Modern gardening

Not long ago the tools of the trade

were trowel, hoe, fork and spade.

But now, as if by TV law,

it's hammer and nails, drill and saw.

A disappointing evening

The singer climbed on top of the amps;

the male bass guitarist wore a dress.

Such circus antics more than hint

their music won't impress.

driving home pop music playing

country lanes at 1 a.m.

nearside verge a hedgehog crossing

used to have them in my garden

not for years now take it with me

passed it damn reversed pell mell

but the grass too dark to see -

good luck hedgehog wish you well

With caviar and champagne we taste the expense.

With Porsche and Ferrari we drive the image.

With sand, sea and palm trees we dream the escape.

With flat white and latte we feel the relax.

With soaps and commedies we make time pass.

But with partner and children we surely live life.

Tweets 13

The children watch cartoons in vivid colour

but only understand in black and white.

Not so common - illusions like these

where the lake water seems to dip down to the trees.

The backwards baseball cap makes you no fool

but doesn't keep your sweaty forehead cool.

She's at school now so knows not everything's fun

and sometimes there's chores that just have to be done.

The crashing waves on the speedboat's hull

pounded a hip hop rhythm (just as dull).

"  .  .  . would the Lord the giftie gie us

to see ourselves as others see us"  R. Burns

He did. On social media.

If you can't do it, you just can't do it.

That's really all there is to it.

PANAMA via Sally

A remarkable feat of organisation

amply deserving congratulation.

PANAMA

So many hill peaks drenched in vegetation,

layered with trees and littered with life.

So many boozy drinks are sour

and the supping of them darkly dour

I prefer to remember my strawberry cider

and the tongue rolling taste of Tia Maria.

AFFAIR

See, talk, touch, kiss, hold, feel, penetrate.

There's no need to feel depressed;

there can be rainbows in the depths.

MARRIAGE

The nights of masturbation are past

but those of fantasy are not outcast.

Why is it we all accept the wrong part ?

Love is in the brain not in the heart.

And sex is more about emotion

than any length of time in coital friction.

Allotments in winter

Why cover the soil with plastic sheeting?

To keep the seeds warm when it's sleeting?

They wouldn't grow all the while it's cold.

They need the spring sunshine to make them unfold.

And then, when you take the sheeting away

your new pampered crop of weeds can display.