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 …
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A few sweet thoughts
I’ll tell you a tale of a special week When no-one could ever be sour The kitchen was full of sugar and spice And caramel smells by the hour Everyone shared the joy of the sweet_ Classes entered and left in great streams Christmas puddings, Nut parcels, ever so rich With stuffed dates and Peppermint …
The Young Visitor
Bell rings, door opens, no “Hallo!” or, “By your leave!”Passing through the hallway, wipes her nose upon her sleeve,Through the open kitchen – she quickly found the way,To where she knows the toys are. She settles down to play. At Two, (do we remember?), the World was great indeed,Plenty of love and lots of food, …
The Venus Trap
Written to support Rachel, who has a blog for Nature lovers. Visit Naturetableexplorer.blog Oh Flies, beware, the Venus Trap, so versatile is she,Her ever open, scented cups, are beautiful to see.But hidden in their fond embrace, are trigger hairs that senseAny careless insect, that ventures to her scents. When lo, in seconds split, the trap …
Don’t Do It yourself
or ‘How one can bite of more than one can chew!’ “It’s time for a change! The loo needs a refitThe tiles are disgraceful, the basin’s a pit,The boys are careless, (aimless the word)A hygenic room, don’t be absurd!” So out with the basin, a new one arrives,Chromium tapped, perfectly sized,But the rad’s in the …
Cheerful sourdough!
In the current lockdown, many are baking again. The references here are of two local bakers with whom I chat…. At the moment, there seems, not much we can do, As the virus constrains our best plans, But cooking and baking, is good for our health, And also gives work for our hands. So it …
Six centuries later.
They say the old star Betelgeuse, Which is, in Orion, found Could be about to self explode As its ‘End of Life’ comes round, But it’s slightly pinkish light For years, by gazers seen Comes from, ‘so very far away’ It’s light could be ‘has been’ It takes the light six hundred years Through Space …
Don’t Do It yourself
“It’s time for a change! The loo needs a refit The tiles are disgraceful, the basin’s a pit, The boys are careless, (aimless the word) A hygenic room, don’t be absurd!” So out with the basin, a new one arrives, Chromium tapped, perfectly sized, But the rad’s in the way, so now it must go …
Bravado
Donʼt talk to me of superstition It puts my actions ʻon conditionʼ Silly to be so restrained All is lost and nothing gained. Surely life is hard enough Without this hocus pocus stuff! Lead your life as if your own Donʼt believe in, some old crone, Questioning your common sense Fate is there without pretence …
Birthdays
If depressed by your age Remember the sage Who by numeric twist Would thereby insist That at year Twenty-one The age of great fun A mathematical quirk Commences to work Stopping further addition From then to perdition. He said “Double your age, Then add an ‘0’ Divide by your age, C’mon,don’t be slow! Now add …
George's Rhymes for the Times 