Poetry - September 2024

Back to School

You can always tell when the schools go back
Just by the amount of traffic on the road
Where time seems to slow down
And that going anywhere just takes longer to go
There's a sense of parents dropping kids off
And not relying on good public transport
Maybe overprotecting from anything bad to happen
Making competitive parking a sort of sport
The buses are busier with people too
Commuting after dropping the kids safely
The office job being their daily grind and a half
Before then heading early to repeat daily
It does seem like when the Summer is on
The roads feel much more quiet and serene
Which makes me wonder if we need to do more
To make our travel to our schools more green.

(I'd say the traffic everywhere doubles after the Summer break and the kids are back at school - it's definitely noticeable when I've been in work this week.)

Underneath the Arches

The trains rumble overhead regularly
As you sit at the desk preparing work for today
The calmness of the brickwork inside
Makes you feel as if you're in a safe place, you say
There's a sense of belonging and being as one
As the staff there seem more friendly
You make a coffee and enjoy cooler surrounding
No air conditioning wars to witness daily
Just a real sense of togetherness as you work
And also a sense of more pride
As the comfortable setting of these arches
Makes you feel all what warm glow inside.

(We do have a smaller office under some railway arches, and I have to say that the experience there is much better and much more of a community than the main office, which says a lot really.)

The Start Of The Season

Listen to those sounds
The crowds are roaring in the distance
You can just smell the chips and the pies
As the middle of August is upon us again
The season has started in earnest
Up and down the country there's the same chants
Of "You're supposed to be at home"
And "Worst support we've ever seen"
The whistle blows and then there's a loud crescendo
As the fans really get behind their teams
You go through every kick with all of them
And dash off just before half time to beat the queue
You munch your chicken balti pie
And see how the action's unfolding elsewhere
As you get back for the second half
You know you wouldn't be anywhere else.

(After a long summer, this is just what everyone like me waits for - the start of the football season. Okay, so cricket is good especially if England win, but it just isn't the same I'm afraid.)

Eat Me!

Everything is geared to temptation
In the stakes of food consumption
That cream cake looks so delicious
The bar of chocolate looks gorgeous
It all seems tempted to be a pig
Eat just lots and then be very sick
But all adverts for treat food you asee
Are just a temptation to say 'eat me'!

(I am sure we have all had this!)

Autumn Leaves Cat Haiku

Brian plays with leaves
Tries to catch them as they fall
With the wind so close.

(Brian the cat loves jumping to catch the falling Autumn leaves and feels super happy just playing with them when it comes to Autumn)