In The Poetry

I now feel any time I read a new book and put it on this mental shelf that another book is kind of being pushed off so that there’s just a little shelf space left there. And that’s the way it starts at least – it’s called ‘Forgetfulness’.

Forgetfulness

The name of the author is the first [...]

Don’t smile please

Since the primary school is next door
You can’t help passing the playground
But don’t you smile at the children
Whether a small girl or a little boy
Don’t you even look
You know what people will think
And you really can’t blame them.

What a world we live in! What went wrong?
If there’s another world to come
Let’s hope it’s [...]