Sunday, 26 December 2021
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
Tuesday, 21 December 2021
Ray Charles - Merry Christmas Baby
a blind man
can bring a lot of joy to this world
gray skies are beautiful too
a soft gentleness like a comfort blanket
which covers the world in love
wrapped in snow and pine cones
blue is not always the best
gray is the colour of our seasonal lovefest
coloured indoors with stars baubles tinsel and christmas trees
merry christmas baby
the drinks are on me
Friday, 17 December 2021
For Lynn Harrell
Lynn Harrell 1944 - 2020
gazing out at the palms
in dappled sun light
on a beautiful summers afternoon
the haunting strains of the cello
on the radio pierce my heart
i recognize that sound
i know who that is
an overwhelming sadness
rolls over me like a dark cloud
he has gone
never to return
a great loss to the music world
i think of you
already in love
and wonder how i will fare
when you leave me too
Sunday, 12 December 2021
Saturday, 11 December 2021
Sunday Muse # 190
she liked being his angel
he needed her for love and comfort
to survive this world
he was one of the lucky ones
too many are alone
no one loves them
no one cares
their angels being
a syringe or a whisky bottle
thoughts and prayers for the homeless
food blankets and shelter too
one day in your wildest dreams
this too could happen to you
let's be kind to each other
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
The Whirligig 348
THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Big Clock" by Li-Young Lee: clock, face, key, saw, borders, safe, gain, forgetting, smiling, spilled, goes, calendar
Open Link Weekend #96
the clock and the calendar
have been sabotaged
time goes too fast
borders closed again
safe we hope
for a while
i saw your smiling face
love spilled over
am never forgetting you
here take the key to my heart
Monday, 6 December 2021
Sunday, 5 December 2021
Wordle # 269 MLMM
an awful sight like this
brings you down to earth
she looks at this poor nebbish
warming his bruised hands
by the fire lit in a battered oil drum
under two dog bridge
dressed in a torn thin anorak
groaning and wheezing in the cold frosty air
and it no longer puzzles her
how this could happen to people
not much heart or kindness in this cruel world
heart groan air puzzle bruise fire anorak nebbish two awful bring look
Hugh Grant's hilarious dance scene in the movie "Love, Actually"
any prime minister
who looks and dances like this
has my vote
Birthday at Christmas
it has always been like this
someone with an entitlement issue
putting their foot in it
on important occasions