Firstly, two poems; which readers may have seen before! EVERYBODY NEEDS . . . Everybody needs a garden It should be the law! Large or small, a patch of earth Could teach us all of nature’s worth No matter rich or poor Everyone should know the pleasure When you harvest what you sow There’s no […]
Continue reading...Post 62: Colour Blind?
SKIN COLOUR (what is) I am not black. I am not white And nor is any human being Why do so many denigrate Skin colour; when it’s in the seeing There’s tints of every colouration From deepest brown to lightest pink That we perceive in any nation It’s no excuse for racist think They say […]
Continue reading...Post 61: Growing Old Gratefully!
THE GOLDILOCKS GRANDMA I feel like a ‘Goldilocks’ Grandma Having reached my eightieth year And part of that generation That the State and our country held dear My childhood was blessed by protection From poverty, hunger and fear I grew up with blissful assumptions That all that I needed was near I’m old enough to […]
Continue reading...Post 60: What Have Labour Ever Done For Us?
What have Labour ever done for us? Beware, beware the fourth Estate The dangling fruit of a right wing gain But is the price our welfare state? How much of that will still remain These niggardly Tories with indifferent rigour Have battered the weakest with belt tightening vigour Ignoring the many who’ve had to make […]
Continue reading...Post 59: Persuasive Party Politics
And so, and many would say ‘at last’, we are going to get the chance to elect a new government on July 4th; which happens to be our 54th Wedding Anniversary! Just a few short days since the announcement, and the febrile atmosphere in the media is almost palpable! I have been writing this blog […]
Continue reading...Post 58: Nature Knows Best!
EVERYBODY NEEDS . . . Everybody needs a garden It should be the law! Large or small, a patch of earth Could teach us all of nature’s worth No matter rich or poor Everyone would know the pleasure When you harvest what you sow There’s no better satisfaction Than this basic ancient action. And, you […]
Continue reading...Post 57: The Outbuilding; the first Twenty Years!
ONE OF THOSE DAYS 14th May 2005 We’ve had one of those days A day spent walking Along flower strewn cliffs. Spent gazing out at sea Spying guillemots and gulls Chough, swallows and raven It’s been one of those days We dreamt of long ago While biding time In semi-detached townland. One day, we’d […]
Continue reading...Post 56: Springing Forward!
As the Spring Equinox influences our daylight hours, thoughts and actions turn to gardening tasks; that don’t destroy nature’s tried and tested systems. NATURE LOVERS? We need to learn to love the slug That leaves those shining silver trails And are found in every garden corner While we admire more adorable fauna That look so […]
Continue reading...Post 55: Things We Used To Do!
I AM NOT A ROBOT ! I am not a robot; of this fact I am quite sure I have to depend on my ancient connections Which tend to wander off . . in all directions My hard drive could do with a booster And I have a much depleted poor app store I promise […]
Continue reading...Post 54: Laying Down the Law
LAYING DOWN THE LAW Tabloids do ‘Distraction’ tactics Of headline shout and shock Which divert the enquiring reader Enraged by the latest ‘exclusive’ leader Appealing to prurience, sleaze and sensation Encouraging voluble high indignation Meanwhile, where our laws are shaped Our suffrage is routinely raped Cohorts of a right wing crew Make sure new laws […]
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