Fellow Travellers There are six thousand Million on this Earth todayWe recognise a handful, but that is not to sayThat those we do not know, and those we haven’t metAre any less important on this Earthly scale, and yet,Some present Religion as the faultless guideTo those that we should fear, or gladly stand beside. As …
Author Archives: George Potter
To See-ers and Readers
Carparking
Let me share a thought or two With those who wish to park. I know that cars are ever here But the outlook is quite stark. First a space you have to find A form of dodgems, you may play, And then the payment machine Is in the distance, too far away. But there’s another …
Reading School 900 years
12 July 2025 What a surge of goodwill, as i take up my quill,To describe a recent display_Of great endeavour, (in perfect weather)For Reading School’s Special day. Through nine hundred years, the success of our peers,(Their plaques, in Big School explain)Improving the life, of those suffering strife,Memories for us to retain. Much has changed, buildings …
In appreciation of Writers
Seems to me the World is short of calm consideration, No time to think things through, and sound conclusions, find Let us encourage those, who have the ‘rush’ temptation, To pause, and read, and then discuss, the ideas in their mind. The advantage for our Authors, is the time that forethought takes, Their books of …
What is life all about?
It is easy to say if only, when sadness comes alongIf only it was different, I could sing a happy song,If only, it hadn’t happened, I’d be happier today,If only I knew the future, I’d know, now, what to say, But no-one in our history, has had complete controlOf what the future brings us; we’re …
A ‘Thank you’ to the NHS
I am well again, but how? Ten days ago, I wondered what was going wrong, The usual sense of comfort nearly, nearly gone. A normal day now, was clearly out of sight And George surmised that things were clearly far from right. So with some foreboding, now to A&E With all the big decry about …
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombo-cyto-penia, Is a word for the Medically Wise For those without basic Latin Its meaning remains a surprise! ‘Who cares?’, they say, ‘Whatever? Until its symptoms arise And bruises and bleeding, spontaneously, Cause a very unpleasant surprise So do not ignore these long Latin words, If they appear before ignorant eyes The number of platelets, …
Olympic stupidity
I’m a guy, so XY, defines how I was made, She is a girl, XX, and female, displayed. These are the facts and generally held Past centuries have ne’er this truth dispelled, Until now, when some people choose to conceive A change from just accepting L,G,B,T, So some new algebra makes X equal Y When …
Where are you?
We are in debt, to the internet,Which has opened horizons worldwideBut those less wise, themselves compromiseBy choosing this tiger to ride. Little is found, without the surroundOf advertising, (whom do they seek?)And such is the litter of uncalled for Twitter,The system’s beginning to creak. I am, to be sure, a hack and no more,With a …
George's Rhymes for the Times 