Stone story. The humble star of this storyIs an insignificant stoneWhich during a volcanic eruptionFrom the core of the Earth was thrown. It fell, cooled, then merely existedNothing special, you’d say, just a flintBut the Stoneage man was delightedWhen he saw the stone’s tell-tale glint. The stone chips flew, and the caveman knewIt would cut …
Author Archives: George Potter
Trump
Shall I compare thee to the film of scum That sits atop of my cold cup of tea. A mem’ry of what might have been If common sense had killed your Trumpery, How could something so unpleasant Remain to sully the good things below By each sip it makes us all resent What should be …
Now, again, as then!
My ‘Crossing the Channel’, was written at the time of Brexit! Now it seems we might be going to do the reverse!!
The Family Tree.
In the topmost shoot, we see, the beauty of new life, Now other buds will blossom, each child for man and wife And, as the years progress, the branches onward creep New shoots and branches thicken, the canopy to keep. When winds and storms impose their stress and branches feel the rain Not often do …
Incredible! Some say ‘I can’t believe it!’ Others, with eyebrows raised, Or, mouths open wide Express how they are fazed! So much of the current news Defies, sensible belief, We need something trustworthy, To give us some relief. America has a President Who lies ‘most every day His self- importance, clearly Is all that’s on …
Friendship
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 …
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 …
