Six hagstones

Six new hagstones, Mother's Day
one for every Bean
drawn and inked by Lee the star
Best hagstones ever seen
Symbols of longevity
crafted by the sea
Of love and fortitude and zest
for everyone and me

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Arrival 7

7 of 12 in the ’12 months VII’ series

A daffodil to greet the month
birth flower for first of March
as here we greet the cuckoo
and the primrose and the larch
Spring pops up in every corner
to awaken and appease
the doldrums of the winter
as it does its best to please

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Scaffolding

Outside my window the scaffolding blight
is getting annoying and hiding the light
It's been up too long and there in  our sight
and long overdue to be gone

The roof and the leading weeks ago done
yet still it is here to block out the sun
It's time for the scaffolding people to come
as it's long overdue to be gone

So we had a pop, played the old access card
told them quite clear that it made it hard
to have scaffolding up to manoeuvre when marred
so it's long overdue to be gone

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(some of it has now gone, but some still remains even now!)

Half a century

Half a century since your passing
can't fathom it's that long
fifty years ago today
since the fading of your song
Pops, I have outlived you
but never is a day
when you don't cross my thoughts
in your own special way
So here upon the nineteenth
I remember it each year
You've been gone a long, long time
but I wish you were still here

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Photo – My Pops. My younger brother Charles pushing. Me in the blazer. Pops passed aged 39 on 19 February 1974.

Mobility

I wish I didn't have to
and that I didn't have the need
but I do and am quite chuffed
with my shiny new blue steed
A self-propelled and comfy
wheelchair to get around
and though legs are getting better
means I can get to town
And yes I hope it's temporary
of course I do, but hey
it's all about my comfort
to make the most of every day

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The View

The view here is a belter
it always takes the breath away
particularly on a bright and
sunny late January day
Up here high up in Sussex
Devil's Dyke across the Weald
Low cloud and haze not quite enough
with Chanctonbury revealed

I'm sitting in the van of course
driven here by good friends
Too early for a walkabout
on which my health depends
Yet I feel that time will not be long
before more like this I'll see
as I'm getting better by the day
and soon will be quite free

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[Photo – Jempics; looking West to Chanctonbury Ring from Devil’s Dyke]

Hagstone

Roxanne sent me a hagstone
quite the best one I'd ever seen
appropriately remindful
of the beach I've seldom been
At least not of late but soonest
when I'll be back with eyes in train
on the shingle finding hagstones
to add them once again
Meantime I have this treasure
tactile, close by for smiles
Until I can be back searching
on the beach, a little while

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[Hagstones are pebbles to which the movement of sea and sand, over time, have added holes].

Roof

The tall chimney stood
for a hundred plus years
but when it came down
there weren't any tears
for it had ceased function
ages ago
and was now letting water
seep in below

So we made the decision
and down it all came
to make things all good
and leakproof again
It was actually better
to tell you the truth
as into the bargain
we got a new roof

Yes, money was needed
but at the end of the day
the value now added
a no brainer in play
And if in the future
we decide to move on
a new roof will help
and be relied upon

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Mohican

Mohican equipped I am ready to face
once more again now the old human race
Have had it in mind for a very long time
but finally now I have one that's mine
And no the grey hair won't often be here
colours instead to bring lots of cheer
Yes I'm in my sixties and have cancer to boot
but none of that stops me from having a hoot
Cock-a-hoop to the world, this is the new me
Flipping the finger with a loud tee tee hee


 

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Smart

A 'Moleskine' 'Smart', quite amazing
I write with my pen in my book
then go to the App on my i-phone
to get a new digital look
On the App I can edit the written
then email it straight to my Mac
where it's ready to publish on Jemverse
keeping me ever safely on track

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