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Socks of Merino Wool
One Brit’s take on the inauguration of Donald J Trump for a second Presidential term
Coffee#1 Cold Friday
Cold Friday morning, ice on windscreen, retreated to Coffee #1, for the usual…
Dreary December
O dear - I was seized by a nasty bout of alliteration on a dull and dreary December day…another in a long line. BUT hope springs eternal…January’s coming
Standing on tiptoe
Maybe a poem for a cold grey December day…such as today…with a slice of Advent thrown in
Contentment Haiku 2: Early on the Water
Contentment Haiku 2…Bristol harbourside this morning before dawn, double-sculls on the dark water, small lights on bow and stern. Contented rhythm of oar in and out of the water
Far From Normal
Hmm…this poem came together with an overheard phrase: ‘Far from normal’ and every Physicist knows a Normal is 90 degrees to a surface and also about Foucault’s pendulum…I’ll leave you in the capable hands of Google.
It’s also an experiment in double Haikus
A Tale of Two Pubs
I’ve painted this picture before, this time with more spit and sawdust, the other half of the Saturday story
The Moon is Watching
There was the morning moon looking down from a gorgeous pale blue cloudless sky…words followed
October 7th 2023 Remembrance
October 7th 2023 Hamas murder unarmed Kibbutz and Supernova music festival goers and take 251 hostages, 97 of whom are yet to be returned home. A poem of remembrance.