My ‘Crossing the Channel’, was written at the time of Brexit! Now it seems we might be going to do the reverse!!
Category Archives: Behavioural
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 …
To See-ers and Readers
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
George's Rhymes for the Times 