If I could I would Bottle summer Make August days a special feature Distill the essence of long lazy lunches Evenings on beaches Give a supply to every teacher To help them through a long dark term A tiny light A seed A germ of hope. One tiny drop each day – or two The [...]
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The fallen
Did you ever have, like me, a very favourite old oak tree?That sheltered you, when you were young – strong branches climbed or, from ropes, swung?Where creatures lived, lichens as well, and then, one windy dayit fell. Expecting loss,an empty space,one day, I visit that same placeI stand,amazed. Had I knownhow wondrous large those roots [...]
Covered
We know not to do it: judging a book
By how attractive its cover might look.
Judge not
If our path is hard to find
We must choose the way most kind
The beastly beauty business
Her friend agreed.
"The world’s not fair."
And continued perfecting
her face
and her hair.
Ali 