First day out in the new year

Nature’s serenade

Moments of sweet solitude
surrounded by a multitude
of floral fragrance floating
upon a passing breeze.

Wafting whistling elegance nature’s secret instrument
in an orchestral composition whispering sonnets in the reeds.

Choirs sing in chorus
creating common goals
a universe, an instrument
where beauty can unfold.

Now we are curators
resining the bow
in unison with bumble bees
let’s nature’s furrow plough.

Jpoet7 ( @wordverse.me )

Empathy

Keep your soul happy
contented in its space
a spirit with a conscience
full of passion-Grace.

Release that love within you
reach out-hold-embrace
this imprint of your presence
upon the human race.

Simple smiles crystallise
the humour you possess
do not brand-stigmatise
with empathy-life caress.

Jpoet7 ( @wordverse.me )

Pronouncing a pronoun

Humanity is now a word
We can no longer use
For in this world of clarity
It’s use is quite absurd.

In the midst of it you’ll find
A gender no longer thought-declined
A pronoun panned to rubble-dust
In case we may perchance disgust.

Must we re write “history”
There we go again you see
For fear that we may vilify
Himself-Herself-you-I.

Jpoet7 ( @wordverse.me )

Just sayin.

They watch as boats of children
Across the channel go
We watch while eating caviar
Sipping room chilled grape Pinot.

We live upon this planet
A universe apart
One drenched in mans unwanted waste
One in the elegance of art.

we could sit down together
Speak a language we both know
Maybe then just maybe
Meet as friends-not as foe.

Jpoet7 ( @wordverse.me )

The humble crow

I saw a crow sat in the grass
As black as black can be
It flew with feathers flying
It was stung by a wasp you see.

A murder of crows were pecking
Upon a motorway
A juggernaut came speeding
They upped and flew away.

Crusts of bread like magnets
Entice them from the trees
Like pollen in the springtime
Attracts the honeybees.

Jpoet7

Smile

Sometimes a light flickers
Magnifying the goodness within
Injecting hope and inspiration
Listen to its lesson
Enjoy the laughter that ensues.

Jpoet7 ( @wordverse.me )

There’s always a box to fill

Cobwebs clouded the dark room dangling eerily from the creaking wooden rafters. My dimly lit torch picked up a large trunk in the corner.
The hinges squeaking, creaking as I lifted the heavy lid smothering me with dust. A musty smell often experienced upon entering old bookshops filled the air. I picked up the first book that came to hand. The opening line read “ if you rest you rust “. How appropriate I thought as I eyed the assorted bric -a-brac scattered all around. A toy train, spinning top. Then my brain began to hop from childhood cheers, teenage fears, adult years, joys, tears. If only I had known the truth that fears I felt while in my youth were nothing to be fearful of, just a Learning curve of life and love. Would life have been so different, everyday an education, a step into the unknown. A new year beckons, more memories to gather dust in my new crawl space of an attic. You won’t fit much up there they said as the light from the torch reflected-silver dust streaming across an empty space. I smiled.
Jpoet7 ( @wordverse.me )

A note for New Year’s Eve

I’ve little love for New Year’s Eve
All messages we do receive
From people we don’t really know
Smiling shaking hands for show.

Life for some is not that kind
So let’s just keep that in mind
Show a little empathy
A kindness that should always be.

Greet of course-say hello
Make sure that when you go
You leave a mark of understanding
A note of trust without commanding.

Happy new year.
Jpoet7 ( @wordverse.me )

Faux fur and labels

It’s awhile since I’ve been to a wedding
Guests dressed in dickies and bows
All seated at separate tables
With people that nobody knows.

They sit there in faux fur and labels
Sip brandies from a wine glass
Think they are better than others
That their neighbours are just second class.

Don’t be that one Who sniggers
Laughs at other’s expense
Be someone who stands up and is counted
And comes to another’s defence.

Jpoet7 (@wordverse.me )