Quality of life
seized in every moment of
this Sunday of rest
©Jemverse
Picture – ‘Half Moon Bridge’ by Yoshida Toshi (1940)
31 Jan 2021 1 Comment
in haiku, Life, Peace, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: haiku, Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rest, Sunday, wordsmith, writing poetry
Quality of life
seized in every moment of
this Sunday of rest
©Jemverse
Picture – ‘Half Moon Bridge’ by Yoshida Toshi (1940)
30 Jan 2021 1 Comment
in Happiness, Life, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Spring, wordsmith Tags: contentment, Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
I stood still in the meadow with winter around me
a hand raised there to the sun
My shadow still long
tho’ now bright my song
with a feeling that Spring had begun
It was a je ne sais quoi in that moment I felt
a fleeting moment in time
But the promise was there
quite willing to share
and unique as it was wholly mine
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
29 Jan 2021 Leave a comment
in dog, Happiness, Life, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sussex, Walks, wordsmith Tags: contentment, dog, Happiness, Jemverse, joy, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Sussex, verse, Walking, wordsmith, writing poetry
This field we walk
our saving grace
and for result
we love this place
Changing as
the year goes by
and different things
each time we spy
The joy of seeing
running paws
and flapping ears
to much applauds
And safety too
for here we three
are absolutely
people free
An hour of freedom
walking here
enough to give
us weekly cheer
So really what
more could we crave
when we have this
our joy to save
For it is that
in spades and more
a place we’ve both
come to adore
And Obi too
for this is his
a field to run in
doggy bliss
This field we walk
our saving grace
our hearts are here
within this place
©Jemverse
Photo – Houndie House Field, New Wharf Farm, Horsebridge Common, Sussex, UK – Jempics
28 Jan 2021 1 Comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, sun, Sunset, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sunset, sunshine, treasure, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Caught the end of the sun
and the last golden ray
out over the houses
at the end of the day
It was like a lost treasure
as with arms wide to clasp
to it I reached out
though outside my grasp
Still, there will be more
with the treasure all mine
when it’s safe to be out there
on days when it’s fine
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
26 Jan 2021 Leave a comment
in garden, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, sun, Winter, wordsmith Tags: garden, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, promise, rhyme, sunshine, verse, winter, wordsmith, writing poetry
A shaft of the sun
hit our north-facing garden
with a word just to say
for a beg of my pardon
A brief glimpse of promise
when the winter is over
and the sun is back out there
for days bathed in clover
Not long to wait now
just eight or nine weeks
as each day gets longer
and sunshine it tweaks
The promise of Springtime
in that shaft of sun
in our north-facing garden
for when winter is done
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
25 Jan 2021 2 Comments
in Life, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, life, me, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, truth, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
I know what I am
and I’m comfortable with it
Yes I have regrets
but they’ll not make me fidget
For I am just me
and you get what you get
so it’s probably best
to accept and not fret
And I hope when you find
what being me means
you’ll discover the truth
all’s not what it seems
For in us are hidden
some admirable things
which come to the fore
when life at us sings
And the truth of the wholesome
shines over all
when each of us sees
what life’s really for
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
24 Jan 2021 2 Comments
in Life, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: hope, Jemverse, life, love, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
When it’s safe I will be out there
in the Sussex I hold dear
on the byways and the beach
where the air is ever clear
When it’s safe I will have music
live and loud as it should be
with songs that sing of life
which will then be Covid-free
When it’s safe I will be hugged
and will hug my loved ones too
replenishing that feeling
of the love I long to do
When it’s safe I will walk freely
in a better world I feel
which in these days of lockdown
has the time it needs to heal
When it’s safe I will have freedom
once again to simply be
unfettered by restraint when
I can once again be me
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
23 Jan 2021 2 Comments
in beauty, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sussex, wordsmith Tags: beauty, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Sussex, tree, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Silhouetted in the sun
the tree in centre field
stands proud of the water
and looks out to the Weald
And out here east of Steyning
on this lovely winter day
I felt so glad to be alive
I shouted loud ‘hooray’!
Life is made for moments
like this, singular and free
especially when confronted by
the beauty of a tree
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
22 Jan 2021 Leave a comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, sun, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sunshine, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Sunshine days are wonderful
especially ones I’m in
which of course I mostly am
as witnessed by the grin
For it’s as wide as wide can be
as the face it’s in look high
to find the warming golden one
with deep contented sigh
Sunshine days are wonderful
and a tonic for my soul
They are the very essence
that serve to keep me whole
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics