Tea and Biscuits

07/11/2020 – Poem a Day Compilation



Won’t you come round for tea and biscuits?

We’ll sit on the balcony

And while away the hours

Of this glorious autumn day,

Watching the world go by

As we discuss world affairs

In every increasing detail

Until we have solved all the problems

If only we had the available resources.



Won’t you come round for tea and biscuits?

I’ll put the kettle on as we sit

Snuggled by the wood burner in the kitchen

As winter draws in around us

Swapping gossip from the shopping queue

Or school pick-ups at the gates

While the cats weave delicately

Between our feet under the table

Looking for attention and treats.



Won’t you come round for tea and biscuits?

The smell for the garden in just divine

As all the flowers burst into life

Heralding spring has arrived

And, if we’re extraordinarily lucky,

We’ll hear the baby birds chirping in the nest

At the bottom of the garden

While their mum picks worms and bugs

From the veggie patch I haven’t managed to kill.



Won’t you come round for tea and biscuits?

We might make it an iced tea this time

As the summer sun is beating down

And these temperatures are just too much

For hot drinks in the afternoon

But we can sit in the shade on my new umbrella

That the kids bought me for my birthday

So I could enjoy the space with you

Whatever time of year it happened to be.

Backseat Driver

14/08/2020 -  Poem a Day Compilation



Do you know where you’re going?

    Yes, I’ve driven there lots.

But do you know the quickest way?

    I’m going the easiest way.



Don’t forget there’s that speed camera.

    Which one?

The one after that bend. You know.

    OK.



Slow down, you trying to kill us?

    It’s a 70 zone, I’m doing 68.

Red light. Red light! RED LIGHT!

    Mate, it’s a hundred metres away.



Can you put Britney on?

    My car, my tunes.

I can Bluetooth it.

    You’re not pairing to my car.



You’re going the wrong way.

    No, I’m not.

You should have turned there.

    I know where I’m going.



I need to go to the toilet.

    Why didn’t you go before we left?

I didn’t need to go then.

    How old are you? Like three?



It’s easier if you take the motorway.

    I know, that’s why I’m going that way.

You need to speed up.

    You know there’s a limit, right?



Watch that truck.

    What truck?

The one over there.

    You mean in the breakdown bay?



I thought it was going to pull out.

    It didn’t even have the engine on.

Still, you never know.

    Mate, it’s fine.



Are we nearly there?

    I thought you knew the way?

But I’m hungry.

    You’ll just have to wait.



Can we change the radio station?

    No, I like this music.

But Metallica sucks.

    Get out!