June First - A Meditation

June tiptoes, sun-kissed, in our lives

Each morning gifts a bright sunrise

But while the weather brings us joy

Much is afoot that hopes destroy…

 

The Balkans powder keg spreads fear

Is Armageddon nearly here?

Kiev repels sustained attacks;

Sudan’s ceasefire shows more cracks…

 

The economy, in fits and starts

Upsets world climate apple carts

Power struggles come and go

Confusing social media flow.

 

Whom to trust? Now that is key

As finance markets seem to be

In a state of flux and doubt;

Is decency on its way out?

 

The insidious power of Internet

Means livelihoods are under threat;

What is real and what is show?

The future is not ours to know … 

(c) Poet in the woods 2023

End of April Meditation

It’s almost May, a wan sun shines

But its power of heat declines

My terrace, cleaned up, looking bright

Harbours seedlings out of sight.

 

I hope they’ll soon be on parade;

For now, they nestle in the shade

Dame Nature plays a waiting game;

Is climate change in part to blame?

 

Our world is torn with so much strife

Time to meditate on life…

Why do factions go to war?

To even up imagined score?

 

It starts with kids whose tempers flare;

They quickly learn life isn’t fair

But the quest for power burns

Result: diminishing returns.

 

Darfur, Ukraine and now Khartoum

All hit the headlines at High Noon

Such horrors never seem to die …

But plants bring hope to springtime sky …

(c) Poet in the woods 2023