New shirt with old jeans
Smell of Al’s coffee beans
Soft pyjamas on my skin
Sweet sound of a mandolin
Sunset over Wanstead Flats
Garden walls with grumpy cats
Bluebells bursting from the ground
In love again with this old town…
Category: poetry
Poem for Mental Health Awareness Week
Inspired by Prince Willy
I rang the Mental Health
Thinking I could do with
A bit of that myself…
Acrostic poem
This is two acrostic poems. The first one using bad things I’ve been called and the second a much more positive interpretation!
Emma the weirdo, out of place
Manic – Depressive basket case
Miscreant, no control
Alcoholic, on the dole….
She Doesn’t Date
She doesn’t date
Or look for a mate
She ducks romance
With a polite “No Thanks…”
What Ya Gonna Be?
This poem was inspired by my 17 year old daughter complaining
about people asking her this stupid question..
(It is a song now – hence the chorus)
WHAT YA GONNA DO GIRL WHAT YA GONNA BE?
WILL YOU GET A JOB OR GO TO UNIVERSITY?
WHAT YA GONNA BE GIRL WHAT YA GONNA DO?
YOU’D BETTER MAKE YER MIND UP SO WE CAN PLAN FOR YOU
The Actor
Unused to the theatre
I thought I’d try my hand
and right on cue I went and fell
for the leading man
When my guard was down
He delivered his first lines
Well-rehearsed and confident
Beautifully – timed….
A Lot Of Weather
“What about this weather then?” Mrs Miller says this morn,
“One minute there’s a heatwave – the next we’ve got a storm….”
The Cake
It’s been a very busy week
No time to rest or bake
I felt tired and grumpy
Then Sue made me a cake…
DEAR MRS ANXIETY
DEAR MRS ANXIETY
PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK
EVERY NIGHT I SWALLOW
THE PILLS THEY HAVE ME TAKE
I GO TO MY BED EARLY
I’VE STOPPED WATCHING THE NEWS
I ONLY SMOKE OCCASIONALLY AND
I’VE CUT RIGHT DOWN ON THE BOOZE…
WHEN IT COMES TO JOHN
I avoid uncertainty – I like things to add up
Life needs careful planning, I don’t believe in luck
I keep things in order so that everything will fit
I stay away from drama, and things I can’t predict…
Emma Scarr 