Saturday, 19 February 2022

The kites are winging
robins singing
tadpoles swimming
daylight clinging
great tits' mating calls are ringing

The clouds are thinning
sunshine winning
faces grinning
coats off flinging
goodbye Winter, Spring is springing

Sunday, 30 January 2022

Putin

Not such a clever man our Vladimir
thinking to get his way by threats and fear
instead of making the world appreciate
his just concern about the future state
of Russia's national security
if Ukraine allows American weaponry
to be installed up to the vey border
of his country. Out of order !
Time will tell he chose the wrong course.
Should have mobilised world opinion
instead of military force.
It's strange how cats like walking on
freshly raked soil
much as children like treading on
crumbly new molehills.

But the difference surely is that a cat
doesn't want to spoil
what's underfoot in order to get
a sense of power that thrills.

Gardening

Non-gardeners think that gardening's
all about sowing and planting things
whereas the battle hardened know
that's just a skirmish to make things grow.
Real action comes later with marauding thugs -
rampant weeds and ravenous slugs.

Sunday, 2 January 2022

Things that flow give pleasure in the flowing -
rivers, summer clouds, ice dancers.
Things that show give pleasure in the showing -
flowers, autumn trees, beauty.
Things that grow give pleasure in the growing -
plants, animals, children.
After all those years of seeing you
as a dominating sexual bastard,
today while working my allotment
I had a moment of revelation.
Not every job can be done standing up.
Weeding demands some kneeling down.
Now I see you as amateur gardener -
get down on it, green James Brown.

Tuesday, 28 December 2021

Lock down the larder. Mask the fridge.
Keep safe distance from the freezer.
Working from home sets me on edge,
food temptation such a squeezer.
What will the next pandemic be?
Something linked to obesity.