In the dream you wished me well
Sent me off to my work
With a hug and a wave
That is after I had cleared out
All of the rubbish
From the old Ford Mondeo
You talked of parks
And ponds
Your day ahead
Almost exactly
As it was
Those twenty-eight years ago
Most days I would try to write a poem; it is a practice, as I suppose is meditation, or smiling, or watching the world go by
Friday 28 September 2018
Thursday 27 September 2018
Eventful
Where might those
Together afternoons
Have gone to
Would the colours
Have faded in the
Twice-weekly wash
Where might those
Tricky love words
Have moved on to
Would the essences
Have frayed, in the
Twice-yearly exposure
Together afternoons
Have gone to
Would the colours
Have faded in the
Twice-weekly wash
Where might those
Tricky love words
Have moved on to
Would the essences
Have frayed, in the
Twice-yearly exposure
Wednesday 26 September 2018
Wishful
There is a modernist in me
Or at least a soul
Who looks out for good quality
Which is then named as neat
Or right, or appropriate
Or correct, or well placed
He, as himself might care to be
Named by those self-same words
Particularly well placed
Instead he halfway tells us
Of an old love story
Which didn’t run its course
Or at least a soul
Who looks out for good quality
Which is then named as neat
Or right, or appropriate
Or correct, or well placed
He, as himself might care to be
Named by those self-same words
Particularly well placed
Instead he halfway tells us
Of an old love story
Which didn’t run its course
Tuesday 25 September 2018
Describe
The rug is blue
With a wide orange border
Part in shadow
Part in bright sunlight
The two settees
And three armchairs
Are placed with their backs
Against the common room walls
The floor is wooden
A long way from its best
With a wide orange border
Part in shadow
Part in bright sunlight
The two settees
And three armchairs
Are placed with their backs
Against the common room walls
The floor is wooden
A long way from its best
Monday 24 September 2018
Knowledge
Will I know more
By Sunday lunchtime
Will I know more
By looking back at these notes
Will I have captured
The stillness, the breeze
The beauty, the love
The altogether me, just being
And what of those
Who were here before
Where are they now
What became of those poets
By Sunday lunchtime
Will I know more
By looking back at these notes
Will I have captured
The stillness, the breeze
The beauty, the love
The altogether me, just being
And what of those
Who were here before
Where are they now
What became of those poets
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