Friday 30 August 2013

Politics and Prayers for Syria

We're taking action
To stop the rot
We'll bomb the baddies
Arm the lot

            We're against that plan
            Don't interfere
            We'll parade our complaints
            Both far and near

In our Ivory palace
There is no fence
Let's take a vote
For or against

            We agree
            We'll decide it all
            What matters is
            Which side will fall

ARE YOU MAD?
HAVE YOU LOST THE PLOT?
IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU
OR YOUR POLITICAL SLOT

IT'S ABOUT REAL PEOPLE
YOUNG AND OLD
MILLIONS OF REFUGEES
OUT IN THE COLD

LET'S THINK OF THEM
PUT THEM FIRST
GIVE THEM FOOD
QUENCH THEIR THIRST

THERE HAS TO BE
ANOTHER WAY
TO ACHIEVE PEACE
THAT'S WHAT I PRAY

Wednesday 14 August 2013

Everybody can-can

I can
You can
Everybody can-can

Kick left
Kick right
Keep going all night

Blue slip
Pink hose
Pay for wine through the nose

See me
Queen bee
Don't touch above the knee

Laugh once
Laugh more
Join me on the dance floor

Pay hear
Pay there
Empty wallet's can't stare

Close up
Locked tight
Kicked out into the night

I can
You can
Everybody can-can

Xxxxx

Inspired by this painting by toulouse lautrec and linked up at The Mag.

Xxxxx

Alternative last cadence:

I can / You can't / Can Everybody can-can? 


Drawing hands

Who's controlling who?
Which hand leads?
Which follows through?

Who's controlling who?
Which draws first?
Which isn't new?

Who's controlling who?
Like in life
One leads a few

Who's controlling who?
Is it me?
Or is it you?

Xxxxxx

Inspired by this at by M C Esher; one of my favourite pieces. Linked up at The Mag.

Don't despair # haiku

Don't despair or fear
When, in dark, the road's unclear
Light is somewhere near

Monday 12 August 2013

Joan of Arc #haiku

Joan of Arc
Resting place St Valery?
Explore history

Bee mission #haiku

Camouflaged bee
Completing its mission
Silent collector

Cite medieval
St Valery sur Somme
August 2013

Silent Sunday #silentsunday

Chateau De Drancourt
11 August 2013

Baie View #haiku

Scenic spot
Across Baie du Somme
Let's go down there

Meadow #haiku

Wildflower meadow
Alive with insect life
Nature's patchwork quilt

Cite medieval
St Valery sur Somme
August 2013

Remembrance #haiku

Standing proud
Within life's rich tapestry
Remembrance

Dolphin #haiku

dolphin surfaces
communicates in squeals
then swims off again

Chateau De Drancourt
August 2013

Saturday 10 August 2013

Riding Ponies #haiku

Riding ponies
Holiday experience
To be remembered

Chateau De Drancourt
August 2013

Thursday 1 August 2013

Flutterbys

Drawn out by the sun
Relishing the heat
Attracted by the flowers
Flutterbys we meet

First arrive the Brimstones
Erratic in their flight
Delicate black markings
Upon their purest white

Next to come are Blues
Less common than their name
Fly around in pairs
Perhaps it is a game

And then the eyes we spot
The peacock has arrived
Wasps take just one look
Then leave quite terrified

Flutterby oh butterfly
That's what my gran would say
What a memory to hold
On such a beautiful day