Kenny gave up his employment in the Spring of the year after his wife left him and his father died. He was lucky that the divorce was complete before his fathers death, so he got to keep the little wealth his dad had squirrelled away. He only had one brother, and though they’d nothing muchContinueContinue reading “The land and the sea”
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The last carrot?
You opened a packet of heritage seed, It was several years old. You sowed them in the window box, (Not the best start in life). But I began to water And several carrots grew. ———— I could have eaten them After you’d died, But I wanted to keep them. The next year they went toContinueContinue reading “The last carrot?”
The sound of silence
A constant chuntering From your Portuguese neighbours’ chickens, And whir of distant aircraft, and traffic, The warm wind ripping through the trees and grasses, And the friendly banter between your other neighbours Who know me not. I am here, this morning, to gather fruit. The red jewels of gooseberries That grow, still, In spite ofContinueContinue reading “The sound of silence”
The problem with self sown things
Here I am in one of many Penge gardens. One of the first evenings long enough to relax a little To take a break a little from the tidying of weeds. To enjoy the chatter of a thousand birds, And the excited company of young foxes. And to note a new and tiny strawberry plant.ContinueContinue reading “The problem with self sown things”
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