Grimbeau

Two keen school kids,

brother straggling

behind sensible sister,

go back to school

after summer hols.

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A tired car door thuds

early for the nursery.

Old Madge pulls her

blinds wide open,

gazes maculate

~

On a new fall day,

turn turkey

on the dreary

daytime wireless.

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Nettles surge: lilac droops.

A grey snail embeds on

the warm west window.

Syrians cycle

Through dripping Lapland.

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Thyme and Rosemary

resoud in pots:

O’six, o’seven , o’eight…

O’nine keen as mustard

Come Mithra Shine.