This month - a new poem by Tony titled “instructions” and a photo by Barbara of crocosmia from the garden she’s looked after for 25 years.
Poem Tony Holden ‘instructions’ - This spring and summer our window-view has included magpies flying to and from a large fir tree. So, we looked up rhymes about magpies: “one for sorrow two for joy” etc. This, in turn, led us to the saying: “this year, next year, sometime, never”, which was handy in waiting to move from our house to a flat. But the title of this new poem by Tony is ‘Instructions’.
Breathe out and in for seconds
Wait for the clock to move on by four minutes
Write in your diary your plans for the week
Notice as the days countdown to end each month
Age carefully and register the decades
See the garden changing with the seasons
Know about centuries and light years -
And {given all the loss and dying}
Desire to live and flourish now.

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