Posted in General

Seek only gentle days

Seek only gentle days my friend,

Seek only gentle days.

All else is wearing, and corrosive to the soul.


The too highs, the too lows

Drain your psyche.

Treat them as they deserve.


You can do nothing about the rain,

The wind, or the snow


Wherever possible,

Sit in the gentle sun

Or warm shade,

And reflect,

Whilst writing your name in the dust


Seek only gentle days my friend,

Seek only gentle days,

And share them

Posted in General, Poetry

Shadow of greatness

Yorkshire’s stark Pennine hills

Stand guard

Over the valley road


I sit

Watching cricket coaches

Hard at work with their skills,

Knowing

That we are

In the shadow

Of Ted Hughes,

At Mytholmroyd Cricket Club


Scout Rock

Offers no shelter

From the rain


Written at MCC on 20th May 2022