blackbird

Beat-up

Battered blackbird

With a mark

Below one eye.

Sometimes he comes

To the bird table to eat

But in the afternoon

He just stands still

(Occasionally moving his head)

For minutes on end

Like he is lost

Or has lost something

Impossible to replace

Or maybe to keep me company

Because I am lost

Or have lost something

He knows I am unable to replace.

(A. Response... to Nicola's beautiful brownbird haiku)

table tennis

as I hit the ball
to and fro
side to side I
go

as I spin the ball
left and right
I say I won't
give up without
a fight

hitting the ball hard and
hitting the ball
light

serving short and
serving long

winning or losing as I say
it will always be
table tennis

(by Sam Wearing - thanks Sam, it's nice to be reminded of things people love irrespective of whether they win or lose).

poems for prayers

perhaps god might
prefer some poems
to prayers
(once in a while at least)
something showing understanding
or an awareness of the incomprehensible
rather than the persistent asking
(even if on another's behalf)
i think i might try it
for a week and see how it
works out.

(by a. pilgrim - Thank you... yes poems are good... send us some... you know you want to!)

Book

(By Lex... Thank you for that Y10 are on poetry fire at the moment. Of course you can read when it isn't prep too? Right?)

My Poem Football Fever

(By Alex Learmond... good work Alex, thank you... would've been better had Wayne Rooney scored last night... but that's beyond your control... right?).

A Small Thought

We

See with

Our memories as

Much as our eyes

Perhaps that’s why some people

See ghosts and others do not?

(Anon... who has written a fair few poems... maybe people could use noms de plume/pen names... what would be yours?)

Prep

(As the Y10 reports (Doh) are currently being written I won't reveal the author for a week or two... but thanks I think there will be many who share your view... I also quite like the 'Hears a point'... I don't know if it was intentional... sometimes the unintentional is better than the intentional).