Jackie – Page 2 – Forward To The Past

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 […]

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 […]

Post 53: A Longing for Peace

A New Year wish for January 2024 WHY NOT? Why cannot we be true Earth people Standing together, gazing out into the void Protecting each other’s backs Accepting our differences, Acknowledging our similar needs Not noticing the seams of Nationalist remembrance With apologies for not starting with that much used mantra ‘a happy […]

Post 52: The Solace of the Solstice

The Solace of the Solstice The solace of the Solstice, the turning of the year When nature feels the season’s changing ways And naturally, gradually, instinctively Shifts into different gear The solace of the solstice, the lightening of heart We also feel the pull of longer days And hopefully, cautiously, carefully Wait for the year […]

Post 51 Thoughtless Thinking

MONOLOGUE November 1993 Me? What do I think? About what? Well, now you’re asking. I don’t think a lot Well, I mean, you can’t change anything can you? Why waste time thinking? You’ve got to go for it; that’s what I think What do I think about crime? Well, what a question; it’s […]

Post 50: Lessons of War

BREAKING OF HEARTS Acknowledgements to Henry Reed and ‘Naming of Parts’; part one of his Trilogy titled ‘Lessons of the War’ Today we have breaking of hearts. Yesterday We had ethnic cleansing. And tomorrow morning We shall hear who has died after firing. But today, Today we have breaking of hearts. In the garden Late […]

Post 49: Hair Raising

REFLECTION 1991 He looked in the mirror He looked at his high smooth forehead Examined his well shaved chin Gazed at the sparse cut hair That moulded to his head And round his fine folded ears He looked in the mirror Remembering the time when that forehead Was hidden by a heavy fringe When […]

Post 48: Food, Spurious Food

Food Spurious Food Food spurious food What are we consuming Nutritional grub Is what we’re assuming Why do we eat so much stuff That never satisfies enough Salty and sweet is what we eat With never a thought As to what we have bought And it’s effect On our digestion! Food counterfeit food Dried, processed […]

Post 47 Holiday Time!

School’s out for Summer. Down here it’s the signal for the holiday lets to be fully booked; and children’s voices ring out; as they excitedly gather buckets, spades, and body boards for days on the beach. I’ve been wanting to include this poem in the blog for a while. It was written sometime in the […]

Post 46 The Trees of Life

ABOUT TREES (August ’22, finished June 2023) Our garden bleaches in the Summer heat But underneath the leafy shade of well loved trees We shelter, watching from our garden seat The swallows swoop; and listening to the drone of bees This sycamore was here before we came It’s now grown high and shaped […]