A Prayer

A prayer for January

Let’s worship the strawberry

December was spent eating too much chocolate

And being too lazy

I have joined the gym,but

I don’t like putting leftovers in the bin!

If I exercise and improve my time

Can I have a bottle of wine?

Is your new years resolution to try something new?

How about a ‘different’ cake or look forward to

Easter with mini eggs!

A prayer for February

On no,I haven’t got a date,it’s Valentines day in three weeks

And I’m foolishly waiting for fate

Maybe a dove will deliver a message or

A wax sealed letter will come through the door and

Invite me to explore?!

A prayer for March

The golden eggs from Willy Wonka

Haribo sweets and hot cross buns.

I really should have signed up for that race and get a sponsor, raise some funds

But I do love spring flowers,daffodils and blossoms

Time for spring cleaning and fragrance

To keep you dreaming

A prayer for April

And not too many showers.

A beautiful cut of tender lamb,we

Need a holiday let’s make a plan

A trip to the park on our bikes,

Fishing in the streams and flying our kites.

A ride on the train,ice cream and flakes

A prayer for May

Family holidays ‘in the lovely rays’.

A clotted cream and jam cream tea.

Going further and further into the sea.

Playing with a beach ball,jumping waves

And a front crawl

A prayer for June

A summer nightclub and that good all dance tune

Parties at Stone Henge under the moon,

On a beach at sunset sat on sand dunes.

Ice pops on the way home from school

Tying our shirts around our waists,looking cool

A prayer for July

Getting the hosepipe out in hot piping weather

Running around laughing and chuckling together

Dipping out toes in a paddling pool

Eating lollies and ice cubes

A prayer for August

A time for Festivals,

Famous musicians and new arrivals

That perfect song,that perfect time

Pitching up tents and a lager and lime

Dreaming of a campervan,

Hippy clothes and making love,

Travelling hearts and doing good

A prayer for September

Let’s light the ember

The leaves are brown

And the conkers are falling to the ground

The fire is burning and the children are learning

Starting school for the first time,

Or walking to school alone for the first time,

It’s a brave time

There’s a que for the water fountain

There’s a que for school dinners

My message is ‘you are all winners’

A prayer for October

For those who trick or treat,

Dress up and have fun,get high on sweets

The toy adverts have begun,

It ain’t Christmas yet

But we love a Christmas song

Write your letters to Santa Claus,

Be good girls and boys and do your chores,

There are people in poverty and wars,

Send them a shoe box of gifts and who knows

A prayer for November

Bonfire night.May it not be too muddy on Worden Park

May the fireworks and fairground rides light up the dark

Treacle toffee and hot dogs,a super display and

Now we have fog. Sparklers?I look for the eyes

A prayer for December

The seasonal isle in the supermarket

The season begins

Chocolate reindeer,fruit and nuts,

Tins of biscuits,feeling stuffed!

May there be snow,a pure snow,

A crunchy pure white snow with a hand to hold

Mountain tops

A rainbow of dew drops

Watching the sunshine on golden crops

Walking in the rain round the shops

All hurdled together at the bus stop

Returning home to dirty pots!

The missing shoe……

…………………Oh,I found you!

‘The clear dew of his eyes’-James Clarence Mangan

‘His soul with song’-James Clarence Mangan

‘The glittering hill’-Sir Samuel Ferguson

‘Fairy waves’-Sir Samuel Ferguson

‘Spring glittering’-Sir Samuel Ferguson

Gentle my song

Like the Angels are rising

Spirits of love inflame

Watching the sunrise

‘Feels his heart rise’-Dante

‘A soothing essence that is full of love’-Dante

Pattern of love

Pattern of humility

Long as love

‘The garden smil’d’-Oliver Goldsmith

‘To gaze on the moon’-James Nugent Reynolds

‘Stars are weeping’-Thomas Moore

‘Strawberry-bright’-James Clarence Mangan

‘Our hope is Christ’-Aubrey de Vere

‘Sweet as ripple on the shore’-Thomas Davis

‘The mirror of the tide’-William Allingham

‘Tales of fairy power’-William Alingham

‘The butterfly of the sun’-Douglas Hyde

‘A picture for my heart to keep’-Rose Kavangh

‘Sea-touching’-Spike Milligan

‘Lusting to live’-Spike Milligan

‘Sunset gems’-Spike Milligan

Freshly fallen snow

You spend a moment just looking at it