I started blogging in 2010...I had no idea what I was doing!
But one of my weekly posts was..
"A Poem for Thursday"
Someone asked, why?...well I was born on a Thursday...and Thursday's child has far to go.
I got as far from Belfast as Warrington...so not far!!
I thought I should start it again now that lockdown is over, and I'm able to get to Bold Street Writers in Warrington, and even Write on the Farm in Cumbria.
The words are being set down in ink again.
This poem has been written after reading one by Gunter Grass..." Open Wardrobe"..suggested by Dr. Geraldine Green on Saturday's writing workshop.
And I took the line ..." a button is missing"..
a button is missing and
i'm missing the button
my coat can't be closed
the air is chilly and I want to close
my coat. I chose a coat today
and a button is missing
search the floor, they said
i search the floor
under the coatstand
such a small inconvenience and
really insignificant at such a time
but a button would close the coat
and a closed coat is protection
the dark floor hides what it finds
squirrels away secrets like magpies
how little we need if we lose a button.
Geraldine Snape Feb 2022
An alley in Warrington town centre by Holy Trinity Church...and a pic photoshopped to honour the Ukrainians fighting for their homeland.
