We recently visited Venice, one of the places where Marco Polo is reputed to have been born. At the time, I must have been about 13 and we were learning about the Middle Ages. The cinnamon, the pepper The nutmegs and the cloves The strong spicy ginger The smell of it he loves The incense… Continue reading Silks and Spices in the Time of Marco Polo
Category: Other writing and poems
The Twelve Months of the Year
Apparently, I was nine when I wrote this. It was published in a magazine for my local Girls Brigade. January Jack Frost’s fingers tickling my toes But when I look, away he goes The robin singing his sweet melody Especially, ’specially just for me February Again the nimble fingers of Jack Frost come Mostly he… Continue reading The Twelve Months of the Year
Daffodil
Here lies spring Golden crowns Daffodils across the downs Shimmering gold of secrets untold Babbling stream against the rocks Look up there! Looking high? See shimmering gold in the sky Here she lies amongst them Here she’ll never be seen Clusters and bunches of them Daffodil, the queen!
Somewhere
I was quite musical as a child so I set this poem to music and played it on my keyboard. Somewhere the oceans roll And the lightning flashes free The albatrosses cry As morning nears On a ship in the middle of the sea The sun comes up The storm is gone And the waves… Continue reading Somewhere
The Green Cross Code
I was always a bit of a geek. The Green Cross Code refers to the British set of rules used to teach kids how to safely cross the road. I scrawled down this poem in about five minutes and it launched a competition in the local paper that took my photo for the article. I… Continue reading The Green Cross Code