Sweet of a man

‘Sweet of a man’-Walt Whitman

‘The burnt fools bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the fire’-Rudyard Kipling

‘The ocean fog’-Dana Giovia

‘Calmed by the cedar-scented breeze’-St John of the Cross

‘A creature of fantasy’-Sheik Mahmud Shabistari

‘We are such stuff as dreams are made on,and out little life is rounded with a sleep’- Shakespeare

‘The voice of depression’-Hafiz

‘A beach encounter at sunset’-Claire Bateman

Nan

Extraordinary and eternal

Blimey your ninety!

And oh so lively!

Living through the war and dancing on a Friday!

You have always been so homely

You are our own royal dynasty

You like rugby and pies,and the love in your eyes

Makes us feel like a family

You looked after us as babies

Fetched us conkers from tall trees

Picked tomatoes from the green house

Helped us rescue a little mouse

I remember when we gave you a hand in the kitchen

Crying from onions and smiling from cake mixing !

You love books and little pups,especially Bella!

Her golden coat forever!

If it was bad weather,you gave us lifts and always had mints,

You watched us in ballet,in our pinks!

All the photographs were on the wall or in a cabinet

Uncles,aunties and cousins feeling affectionate

You had a dressing table,I would close the door to your room

Smell the creams and spray perfume

I tried on some clipped earrings that shined like the moon!

New Years Eve,hot pot and mushy peas!

All gathered together

All dancing together as we pleased

Ninety years Nan,we love and applause you

Let’s get dancing we adore ya!

‘Luscious,gorgeous ,pretty’-Liz Cowley

Follow me (love heart)

‘As the bird is to the air And the whale is to the sea so man is to his dream’-Don Paterson

Somehow I will reach you

Somehow I will meet you

A dream of water on a small galaxy

The thin blossom

A big bottom!

The tree in rain

The tree in sunlight

Still stands

‘The jealous flames’-Christy Brown

‘Full of the ghosts’-Christy Brown

‘A full confession’-Christy Brown

A house of uproar

‘Sails full curved like a woman’s breast’-Christy Brown

The beautifying routine

‘Amber dream’-Brown

Like birds perched prettily on a tree

The pub 

Cosily dreamily drinking!

Sweet and sure

‘We pine for that sky’-Christy Brown

‘Your every moment arrests my mind

Bringing my senses instantly awake’-Christy Brown

My flawed body

A sugar free lolly!