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Day 782 – Half-decent (Gorgonius)
On this Day 782 of the Daily Poems, our venerable poet Gorgonius reveals his regrets on how things have turned out … Half-decent In that bright summertimeof sixty years agothey made me captainof the First Form Cricket B Team. Didn’t last more than a week.Couldn’t bat. Couldn’t bowl.I was not a leader of men;that came… Continue reading
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Day 781 – Regrets (White)
Our poet Lynn White is of the firm conviction that regrets are best forgotten, on this Day 781 of the Daily Poems. Regrets Regrets are best forgotten,laid to rest in peace or in restless confusion.Dump them with the other debris,the detritus of the pastno longer needed.They will be taken away in time, disposed ofin the future,by the… Continue reading
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Day 780 – The ankylosing spondylitis song (Hoyles)
Day 780 of the Daily Poems, and here is a villanelle by our poet Gordon Hoyles one of whose friends suffers from the agonising condition of ankylosing spondylitis. Unable to look behind her, she finds herself alone with regret, thinking to rearward. The ankylosing spondylitis song You can’t look back, just ahead and onwardand truly… Continue reading
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Day 779 – The uncertainty principle (Kennedy)
It is Day 779 of the Daily Poems. Yesterday 20 January 2025 was a momentous day: the inauguration of D Trump as US president portends an uncertain future for us all. The uncertainty principle I have always felt a degree of uncertainty about Schrödinger’s cat and the validity of histhought experimentbut… Continue reading
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Day 778 – Real ale (Hopkirk)
It is Day 778 of the Daily Poems, and our poet Colin Hopkirk reports the regrets, nay complaints, of a real ale drinker … Real ale you can’t drink real alefrom a plastic glasseven a plastic glass that’s harda glass that looks like real glassit isn’t rightit’s wrong, really wrongit’s not just wrongit’s an abomination… Continue reading