What a good day, the first Friday
In November 2017
The first blank page, in a new blue book
And so what to write about; well, next week
I go to Buckfast Abbey, in Devon
For a four day retreat
I will write while I am there
Profusely I hope
I will write in this book
But the poems
They may be published elsewhere
Under the auspices of Abbey Poems
I am having keyhole surgery
On my frozen shoulder
On the first Saturday of 2018
No doubt the build-up
The event, and the aftermath
Will generate some words
But will they be poetic
Last night, in our writing group
We responded to artists letters
Specifically those between John Christie
And John Berger, from their album
I Give You This Cadmium Red
