Written on National Poetry Day 2015
Thursdays ten till twelve
Time to shelve
All else, and write
Write what? Telling tales
David’s rails
Ian’s males
Christine’s history
Myra’s mystery.
Write anything
But write, nothing’s wrong
Everything’s write
Write of the husband of Fran
Of the proposal of Kay’s man
Write about Rebecca’s bullet
Write of Tony’s mullet.
Write rubbish, write wise
But never, never apologise
Not even when you shirk
And don’t do your homework.
It’s ten, it’s Thursday, it must be Gill
Time to put pen to paper, time to write until
It’s twelve.
Thursdays ten till twelve
Time to shelve
All else, and write
Write what? Telling tales
David’s rails
Ian’s males
Christine’s history
Myra’s mystery.
Write anything
But write, nothing’s wrong
Everything’s write
Write of the husband of Fran
Of the proposal of Kay’s man
Write about Rebecca’s bullet
Write of Tony’s mullet.
Write rubbish, write wise
But never, never apologise
Not even when you shirk
And don’t do your homework.
It’s ten, it’s Thursday, it must be Gill
Time to put pen to paper, time to write until
It’s twelve.