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Category Archives: Poems
Don’t Reject the Child.
When parenting makes you wonder, when your children remind you to wonder and wander Continue reading
I’ve been invigilating GCSE exams over the past two weeks and it has given me food for thought
I’ve been invigilating GCSE exams over the past two weeks and it has given me food for thought. Continue reading
Posted in Life's Like That, Poems
Tagged children, exams, future, GCSE, invigilating, invigilator, life, pupil, school
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I was asked to write a poem for Christmas that was read during the Broadwindsor Church carol service
What are you dreaming of this Christmas? I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, with every Christmas card I write; Can there be a more well-known song that fills us with delight And ideas of the perfect Christmas we all want … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Christmas, Christmas cheer, family, friends, perfect Christmas, poem, present, white Christmas
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October already. Is it just me or is time flying by at supersonic speed? As the Romans said…tempus fugit
We are all guilty of it at some time in our lives, rushing around, organising our lives by the second. But before we know it, life has passed us by. The poem is written as a parent to a son, … Continue reading
It’s the rhythmic tick-tock of life. Does the sound of an old clock beating time comfort or concern you?
I have an old Victorian grandfather clock in my hall. It has been in our family for generations; but the distinct sound I remember so well of time passing, is now a reminder… Listening to the rhythmic tick-tock, Remembering another … Continue reading
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Tagged childish games, children, clock, grandfather clock, life, tick, tick-tock, time
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To the parents who have survived, I salute you…
To the parent who was searching til midnight last night For the school shoes and kit bag; so long out of sight; To the parent who stayed up with needle and thread Sewing in name labels, something I dread! To … Continue reading
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Tagged kit, kit bag, new term, parent, school, stationery, term, uniform
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A rainy day; but it’s not the rain that bother me, it’s the wet drip…
It’s not the rain I dislike as it pitter-patters down Spraying the windows in its peppering sound; Dispersing its droplets one after the other, Dispersing the people now running for cover. And for every one drop there’s a million more … Continue reading
It’s my dad’s birthday today. He may not be here anymore but I still say…
Happy Birthday dad, wherever you are, No matter the distance, no matter how far You may be away from me now that you’ve gone, But my love for you now is still just as strong. For whilst you’re not here and … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday, dad, dead, father, gone, happy birthday, Happy Birthday dad, many happy returns, missing
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Gird your loins and make ready for battle, but be warned, blood may be drawn
The roadside or the parkland, the field or the wood, Your garden or your neighbour’s, both are just as good. They scramble over bushes, take footholds, reaching long; Their roots spread like a virus through the soil and just as strong. … Continue reading
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Tagged blackberry, English fruit, garden, hedgerow, nettles, picking fruit, soft fruit
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After potty training there’s toilet training but they still never learn…or maybe it’s a boy thing
Aim for the middle There’s many a time I wish I had girls; Pretty ribbons and dresses and long golden curls And knowing that each time I take my seat, There won’t be small puddles surrounding my feet. That I … Continue reading
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