08 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in Life, poem, Poet, Poetry, Rain, Summer, wordsmith Tags: home, Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rain, rhyme, sunshine, verse, weather, wordsmith, writing poetry
It’s miserable out there
so I think today I’ll stay
cosy here inside my home
and simply have a play
The wind is blowing boisterous
and the sky is full of rain
But it’s summer and July so
the sun will come again
So I’ll spend a day inside
play some music, have a read
as the forecast for the morrow
is more summer here indeed
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
27 Jun 2020 2 Comments
in beauty, garden, home, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Rain, sun, wordsmith Tags: colour, garden, home, Jemverse, lovely, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sunshine, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
It was really quite hot
but the colour right there
showed me one thing
that the sun had a care
For it with the rain
when that comes gives us this
a garden that’s lovely
for joy and for bliss
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
12 Dec 2019 5 Comments
in Humour, Life, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Rain, wordsmith Tags: humour, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rain, rhyme, travelling, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
In was raining down in Shoreham
and in Sussex as we passed
with rain up into Surrey
by its leave but never asked
It was pouring down in London
with umbrellas everywhere
and as we headed northward
there was no let up there
There was rain in the Home Counties
and very wet outside
and rain into Northamptonshire
as if the world had cried
It was torrential through the Midlands
and still quite wet in Crewe
but heaving down in Manchester
almost as if it knew
So I was really soggy
when to my hotel door I got
But just as I arrived there
it decided it would stop!
©Jemverse
Photo – a very wet Manchester Piccadilly station – Jempics
04 Dec 2019 1 Comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Rain, sun, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rain, rhyme, sunshine, verse, weather, wordsmith, writing poetry
It rained and it rained
and it rained and it rained
and then it just kept on raining
But although we got wet
‘most all of the time
there was seldom any complaining
The sun shone and it shone
and it shone and it shone
and then it just kept on shining
But though we hankered
after the rain
there was seldom anyone whining
©Jemverse
Photo – jempics
21 Nov 2019 1 Comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Rain, words, wordsmith Tags: creativity, Jemverse, night, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, silence, words, wordsmith, writing, writing poetry
Here in this silence
With the quiet patter of gentle rain
the small hours while
and my pen scratches
Slumber beckons but temporarily eludes
So I with quiet resolve
capture the mood with words
flowing as the night deepens
©Jemverse
15 Nov 2019 1 Comment
in photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Rain, Sussex Tags: Bramber, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rain, rhyme, Sussex, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Bramber castle in the rain
just as dusk was falling
walking in the muddy moat
as the night came calling
The tower was quite ethereal
with moonlight shadow cast
An image we’ll remember
as a memory to last
©Jemverse
Photo – Bramber castle, West Sussex – Jempics
29 Sep 2019 2 Comments
in photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Rain, wordsmith Tags: inn, Jemverse, Nottingham, poem, poet, poetic, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry, Ye Olde Trippe
And here I am again
with a pint at Ye Olde Trippe
Waxing lyrical I write
as rain goes ‘drip, drip, drip’
Poetic license there you say
well yes, I quite agree
but as it rhymes I added it
with (I’ll admit) a ‘tee tee hee’
And who’s to say that poets
in this Inn across the years
have not o’er wine and victuals
and merriment and beers
not added similar to their verse
when writing here a ditty
that brings a smile to readers
who find it rather witty?
©Jemverse
Photo – a pint in ‘The secret garden’ of Ye Olde Trippe to Jerusalem Inn, Nottingham, UK – Jempics [Ye Olde Trippe has been an Inn since 1189 and is famous for being built into the caves below Nottingham castle].
28 Sep 2019 2 Comments
in photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Rain, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, Nottingham, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rain, rhyme, verse, weather, wordsmith, writing poetry
It’s weather for the ducks up here
in Nottingham today
Been raining hard since Sussex
as to here I’ve made my way
And though cats and dogs may feature
it’s the ducks I’ll mention now
as they don’t seem to mind a bit
and enjoy it here somehow
People though? Now here’s the thing
for that’s a different matter
with lots of them complaining
at a little pitter patter
©Jemverse
Photo – the Nottingham & Beeston canal in the rain, Castle Meadow, Nottingham, September 2019 – Jempics
21 Aug 2019 1 Comment
in garden, poem, Poet, Poetry, Rain, wordsmith Tags: August, home, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rain, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
This year we decided
not to travel to sun
but enjoy it at home for a change
But perhaps that decision
now with some derision
with hindsight, we should rearrange
For instead of the sun
we’ve enjoyed up to now
it’s turned cooler and rained every day
Just one of those things
that August it brings
which we’ll enjoy here anyway
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
27 Jun 2019 2 Comments
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Rain, Summer, wordsmith Tags: creative writing, Jemverse, June, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rain, rhyme, Summer, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
This time last year
we were spoilt that’s for sure
As the sunshine it came
and the temperatures soared
But this year it seems
we’ve returned to the fray
For June in full swing
sees rain every day
It’s windy and frankly
the warmth could be better
and the plants that I’m growing
get wetter and wetter
I’m thankful for that
though I would like some sun
to reassure me
that the summer has come
©Jemverse
Photo – Jem in the rain with Pickles the Alpaca – Bezzpics
