by Don Holmes | Aug 17, 2012 | Poetry
I’m waiting for inspiration Pen and paper both new Searching for words or a sentence To write a poem or two There is no flash or a drum roll Or trumpet-loud fanfare I search my mind’s dark corners For ideas lurking there I read the poems of others To find...
by Don Holmes | Aug 9, 2012 | Poetry
Whilst out with the Countess of Cleese I suddenly started to sneeze She said ” Stop your snorting, And start some cavorting Just give this old Countess a squeeze.” Now I’m not an out and out prude The demand I considered quite rude I stepped back...
by Don Holmes | Aug 8, 2012 | Poetry
In frozen winter’s grasp, the land Lay frozen, un-attended Yet sprang to life in April’s sun A sign that winter’s ended And so we tilled the warming earth So grateful that we could But May brought rain and rain again To turn the fields to mud All...
by Don Holmes | Jul 14, 2012 | Poetry
Wispy wonders that flow through the air Or bubbly blobs that move here and there Cirrus and Stratus an unlikely pair Whilst Cumulonimbus brings rain and despair Up in the air there’s a candy floss land That no-one can touch with a regular hand Try as they may,...
by Don Holmes | Jun 23, 2012 | Poetry
The summer solstice – came and went Engulfed in cloud and rain No-one ventured very far Soaking wet inside their car They prayed for sun again The summer solstice – what a joke It really makes you cry Festivals are not so good Battling winds and seas of...
