Our Madness – 30th March 2025

Always

Never again

We promise we will learn

To not repeat the same mistakes

But another day, another dollar

We go blindly rushing forward

Til we are reminded

Of our madness

Always

A rictameter. Starting your first line with a two-syllable word, you then consecutively increase the number of syllables per line by two. i.e. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 Then down again, 8, 6, 4, 2, making the final line the same two-syllable word you began with.

Reader’s Dilemma – 12th March 2025

New blooming flowers draw forward buzzing bees
inspiring budding poets with frivolous reveries,
this joyous re-creation, once poetic enough
spawns a thousand imitators – spring can fuck right off!

The glorious calms of a beach bathed in sun
triggers a thousand lines of torture begun,
this scent-filled glory, once poetic enough
to waste the paper and ink – summer can fuck right off!

The mourning skies becoming dull and brown;
woodland walks stir the poet to get words down,
this reflective mood returning, once poetic enough,
each leaf holds another cliche – autumn can fuck right off!

In hibernation, sat in front of a warm log fire
each crackle and sizzle will, the poet inspire;
This year’s snow (as every year!), once poetic enough;
the word weary reader wonders – winter can fuck right off!

Wash, Rinse – 12th September 2021

There’s comfort in repetition
There’s comfort in repetition
There’s comfort in repetition
Never making a decision


Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to find the rope for Tangmo to play with again. Hidden in the grass. I found it when I went to find Kim Chi who had jumped over the fence to play with the cow. The cow chased her back and she appeared on top of the hedge when I called her.