Empty Hills 30.11.18.

  The hills in the distance Just beckoned me near For they have a voice That they want me to hear They speak of the past And things they have seen In those years of such plenty That once there has been Now only the fissures In their structure remain Gone are the...

The Power of the Sea.

  The wind swept towards us As it coaxed against the tide The waves they seemed relentless With not an ebb in sight So we battened down are hatches And turned towards the shore Carried by a current That showed its power once more Our bow it lifted gently As it...

Sleepy Garden 03.12.18.

  The litter of leaves just dressed the lawn As the starkness of trees stand alone and forlorn What can be said of a time that is gone Nothing at all because we move on On to the future that lies in the spring And all of the magic next summer may bring But for...

So Called Progress

You’d never give them credit For the bloody mess they’ve made Ripping out the trees For the tarmac they have laid The green that was the bushes Is ploughed beneath the grime And all the pretty driveways To service roads resigned They wrapped it up as progress But that...

Hello is me mum there POM dec18

Hello is me mum there Can you tell her I’m here Shall I come in to see her OK I’ll wait here She’s probably wondering Just where is me dad Well I sneaked out behind her And he won’t be to glad It’s too far to walk home Now I’m on my own But I followed my mum So I...