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Thursday, 1 January 2026

Waiting Room

You arrived too early, again too early

An imposition on the smooth running

Of the organisation


Tempted by the callers message

Truly, you set off 

Way too soon


How now to kill

The spot of time

With nowhere to go


No problems to solve

No mind games

To entertain the soul


Each minute thus lasts for hours

A day becomes a lifetime

Your cold feet grow colder


Fingers numb; but still to wait

I hesitate to say that I warned you

But you have done this before



Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Needles

Layers of defences to defend you

Prayers of pretences you pretend you

Darers of suspense still suspend you


In the core, the kernel

Beneath the efficacy

Which needles alone can reach


Soothsayer we lent for you to lean on

Mystic we meant no not to mean on

Pilgrims we sent only to be seen on


In the deep, in the subterranean

In the unfathomable

Which only the needles can reach



Tuesday, 30 December 2025

Up North

Windmill

Barbed wire, broken fences

Irregular stone walls


Set against a blue sky

With a mist of silver bullets

About to pounce, or plummet


Wings of calculated dimensions

Listen to the wind, love her

For her energy, love her for her calm


And on this cold winters day

Love her for the warmth

She brings to those from fallen ground


Turn now and turn again

Show off your wares

Flaunt your infinite beauty


Set against a blue sky

With a drift of silver bullets

About to pounce, or plummet



Monday, 29 December 2025

Grayson Perry

Load off my mind, unburdened

I try to be kind

For certain


Cheque books I've signed at the final curtain

I try to remind

For certain


Mountains I've climbed from Boston to Burton

I still try to find

For certain


Clay pots to grind when putting the skirt on

I still have desires

For certain



Sunday, 28 December 2025

Country lanes

The uneven road twists and turns

No long-shot horizons

Foreshortened views overtaken


The benefit of past experience

While looking backwards

Disturbs the forward thinking


Year on year, generation after generation

Only chance changes

The significant outcomes


That, and the determination

The will to win, the desire to succeed

Even against adversity


The uneven road

Sympathetically

Follows the contours


Of natures curvature

Therein lies her hidden beauty

Her undiscovered depths