Thursday, 13 August 2020

A Deep Pool of Thought

Have you noticed how this heat means drought?
So don't get your sprinklers out
The dusty car must so remain
For once the prayer goes up – for rain.

Home paddling pools cannot be filled
For water profligacy, we're billed.
Three-minute showers the new norm
We scan the skies for clouds each morn.

It's the extremes that cause us Angst
Gardeners check their water tanks ...
We put out bowls for thirsty birds
But how do farmers cool their herds?

In the normal run of things
we have full reservoirs and springs
To take a bath is not a crime
But maybe it will be – in time ...

(c) Poet in the woods 2020




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