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 …
Author Archives: George Potter
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 …
Sea Eagle’s lecture on Human Studies.
Students! Stop your soaring! Come and perch by me.We are the true Sea Eagles and our Kingdom is the sea.The humans, whom we study, cannot leave the groundAnd travel far below us, often with much sound! Today, you’ll likely see, some boatloads cruising by,With tourists’ eyeballs peeled, our gyrations to espy,They are both proud and …
Quiet reflections.
Now I am alone, with no-one else to hear I can listen to myself, without the slightest fear That my words can be mistaken, or considered rude My thoughts, however frank, will not be misconstrued. So in this quiet moment, let me my conscience call, Let us assess together, those myths and stories tall, Which …
Looking back.
History is a record of all past events So continually adjusting, as ‘now’ becomes ‘before’ So can we conceive, what future minds will say Of our own experience, in future ‘Days of Yore’? Elizabeth the Faithful, as she may well be known Left her realm to Charles, her Son, amid her subjects tears, Aged Ninety-Six, …
Conservative Leader election
THE KING IS DEAD! LONG LIVE THE KING! A phrase both ironic and true Now Boris is gone, it has a new ring As we seek just one, from a few. What a laugh, what a joke, as the candidates seek To show off, with clichés so bland Not for us, the inhabitants, we are …
Where are we going?
Each day, we read, how we’re, so smart We invent and make more things, So if we are, let’s play our part, Make sure the work no evil brings. Progress is the general call, Most has a value true, But equally our minds can be Blinded by the selfish view. Again it seems self-centred greed …
