18 Nov 2019 4 Comments
in Nature, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: beauty, Jemverse, nature, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Nature’s hand came calling
in our garden yesterday
Left little diamond clusters
for us as if to say
This was its way of saying
that there’s beauty everywhere
and if we just look around us
we will find it waiting there
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Photo – Jempics
17 Aug 2019 1 Comment
in Life, Nature, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: allotment, growth, Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Went to the allotment
it was quite overgrown
and not too much sign
of the things we had sewn
But after a while
spurred on by the weather
it was looking quite peachy
as we worked together
Enough rhubarb there
for a crumble or three
and the last of the lavender
just waiting for me
A butternut squash
in the weeds there we found
yellow and gorgeous
and close to the ground
And a few summer berries
from the shrubs on the side
Raspberries and blackcurrants
to give us some pride
And yes there’s more grass
than growing plots here
but it is our allotment
and throughout each year
We’ll play and discover
new things from the land
which we have there planted
by our own loving hand
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Photo – Jempics
20 Jul 2019 4 Comments
in haiku, Nature, poem, Poet, Poetry, Summer, wordsmith Tags: 3lines, green, growth, haiku, Jemverse, me, nature, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Summer, wordsmith, writing poetry
This circular green
Grown, cut back, abundant now
as summer takes hold
This circular green
A comfort true and fragrant
These summer senses
This circular green
With me, part of me, in me
I am in summer
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Photo – Jempics
19 Jul 2019 2 Comments
in Nature, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, lavender, lovely, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Bought two big lavenders in pots
two years or so ago
and whereas one has grown abundant
the other one’s been slow
Having said that, the one I planted
is the one that’s done the best
So there’s a lesson here I think
to learn and in that time invest
So now I have transplanted
the one that was pot bound
to join the other in the sunshine
planted firmly in the ground
And I guess that I am hoping
it will do the same for me
and next year come out in flowers
like the other, brilliantly
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Photo – Jempics
17 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in Nature, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: creative writing, forest, Jemverse, poem, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, tree, verse, wonder, wordsmith, writing poetry
After the rain the
circle tree curled
its branches deep in the wood
Caught out attention as we passed
as to kindred spirits it should
And we paused and admired
and pondered and thought
and wondered at its design
Each giving a wink and a look that we knew
that this was ineffably fine
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Photo – Circle Tree, Fordingbridge, New Forest, Hampshire, UK – Jempics
17 May 2019 1 Comment
in music, Nature, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, music, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
The quietness of the woodland brook
is always worth a second look
For with its trickle so it sings
and with it a new music brings
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Photo – Jempics
‘New Music‘ was first published via #Jemverse on Instagram in May 2018, and here on Jemverse on 16 June 2018
10 May 2019 1 Comment
in beauty, Nature, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Spring, wordsmith Tags: beauty, Jemverse, pink, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, spring, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
I lay as soft carpet
pink where I fall
Whilst above me all turns to green
My task it is over
as with beauty I fade
leaving growth wherever I’ve been
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Photo – Jempics
