Happy New Year !

years whizz by
another one gone up in smoke
i'll settle for peace



Carpe Diem # 1574

A Love Story For The Hols

a true love story
winifred adores her john
he can do no wrong

Christmas Day

prawns and pavlova
trad aussie christmas tucker
outdoors or at the beach

Christmas Wordle - Sunday's Whirligig # 193

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Christmas Trees" by Robert Frost: foliage, coats, city, look, spires, balsams, bare, refuse, cut, boughs, Christmas, letter

 

 

last minute christmas shoppers in fur coats and woolly hats
refuse to be daunted by the crowds
the city looks beautiful with its church spires
coloured lights twinkle in  the bare branches of trees
hanging baskets of balsams foliage and cut boughs of holly
decorate the shops with large red letters painted on the windows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Challenge # 243 - MLMM

not surprised you're  still smiling
five hundred years later
you haven't aged a bit




naughty marmalade boy
running off back to the renaissance
miss you terribly

Dean Martin - Let it Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

snow on the telly
jingle jangle sleigh bells
the whirring of overhead fans

Chris Rea - Driving home for christmas

driving home for christmas
to escape hordes of tourists
fleeing the northern winter
this time of the year





will spend the hols  in the outback
with the mozzies snakes
and assorted wild life
breathe fresh air
float in a pool under an electric blue sky
to the sounds of silence
only interrupted by the start up of a slasher
followed by expletives as it breaks down once again

maybe santa will leave a new one under the tree this year
(i say that every year)




Poetry Pantry - Poets United # 433

Thank you all for your comments and companionship this year.
A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to you all.
See you in 2019

For All The Carers At Christmas

every year
she watches love actually  and home alone 
enjoys both  every single time

listens to all the schmaltzy crooners
makes every attempt to be merry
prepares beautiful food
decorates the house
she loves christmas

every year it is the same
every year another spoiler
as the cross is to the vampire
christmas is to the mentally disordered
she finds jack nicholson from the shining
sitting in her lounge room

one day she is going to collapse
under the weight of the cross
she has been designated to carry
a commitment with no escape clause

until then...
captain trooper true blue
will steal moments of joy
pray for a miracle
soldier on
and fight the good fight with all her might

she could use some prayers as well


being an angel
is difficult without wings
or a halo

Heeding Haiku With Chevrefeuille  - MLMM

Imaginary Garden With Real Toads

Heeding Haiku With Chevrefeuille - MLMM

angel gabriel
announced the good tidings
light of lights was on his way
a poor jewish homeless child
who would change the world

Dreamer

he daydreams sometimes
about little miss mouse
having her there
in his big lovely house



he ponders the world
on this and on that
finding solace in  books
tv and the cats

he's shy and romantic
but can be quite frantic
thoughtful and kind
with an enquiring fine mind

one day he'll find a very cute bear
to have and to hold his sweet life to share
a mouse is ok as a loyal good friend
but anything more
would drive  cats round the bend

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads

Twas The Night Before Christmas as told by Perry Como

Old Folks

The Vicar's Daughter

it's a ruth day today
a lovely summer's sunday

ruthie
a beam of irreplacable sunshine
who brightened our lives




miss
those nice times
at your house
on pittwater




miss you
especially this time of year
the side splitting laughter
aided by christmas cheer








you left us too soon ruth

22/6/2012

QUANDO QUANDO QUANDO(1962)FOR THE WEEKEND

it was a
simpler sweeter time
just a memory now

In The Bleak Midwinter : Choir of Kings College, Cambridge

it's the first time
i have been back
to the ghosts of my past
to that house
in the shadow of the cathedral
and its bells

i stare up at the french doors
thinking of the big bed
with the satin pink duvet
which I loved diving into

i remember
the great aunts
the aunts
the uncles
the dogs
the cats
the canaries
all gone

i remember
the christmas tree under the stairs
near the treadle sewing machine
nana and mummy bustling in aprons
bickering
cooking this baking that
lace table cloths and  the fine glassware
brought out for special occasions
quando quando schmaltzy music
laughter
popping corks
all gone

the excitement of
the whole family
walking to midnight mass
hats and gloves best clothes
looking forward to
sauterne and christmas cake afterwards
still fresh in my memory

it was my home
these selfless lovely people
were my safe world
the only time in my life
i have felt truly loved

their progeny with all the
privileges and education
cannot hold a candle to them 

the best part of me left with them

Wordy Thursday With Wild Woman. Homecoming 
Imaginary Garden With Real Toads

Poetry Pantry #432 Poets United

Surprise

polly puts the kettle on
sometimes surprises me
with a boiled egg and toast






two pairs for the price of one
new shoes today
christmas present
from the co shopper
teapot person







i'm surprised that i can
get out of bed in the morning
i knew i should have been a hollywood starlet
could have made the world a better place




i know
i know
i am supposed to mention
a surprise text from one of my children
and not that poet
whom i have been lusting after
for all these years





readers can guage a mood
just about now you must
be all falling asleep

Mid Week Motif  - Poets United

Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - 1976

sorry is  a word
that can never compensate
for the years of hurt

Haiku Horizons -

Al Green ~ Simply Beautiful {Live Acoustic}

i


 For The  Weekend


watcha doing now
on the other side of the world
drinking bourbon
blowing smoke rings
in the air
closed eyes
listening to Al
thinking those
friday night thoughts
full of  sighs
skipping on star trails
i can read them you know

imaginary garden with real toads