Monday, 3 October 2022

Release

A surprise capture, release in the wild 
Fear on his face as a little child 
Into the field, through the woods 
Away he goes, like I hoped he would 

Put off the way

where the cold wind blows 
Snow covered hilltops  
Icy covered roads 

Slipped on the slate 
Metro has a crash 
The little red car 
A fix cost too much cash 

Out in the sticks  
Wondering what to do  
On the way to Kent  
for it’s there I flew 

live in a house though I owe my due 
couldn’t tell you why  
thrown to the wind 
What else could I do 

Kent the garden of England
Not sure that’s true 
at least I’m not an animal
in a Wild West Cotswold Zoo

Injustice

Impervious to the blood stained Nile 
A hypocrite walking a mile 
arriving in his Mercedes’ Benz  
at the end of the race
puffing with egg on his face

Redundancy leaves her without a home 
interest through the roof 
Politicians putting on a brave face 
while rubbing hands together  
saving cash on higher rates 
What a disgrace!  

The old gentleman dies from a weakened immune 
his friends felt he died too soon 
Well no one cares in that place 
Treating the elderly without any grace 
taking all the beds!  
The homelessness are not fed 
Pleased to be sleeping in a tent or a shed 

Still, I’m still okay Jack 
got the sack on my back  
On my own and on the right track  
reaching the tip of a mountain swoon 
Jumping from way up in the sky  
Hoping to fly into the clouds up high 
Not even that, at the end I would  
Know I’m free from this life…if be..I could


Sunday, 2 October 2022

A.C. Milan

Go right, drift from the left 
feet crossed, warning from the ref 
flick & turn, move upfield 
One more challenge, his fate is sealed 
slide in measure, ode to pleasure 
towards the corner, offsets the pressure 
goalie dived backward down 
then climbs up with a wayward frown 
upset pride, feeling like a clown 
the losing side are 1-0 down 
production falls, towards the ground
 in this peculiarly sad Italian town

"Saremo una squadra di diavoli. I nostri colori saranno il rosso come il fuoco e il nero come la paura che incuteremo agli avversari."

— 1899, Herbert Kilpin[17][18]



Wednesday, 21 September 2022

Winters edge

Up rose sunshine afore the spring
the howling whistles, shrills a ring
thunder on yet quietly sing
wondering else the winter bring

Snow flurries rush a frequent hale
slippery stone about here now
sitting and fishing, in the eve 
caught ought else’ except a sneeze

A shivering shake, lying wide awake
Rayburn yearning, to bake a cake
no place left to call thine own
nothing remains of a once loved home





Tuesday, 20 September 2022

She rests

The late summer rain fell, ends a spell of drought,
I hear a song of hunger and going without.
Thunderous water nourished the trees, 
the wind dies down to lower the breeze
the flowers, the lawn, a mist settles in 
the early autumn dawn a new era begins 


Early Thursday, a red sun arose in the morning sky, remembrance of a beautiful day weeks gone by.
 I felt the warmth of my skin  nourishment to the soul loved by kin.    a feeling of peace, deep within 

I recall too soon, the bitter twist of karma    a bite from a vile snake charmer.   tragedy strikes the nation, the news is not good,       our queen is dead, hearts are filled with dread, another conservative leader makes her bed





Friday, 12 August 2022

A full package

Not a person had spoken to him in years 
Without question the best in his field 
A complete package, had not fallen apart
Never let the vultures steal his yield 
The efforts made were uncontested 
All this in a fashionable jacket  
Underneath a vest that is double breasted 
though beauty he could see all around
On the hills and in the ground
this story may seem good and sound
He was the loneliest scarecrow
That would ever  be found




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