It was just a little fun

Will they ever listen
Who travel far and wide
Those doubting unbelievers
March around with pride.

Openly flaunting rules
With no concern for others
Selfish in their civil right
To play the rest like fools.

Who think they are invincible
Standing on a principle.
Free to do what they like
Without any consequence.

Contented in the knowledge
That they pay their taxes.
Rich enough to travel
Before quarantine relaxes.

See them laughing openly
At this viral pestilence
A sacrifice for others
To them it makes no sense.

Knocking on the nurse’s door
They should be number one
As if they were so special
It was just a little fun.

Jpoet7 ( #doolan317 ) ( @wordverse.me )

Easter Sunday by my local lake. Co. Roscommon, ireland

Me my pillow and Netflix

Woke one day couldn’t see my toes should have been beneath my nose
But as I looked into the mirror
It just became a little clearer.

When I say a little – I mean a lot
For my belly – has just gone to pot
Did it just happen overnight
Or could it be my appetite.

For lockdown has me driven to
Bottled wine – Vindaloo
After which it’s to the couch
So much for my rotund pouch.

I know – I’ll do some exercise
Stretch out biceps, buttocks, thighs
Train to run a marathon
My mind just rambles on and on.

Until it comes to a sudden stop
Once again to the couch I hop
Beer, popcorn, pick-a-mix
Me my pillow and Netflix.

Jpoet7 ( #doolan317 ) ( @wordverse.me )

Forever I’ll remember.

Sorrow like a ripple burns
Into a broken heart
Years spent together
Forever torn apart.

Times we spent in company
That smiling face I still see
Stories that were never told
For now your lips are sealed.

Memories will never fade
A touch so warm and tender
Embrace me now in heartache
Forever I’ll remember.

Jpoet7 ( #doolan317 ) ( @wordverse.me )

( sometimes hard to do )

You’re beautiful today

It’s ok to love yourself
To be a little kind
It’s important to be happy
Have some peace of mind.

Make a space for little things
That will make you smile
Relax just put your feet up
It will be worthwhile.

For everyone is different
In a special way
Look into a mirror
You’re beautiful today.

Jpoet7 ( #doolan317 ) ( @wordverse.me )

The artistry of nature

How I wish to view this day
In a watercolour way
Pastel shades vermilion
Dab brightly on my brain.

Lines upon a rainbow
Searching out that crock of gold
Buds of white tipped snowdrops
Signs of Spring I’m told.

Squinting eyes now shielded
From golden sunlight rays
Reflected now in raindrops
That on a river plays.

Entwining honeysuckle
A joy for all to see
The artistry of nature
A cultural tapestry.

Jpoet7 ( #doolan317 ) ( @wordverse.me )

With an ounce of their love potion

Our father was a quiet man
Simple words well spoken
Made it seem so easy
In a loving caring way.

A pipe as his companion
Satisfied, contented
Practiced peaceful mindfulness
Before it was invented.

His principles imprinted
As are those of our mother
A legacy of love remains
In the eyes of one another.

We’re lucky to have met them
Reared with such devotion
I hope we have inherited
An ounce of their love potion.

Jpoet7 ( #doolan317 ) ( @wordverse.me )

Candlelight

We all sat down by candlelight
it was a cold December’s eve
embers burning brightly
into a starlit night.

Holly plucked from hedgerows
Adorning rafters high
a settle bed with an overcoat
where expectant children lie.

Shadows stretching eerily
On a chalk stone wall flicker
Stories by a seanachaí
Recounting fairy tales.

A stranger plays a fiddle
An old familiar tune
Porter, poitín, whiskey
Father played the spoons.

Thus it was in bygone days
A stable door half open
passers by were welcome
To rest their weary bones.

Now locks are all aplenty
Blinds tightly closed
A neighbourhood in hiding
For fear of being exposed.

[ seanachaí – an Irish storyteller ]

Jpoet7 ( #doolan317 ) ( @wordverse.me )

Mindfulness at no expense

Trees trembling, autumn breeze
Calmly puts my mind at ease
Simplicity softens, complexity melts
Swiftly carried somewhere else.

To a land of vibrant shades
Winding waters, words invade
Pen to paper promptly placed
imagination firmly laced.

Such is nature’s excellence
Mindfulness at no expense
Create a magic hideaway
Worries of the world allay.

Jpoet7 ( #doolan317 ) ( @wordverse.me )