06 May 2019 1 Comment
in family, garden, home, Life, music, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: family, garden, home, jazz, Jemverse, laughter, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Sunday in the garden
with jazz and sun and beer
And family, conversation
pavlova and good cheer
Laughter on the Springtime air
from here this afternoon
We’ve been out since breakfast
and evening’s coming soon
But Chris Barber and his clarinet
still has a voice to hear
so we’ll all stay a little while
and have another beer
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
03 May 2019 4 Comments
in garden, poem, Poet, Poetry, Summer, wordsmith Tags: garden, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Summer, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Freshly mown grass
the fragrance sublime
right here in the garden
that is Sal’s and mine
It smells of the summer
the sunshine and more
that’s coming our way
with promise in store
So we shall be out here
and making the most
when not at the beach
on the Sussex coast
Our own private haven
for hours to pass
enjoying the smell of
freshly mown grass
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
02 May 2019 1 Comment
in garden, poem, Poet, Poetry, Spring, sun, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, spring, sunshine, verse, warmth, wordsmith, writing poetry
The warmth returned
and with it came
a thing with a forgotten name
It bathed most
everything it saw
with light and warmth and something more
Je ne sais quoi?
I cannot say
but it was lovely yesterday
So it’s my hope
it will decide
to stay a while and here reside
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
04 Apr 2019 1 Comment
in garden, poem, Poet, Poetry, sun, wordsmith Tags: garden, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sunshine, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Sat out in the garden
for the first time this year
Ate my lunch in the sun. It was warm.
Spent a short while
with that sun on my head
thinking this will soon be the norm
Thought, this is the life
and what it’s about
So pleased that the cold stuff is done
From now on apart
from the odd day it rains
I’ll be here outside in the sun
©Jemverse
Photo Jempics
30 Mar 2019 1 Comment
in garden, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Spring, wordsmith Tags: garden, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, spirea, spring, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
As if I couldn’t tell, the Spring
was evident today
As with flowers white and delicate
Spirea had a say
Arguta genus, Meadowsweets
It’s always first to flower
for shade within my garden
from its small yet fragrant bower
©Jemverse
Photo Jempics
22 Mar 2019 5 Comments
in beauty, garden, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: beauty, garden, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Veronica, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
We found her in a sale
last year in quite a state
jaded and quite tired
and for planting, somewhat late
But this year our blue Veronica
her beauty to the fore
has grown and spread vivacious
to abundance here once more
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
12 Mar 2019 3 Comments
in garden, Life, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: garden, Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, precious, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
We have a window
to look to the world
and watch every day
as life is unfurled
For me it’s a garden
as nature’s fair hand
paints changing pictures
of my bit of land
And just like a window
to memory’s minds eye
I’ll capture those pictures
as life passes by
For each is a treasure
to have and to hold
More precious than diamonds
more value than gold
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
