Milk bottles we would rinse out and return.
Pop bottles take back to claim the tuppence.
Kellogg’s cartons collected for the kids
To cut and paste and learn creative art.
Unburnt cinders reclaim from last night’s fire
And add to burn again with today’s coals.
Rinsed food cans collected by rag-bone man.
Blue sugar-bag take back to the Coop
To be filled once more with weighed out sugar.
Cut up old clothes to use as cleaning rags.
Collect carthorse droppings for garden plants.
Newspapers take to chippy for free chips
Or use to roll and twist as fire-lighters.
Naught went to waste in those austere times.
austere chapel held up with clout of Aaron and Hur fidelity
Expectations for the New Year,
Aren't very high I fear,
But let's start it with some festive cheer,
Hoping life soon gets less austere.
We're all learning patience we didn't have before,
Making do with simple pleasures for sure.
Spending time relaxing or walking outdoors,
It'll be awhile before I'm back on a dance floor.
Friends and pets are such solace,
But when can I sing again in chorus,
Or move about freely someplace?
How long since I strolled on a beach,
Or gave a hug to another within my reach?
I'm grateful for my continued good health,
In these uncertain Covid times, that is true wealth.
Wishing you and yours the same,
As Happy New Year we cautiously proclaim.
Both Austere and Fair So Compare
When things started out were austere,
And found out in the end became fair;
Wonder how;
Then or now;
To analyze further we should compare.
The object is to take three rhyming words
and blend them together into the form of
a thought and subject. Finally complete it
in the form of a limerick poem.
A good President is only as good as their
staff is. If I have a good idea for a poem,
I can develop it into an outstanding one.
The potential has to be there.
Day to day current events are what we all
have to live with. Each second of our entire
discontent becomes hours then days and
weeks. Each hour of satisfaction and content
results in the same multiplied. We end up with
what we had always wanted.
Donald Trump may be bad, lie, and end up
with poor results. We cannot become locked
up into the bad side of everything. Accentuate
weaknesses and shortcomings and that is what
you will end up with. Concentrate and accentuate
the positive and that is what you will end up with.
Think about this for a while and continue on to
my next poem. Jim Horn
Arrogance absorbs
an ambition
as asses attack asses:
all are astray,
aghast and alone.
Amidst atrocities
and abhorrence,
an angel aspired amity;
amaranthine ardor: agony, absent...
Arms appeared
and accorded assistance;
all are abetted,
amidst apprehensions.
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