If  I faint
will you prod me
with a clenched fist
tell me to get back
on track and how
others do it
much tougher than I

Is this an omen
Or am I having a Gauguin
moment with pink sand blood sea
and green sky
What colour is grief?

the season of advent
preparations for
His birthday
are in motion

the big day when thousands
of turkeys puds and mince pies
are washed down
with a flood of champagne
to the rhythm of popping corks

in celebration of

the Birthday Boy
who was born
 in a freezing stable
warmed by the steam
of  animal dung


the significance
of His birth
lost
in a sea
of secularism

just another excuse
for another party

CHRISTMAS MOVIES

If you are like China and me you will probably have a binge during the Christmas Holiday period
of ' feel good ' movies.  I am going to list my favourites. I would  appreciate your suggestions of some of your favourites as we have been watching the same ones for yonks. Thanks.

Last Chance Harvey

Holiday

Love Actually

Under The Tuscan Sun

Eat Pray Love

The Duchess

The Devil Wears Prada

Hideous Kinky

84 Charing Cross Road

Notting Hill

Home Alone

Haiku Heights

" Last Chance Harvey "

too  much suffering
life without love  and caring
is a harsh desert

sometimes things work out
for people like Harvey Shine
a sweetheart appears

For The Weekend

3WW

the motion was defeated
no women bishops
voted the Synod
a decision accepted
sadly but peacefully
vision for the future
in question for the
Church Of England

COCKTAIL QUIZ FOR POETS

 

AND THE WINNER IS JUDITH WESTERFIELD!

 

a smart dog named max

found a sweet bright blue princess

to do his bidding

judith his muse and teacher

taught him how to drink cocktails

 

 

 

 

                                                

                                                                                                 Hound of the  Baskervilles 

                                                                                               aka     MAX

                                                                                                     

 

 

I am running a cocktail quiz.

 

The winner who can name the cocktail will have a short poem dedicated to them in a  short form of their choice. If  no one is successful I will continue running the competition until I have drunk my way through the entire cocktail menu repertoire.

Any requests for clues must be in the haiku form 5 7 5

For The Weekend - Haiku Heights

waving legs and arms
greeks like  tree branches swaying
to down under tunes

a surreal sight
lots of giggles and laughter
go for it wog boys

Sugar Power Puffs WIn

one needs
to stretch
endurance
in the cause
of survival
kill or be killed
is implicit
in understanding
the jungle of life


genghis
was good at it
ivan
was good at it
sweet thing
butter wouldn't
melt in her mouth
is better
than both of them

the rest
of the poor sods

tarantella
their way
expertly ducking
and weaving
through jackboots
with the occasional
kick to the head

Haiku Heights

the sound of silence
respite from traffic and noise
just bird song and bush

no humans around
just ancient dinosaur prints
and acres of sky

Dilemma

compromise
difficult
conundrum

you're damned if you do
you're damned if you don't

la balance
weighing everything up
with meticulous precision
to make the right
decision
to find
the best way forward

defeated

i don't know
have never known
will ever know

anything

For The Weekend

For Jaerose / Haiku Heights

it's in his nature
to be a wild free spirit
unconventional

the school girls love him
but is that so important
for education

a good connection
versus old school discipline
good connection wins

the kids are happy
that is all that really counts
ignorance is bliss

they are ignorant
of history,cannot spell
so who cares, bad luck

childcentric living
a twenty first century
way of the good life

psychiatrists laugh
hauling in the great profits
from a world gone mad