14 Dec 2020
by Jem Croucher
in photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Rain, treasure, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rain, reflection, rhyme, treasure, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry

Mesmorised here
I stand in wonder
with bated breath waiting
Lost in a temporary pause
as momentum gathers
for a true measure
Rippled the water
as raindrops disturb
and a reflection fails
Lost in a temporary pause
it gathers momentum
revealing treasure
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
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23 Dec 2018
by Jem Croucher
in poem, Poet, Poetry, treasure
Tags: Christmas, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, secret, treasure, verse, writing poetry

I’m working on a secret
for the Christmas holiday
Industrious with envelopes
in a mysterious way
No-one knows the secret
It’s safe up in my head
and lips are sealed as rumour
like a Chinese whisper spreads
I’m working on a secret
that will quite soon be known
and the box will then be open
with all its contents shown
Revealing yet more secrets
in envelopes all sealed
Riddles to be broken
before the treasure is revealed
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics [This is the ‘Farjabox’ (my children call me ‘Farj’ in production. Designed on the premise of an ‘escape room’, the 8 puzzles leading to the eventual treasure are all contained within a locked case. I reckon it’ll take them a couple of hours to solve on Christmas Eve afternoon]
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16 Nov 2018
by Jem Croucher
in beauty, poem, Poet, Poetry, treasure
Tags: 3lines, beauty, haiku, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, treasure, wordsmith, writing poetry

In fields of bright red
Rubies like treasures lie
Poppies in the sun
A blanket of red
Autumn from the many trees
Rubies on the ground
The red in the breeze
Falling down like crimson snow
Rubies to the wind
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
Taken from three haikus published via #Jemverse on Instagram, November 2018
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21 Nov 2017
by Jem Croucher
in Autumn, beauty, Poetry, treasure
Tags: Autumn, golden, Jemverse, London, lovely, poem, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, treasure, verse, writing poetry
It’s lovely in St James’ Park
around this time of year
As all the trees are turning
now the autumn time is here
It’s golden everywhere I look
with leaves upon the ground
Autumn’s glory captured
in the treasure here I’ve found
©Jemverse
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12 Jan 2017
by Jem Croucher
in Beach, Poetry, poetry blog, treasure
Tags: beach, Jemverse, pleasure, poem, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, seashore, treasure, writing poetry
There is never a time
when a visit is not
unrewarding for me
whether chilly or hot
It is always refreshing
a pleasure and more
For there are always the
treasures along the seashore
Precious stones for the finding
to keep and to hold
The richness of beauty
far better than gold
And I have many of these
found there over time
Each one given home
as they became mine
Stones with a hole
through which I can see
Each wonderful finds
I trust you’ll agree
©Jemverse
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06 Dec 2016
by Jem Croucher
in family, Happiness, Life, photo, Poetry, treasure
Tags: halcyon days, Happiness, Jemverse, joy, lovely, memory, picture, pleasure, poem, Poetry, poetry bog, smile, treasure, writing poetry
Do you have a picture
one close to your heart
Capturing a moment
from which you cannot part?
Perhaps it looks like mine
though I have many, truth be told
Ones I will keep with me
Until I’m very old
They capture special moments
and I feel them every one
Some started many years ago
and some have just begun
Yet all of them are precious
and completely part of me
Pictures bringing substance
to a treasured memory
©Jemverse
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28 Nov 2016
by Jem Croucher
in Poetry, treasure, Winter
Tags: Adur, beauty, Jemverse, poem, Poetry, poetry blog, Sedoka, Shoreham, snow, Sussex, treasure, winter, writing poetry
As winter takes hold
Autumn fades to memory
with a tinge of sadness there
Yet with the winter
Crystalline treasures return
and we are richer for that
©Jemverse
Day 3 of 7 in the Jemverse ‘Six Lines’ event – a sedoka a day for 7 days.
A Sedoka is an unrhymed poem of Japanese origin comprising two three-lined Katauta. A Sedoka has a syllabic sequencing of 5/7/7, 5/7/7.
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25 Oct 2016
by Jem Croucher
in Autumn, Nature, Poetry, treasure
Tags: Autumn, beauty, fall, haiku, Jemverse, lovely, poem, Poetry, poetry blog, treasure, writing poetry
Surrounded by red
Rubies more precious than gold
Such treasure have I
©Jemverse
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30 Sep 2016
by Jem Croucher
in Autumn, beauty, photo, Poetry, poetry blog, treasure
Tags: Autumn, beauty, gold, Jemverse, London, lovely, poem, Poetry, poetry blog, treasure, trees
Autumn’s come early it seems as the Spring
was quite wet this year and then
the summer that followed was generally dry
and hot most days once again
It’s only September and summer remains
with sunshine that’s warm every day
But there’s gold in the trees which is lovely to see
and paints a good picture I’d say
For now though I’m hoping the sunshine remains
extending the summer we’ve seen
With gold in the trees adding treasure to save
to the riches replacing the green
©Jemverse
[22.9.16]
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30 Aug 2016
by Jem Croucher
in dreams, Happiness, journey, photo, Poetry, poetry blog, Travel, treasure
Tags: cruise, exciting, flying, holiday, journey, poem, Poetry, poetry blog, Spain, travel, treasure, writing
Boarding our Dreamliner
Thompson did us proud
For we had extra legroom
and the engines weren’t too loud
The outbound flight as always
thrilled us to the core
England disappearing
through the window there we saw
And just two hours later
as we woke up from a snooze
The wheels touched down in Malaga
for our Iberian Treasures cruise
©Jemverse
[‘Malaga I’ is 2 of 14 in the Jemverse ‘Iberian Treasures’ series]
- Departures (29/8/16)
- Malaga I (30/8/16)
- Gibraltar (31/8/16)
- Gibraltar II (1/9/16)
- All at sea (2/9/16)
- Lounging (3/9/16)
- Three sixty degree sea (4/9/16)
- Vigo (5/9/16)
- Atlantic Surge (6/9/16)
- In from the fog (7/9/16)
- Terracotta Rooftiles (8/9/16)
- Lisbon 36 (9/9/16)
- Seville (10/9/16)
- Malaga II (11/9/16)
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