#poetsbelief – Searching for an Oasis

Hope

Amid upheaval death and SO much change in the world What keeps us going? Surely it is a hope for better times A genuine smile lights the way of hope. It always cheers me to see a smile one that emanates rom the eyes and not just from the lower part of the face. IContinue reading “Hope”

Why do we write?

I remember my first poem. It was written when I was in primary school. I was taught and inspired by a visiting practice teacher,not yet qualified. He was tall with dark hair and he wore glasses. I remember a brown jacket (corduroy-fashionable then) and his encouraging smile. He was the grown up version of hisContinue reading “Why do we write?”

Birds

The scene that I saw in the skies reminded me to smile ! I wrote this poem when just musing over Covid-19. I just described what I saw and it cheered me so…… It seemed to remind me of togetherness family and community and the need not to despair. Poem Number Five Birds It wasContinue reading “Birds”