat you’re sat
And the air around
With your hand you pat
Hear the sounds around
Or the silent hum
Be aware of your being
And your presence in!
Jan 11 · 76
Minus 5
Early walk this morning
Before the sun was rising
The sky is black
And Full of stars
Minus five here
Freezing I fear
It’s quiet
And there’s not a soul about
Twinkling, sparkling frost on the pavement
Cold so cold
The frost is biting
Frozen fingers frozen toes
Even a red, frozen nose
It’s quiet so quiet
It’s still, there’s nothing moving
Everything is frozen
The frost is thick and spikey
Well It is winter
But extreme
A cold cold spell
It calls for Hibernation
and just enjoy the scene !
Jan 9 · 143
Snow
Wow we had snow
White fluffy snow flakes
All different sizes and shapes
No one the same
White and cold
Some melt where they land others stay frozen
It depends where they stand and where they pose on!
It’s mighty cold you’ll need extra clothes on
Wrap up with your hat and scarf and your quilty look coat on!
Jan 9 · 126
Sleep
I close my eyes
And I see shadows of what was before me
And now it’s black
Don’t look back

The black is like velvet
I touch it’s soft pile
And I smile
It’s all in the minds eye

I relax
I enjoy the escape
It’s all in the imagination
Now try
Enjoy, now sleep!
Jan 9 · 92
Lucky
Some people are lucky in life
Where as others are lucky in love
Some are prosperous right from birth
while others have to work work, work,
I look at these big houses as I drive by
And wonder who lives there, oh my!
Do they know how lucky they are
Some even drive a fancy car
They say money isn’t everything
Well money is essential
And without it you could certainly die!
Jan 8 · 91
Dramatics of weather
Very cold
But it’s winter
Artic air
Extreme
Cuts with a knife
The wild wild wind
Frost twinkling on the pavement
Pretty though
Ice in every puddle
No water to be seen
Freezing
So so cold
Minus five
Stay alive
Jan 8 · 153
Violin music
Violin music
So Heavenly
Puts me in a trance

Violin music
So moving
Makes me want to dance

Violin music
Masterful
Makes me think romance

Violin music
Invigorating
Makes me so euphoric

What a sound
From heaven to the ground !
Just listening to Bond , girl group of violinists oh how beautiful what a sound !
Jan 8 · 190
The Different Garden
The trees and shrubs of green
Evergreens
Different shades
Different sizes
Different shapes
In a garden
Of different birds in the trees
Blackbirds
Robins
Starlings
Sparrows
Jenny Wrens
Difference shrubs
Different plants
Different bugs
Different ants
Ant hills
Butterfly 🦋 plants
Wild but wonderful
Just different
Jan 8 · 83
The ROAD
In life we chose what road we want to take
Life is how and what you make
There are some pains and then the ache
You can eat and have your cake
And even if you have to fake
Your feeling for another’s sake
Life is your choosing make no mistake!
Jan 8 · 61
Losing my best friend
We had so much fun
All those years ago
And as you know
I love you so

I know we’re not immortal
We all have to go sometime
But sadly we now know
Soon you will go

Off To the beautiful palace in the sky
Where the good go to rest
The big c has spread
Soon you’ll be gone

We’ve just got to face
And With my arms I embrace
All that you are and were so brave
You’ll never be forgotten

You’ll always be in my heart
We will all miss you
So now I shall kiss you
And bid you a farewell

You’ll take a piece of my heart
When you depart
Please wait for me
In time I will follow

And we’ll meet up there
On a twinkly star
High in the sky
When I eventually die

I love you !
I will miss you!
My friend is battling with cancer and sadly losing the battle she’s so brave bless her!
Jan 8 · 95
Stay with me
We are born and we eventually die
We are not immortal
Unless we find that portal
Stay with me

Sadly we lose
Those of whom we love
Unless we find that portal
Stay with me

Everyone will eventually die
We have to face this fact
Unless we find that portal
Stay with me!
Jan 8 · 67
Human
We are all only human
We all have feelings
Happy
Sad
Good
Bad
Low
High
Up
Down
I know I’m not the only one
We are only human
Jan 8 · 63
Freezing
The ground was all iced over this morning
They say it’s nought degrees
The sky was red and beautiful
but to dread,
red sky in the morning is said
to be a warning
But no puddles just ice
Nice
The pavements were all twinkling
such a beautiful sight ,
Jack Frost has been busy all night!
Jan 7 · 134
It’s snowing again
The snow is coming down
in massive snow flakes
To a ground of wet sleet
As the birds are on the table
Because they need to eat!
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