Remember, the time of year when the future appears like a blank sheet of paper a clean calendar, a new chance. On thick white snow You vow fresh footprints then watch them go with the wind’s hearty gust. Fill your glass. Here’s tae us. Promises made to be broken, made to last. by Jackie Kay […]
The Way Through the Woods . They shut the road through the woods Seventy years ago, Weather and rain have undone it again, And now you would never know There was once a road through the woods Before they planted the trees. It is underneath the coppice and heath And the thin anemones Only the […]
Spellbound . The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go. . The giant trees are bending Their bare boughs weighed with snow. And the storm is fast descending, And yet I cannot go. . Clouds beyond clouds above me, Wastes […]
Symphony in Yellow An omnibus across the bridge Crawls like a yellow butterfly, And here and there a passer-by Shows like a little restless midge. . The barges full of yellow hay Are moored against the shadowy wharf, And, like a yellow silken scarf, The thick fog hangs along the quay. . The yellow leaves […]
When You Are Old William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939) When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, […]
Today, Tomorrow, Long Ago and Years to Come When yesterday we thought about tomorrow; It’s strange to think that we just meant today. Don’t look to days to wipe out stress and sorrow, The calendar and clock refuse to play. . When I was young these summer days meant cricket From morning till collapsing […]
I sat next to a duchess at tea It was just as I feared it would be. Her rumblings abdominal Were simply phenomenal And everyone thought it was me! Anon . Saturday 1st June 2024 Wigan & District Amateur League Laithwaite Shield FINAL Leigh Foundry 4 Ormskirk 1 Referee: Brian Power. […]
One Perfect Rose . A single flow’r he sent me, since we met. All tenderly his messenger he chose; Deep-hearted, pure, with scented dew still wet – One perfect rose. . I know the language of the floweret ‘My fragile leaves,’ it said, ‘his heart enclose.’ Love long has taken for his amulet One perfect […]
FIXTURES Don’t get me wrong, I’d love nothing more than to commune with Mother Nature. But what can I do? It’s out of my hands: Nigeria are playing Croatia. . What’s that? Another meal on your own? You’re quite right, there is nothing bleaker. But this is the big one. I’ve waited all day. Switzerland […]
