By the pricking of my thumbs
Spring is here – forget the Glums:
Birds chatter gaily as I pass
Wee daisies poke up through the grass!
Hedge-trimming: local Commune’s task
There’s spring in my step – at last!
Gloves and scarf get packed away
Sunshine warms my face today!
Crowds through local nurseries flow
More gardens in full colour glow;
I plant pert pansies in new soil:
They perk up and reward my toil!
(c) Poet in the woods 2025
Huge earthquake shattered Myanmar:
Two thousand deaths at least so far
Its cry for help is quickly known
Aid rushes to disaster zone…
Meanwhile in France, the Far-Right flails
Embezzlement Le Pen derails
And in the film world we deplore
Dr. Kildare – now no more…
While Greenland, rarely in the news
Feels proud, defiant and abused!
From Outer Space, two souls romp home
From a nine-month stint – alone!
On social media: Belgian law
Means cigarettes now hide in store;
Perhaps when they are out of sight
The urge to smoke will not ignite?
Once more - a pot pourri of news
On which you may hold trenchant views!
But this is how life is today
No April Fool, I’m sad to say!
(c) Poet in the woods 2025
