31 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in poem, Poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Summer, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, lavender, lovely, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Summer, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Bagged up all my lavender
in bunches hung above me
drying out and making
all around me smell quite lovely
A bumper crop this year
has meant a lot more bags to do
which later on as little gifts
may find their way to you
It’s really a cathartic way
to spend a summer day
bagging up the lavender
I’ve grown along the way
A day I spend least once a year
each harvest to remember
Sometimes in late August
Sometimes in September
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Photo – this year’s lavender crop, bagged up and ready to go – Jempics
30 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in haiku, poem, Poet, Poetry, Summer, sun, wordsmith
Tags: August, haiku, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Summer, sunshine, wordsmith, writing, writing poetry
The comfort of a
quiet morning in summer
August in England
Writing at first light
and then, as the sun rises
Chorus of the dawn
Welcomes in the day
as I do in readiness
with August sunshine
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Photo – Jempics
29 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in Beach, music, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sea, wordsmith
Tags: beach, Jemverse, music, poem, poet, poetic, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, rhythm, sea, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Prevailing sou’ westerly blows
across this grey-green sea
but the sunshine warm, encourages
so I’m content to be
Staying here throughout the day
to watch the sea out there
as white-capped waves comes into shore
with constant rhythm shared
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28 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in Beach, Peace, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: beach, Jemverse, peace, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sea, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Many years have I sat here
alone in the sun
from early in morning
until day is done
I have sea and the seagulls
kite surfers and more
the sun and the view
which I love and adore
And yes times have changed
the years see to that
but I don’t have a problem
with that as a fact
For it’s all part of life
and one lived to the full
encouraged I’d say
by this beach and its pull
For it draws and it beckons
me back to its wings
and when I am here
my inner soul sings
There’s a ‘je ne sais quoi’
just something that is
that brings me a peace
which borders on bliss
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Photo – Jempics
27 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in Beach, beauty, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sea, Sussex, wordsmith
Tags: beach, haven, Jemverse, lovely, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sea, Sussex, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
To the east the seven sisters
to the west the Isle of Wight
around this sweeping Sussex bay
I have within my sight
And in front of me out to the south
the diamond glinting sea
reflecting southern sunshine
is with me here and free
So no wonder that from time to time
I’ll come and sit and gaze
on Lancing beach for hours
at the ever moving waves
For this is as close to heaven
I can be I’d safely say
here in my perfect haven
on this Sussex coastal bay
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26 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in Beach, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sea, Seasons, wordsmith
Tags: beach, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sea, sunshine, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Many days have I spent
near the diamond-cast sea
as it shines and it glints in the sun
Tranquility here
with a book and a beer
and a pen to capture the fun
Summer and Winter
Autumn and Spring
this beach hut throughout the year
is all that I need
when soul shine is freed
with the beach and the sea quite so near
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Photo – Jempics
25 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in history, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sussex, wordsmith
Tags: Bignor, history, Jemverse, mosaic, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, Roman, Sussex, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Two Roman villas
Two Mondays past
we’ve visited and found several ways
to lose ourselves here
with plenty of cheer
a cure for any malaise
Bignor this time
Mosaics again
under thatch to par excellence
Discovered when farming
at the time quite alarming
in the nineteenth century perchance
Had the place to ourselves
with no-one else here
so we took time to take it all in
Inspired here to capture
in awe and some rapture
this Bignor palace will bring
We took lots of pictures
with details to use
in things that we make when back home
Sculptures and drawings
of mosaic floorings
that antiquity to us has shown
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Photo – detail from a 2nd century mosaic floor, Bignor, Sussex, UK – Jempics
24 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: August, holiday, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sunshine, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
This time last year in August
we were flyng to Croatia
heading Adriatic way
with a dosage of asphasia
In French I am quite fluent
Greek and Spanish understood
and we’d manage with Italian
I’m pretty sure we could
But this was the furthest we had come
save Turkey for a a day
Cruising Adriatic sea
in the best cruising way
It was a most fantastic week
and we loved the time we spent
on board the Celebration
as to Venice there we went
But this year we decided
a staycation was the thing
as the weather here in England
many hot days it can bring
So we’ll be on our beach in Sussex
with some ice cold beers and sun
still having quite the best of times
til holidays are done
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Photo – Venice (August 2018) – Jempics
23 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in music, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: Jemverse, music, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, R&B, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Eyes they water
Feet they tap
Spine it tingles
That’s a fact
I’ll have a moment
Drift away
Every time the
12 bar plays
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22 Aug 2019
by Jem Croucher
in garden, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, wordsmith
Tags: garden, Jemverse, lovely, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sculpture, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
The collection is growing
of our iron blooms
amongst the nasturtiums out there
Exposed to the weather
they rust and remain
with permanent gusto and flair
We have poppies and daisies
and other such things
positioned and planted at leisure
For as the year changes
and plants come and go
they remain for continuing pleasure
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Photo – our ever-expanding group of in situ iron plant sculptures – Jempics
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