ISOLATION YEAR
T H E C O V I D H E R M I T
Dear Hermit, hardly ever leave your house
Your blinds are closed, there is no sign of life
We're going past, as quiet as a mouse
A year has flown, and mostly full of strife!
'See knitting patterns staring at your walls
You "change your rooms", the toilet, quiet place?
It's Easter, 'least you're not in Heaven's Halls!
The prospects "Twenty-One are hardly ace!
Your blinds are open, soon they're tightly shut
Delivered parcel: "Don't forget, Knock Hard!"
Now ghostly silent, life "stuck in a rut"
So Many Struggle: play the "Lonely Card"!
Soon May approaches, then you'll venture out?
Let's give that Covid Monster "Mighty Clout"!! Amen xx 04/04/2021 xx
LOCKED IN?
E S C A P E ?
We're locked in!
Fun's a sin!
Real enjoyment in the bin?
Time, I think, to go outside...
Sadness flows out with the tide!
Fleetwood walk
Friendly talk
Rather here than Trump's New York?
Strolling past our regal Mount
Empire State' just doesn't count!
Bluest lake
Nothing's fake!
Black head' gulls here for our sake?
Ferry sailing 'cross the sea
View to Heysham all "for free"!
Rossall Tower (Point)
Feel its power
Doggies passing, happy hour
Wobbling "freely" on the dunes
Whistle-ing some Beatles' tunes!
Bridge we cross
Wife "the boss"
Slip and sliding on the moss
Fresh the air and more... No rain!
Walking always keeps us sane!
Mount clock chime
Think in rhyme
We have had a super time!
Soon relaxing in our car
Store this freedom in a jar! xx 16/02/2021 xx
A POOR DEBATE?
A N T I - "V A X X E R S"
I've heard that friends don't want the Covid jab
In Germany, where people have more sense?
Come on, Dear Friends, it's time to have a "stab"
We're vaccinated,' won't sit on the fence!
Our country's closed, a normal life we crave
'Can't fly to Europe, holidays are "out"
This dread of needles, why are we so brave?
It's time to give this "Virus-thing" a clout!
Anti-vaxxers sing their song defiant
They burn their masks and stamp "protesters' feet"
On idiocy 'are all reliant!
They are jostling evr'yone they might meet!
Move on, Dear Friends, restore a normal life
Instead of all this "anti-vaxxing-strife! Amen 02/02/2021 xx
DORA QUEEN !
T H E L A N G U A G E Q U E E N
Dora! Dora!.. learning French
Verbs reciting, garden fence
Soon exclaiming: "O, Mon Dieu!"
"Je parle francais, oui, un peu!"
Bonjour, or it's Kalimera?
Bonsoir 'stead of Kalispera
Paris or perhaps "Paree"
Arbre now is Dora's tree!
"Viel Spass!", now she's German learning
Sehnsucht now Dear Dora's yearning!
Guten Morgen!, Guten Tag!
Travelling to, "Ja, Den Haag!"
Lots of fun, great language learning
Brennen, bruler, Chypre burning?
After all it's really hot....
Kalt or froid, we're thinking NOT!
Baecker, now some Brot she's buying
Seufzen, Ja, she's really sighing!
Only taking photographs
Lachen, rire, with loads of laughs!
Flowers, fleurs or are they Blumen?
Fromage, Kaese.. "Jo, "Halloumen"! (Buchstabieren?)
Troodos with some Sonnenschein
Vin or now ein Glas Rotwein!
Einbahnstrassen.. soon I'm quaking
Zyprioten laws forsaking? (Jawohl!)
On deteste un sens unique!
It is not in language Greek
Fluent speaker, French or German
Henri or perhaps a Hermann?
Dora is the Language Queen
Very best we've ever seen! Merci, Dora de David xx 31/03/2021 xx
YIAMAS!! xx
W I N T E R B L U E S !
Sheltering from rain and snow
Wondering: "Where should we go?"
Enid, dancing in the sun
'Feel that Pafos is more fun!
Snow now falling, piano play
On this freezing winter's day
Meanwhile Sharon's eating fish
Kathikas: our ev'ry wish!
Berlin, also really cold
KM, really not so old?....
'Used to scale those Cyprus hills
Kisso' flat brought many thrills?
Missing touching Enid's knee?
I'm in trouble... "He! He! He!"
Jeanette smiling, soon be lunch
At their cod / chips they will munch!
Here I scoff Halloumi cheese
Whisky, just to oil my knees?
Looking at decrepid car (Neighbour's!)
In it he would not get far! (Ancient, not taxed!)
Shocking, sun is peeping out
Give these snowy bursts a CLOUT
Swimming in Dear Pinkie's pool
Even though it's rather cool! (Any chance?)
Yiamas!.. Sip a Leon Beer
Soon, I'm smiling ear-to-ear!
Here a warming Yorkshire tea
Covid jab to set us free? (Friday)
Signing off, to Pafos wave
Manic is this "poet" Dave?
Memories will never fade
Cleveleys, often in the shade! For our Walking Gang xxxx
24/01/2021 xx
A RAY OF SUN?
S E L F I S O L A T I O N !
Self-isolating, Gosh, I'm feeling "great"!
Another day, I visit diff'rent rooms
Today: the kitchen, Wow, this is my fate!
Tomorrow?..'Bet you've guessed it?..toilet "looms"!
At least it's raining, really warm inside
An early Whisky, life can't be so bad!
I chat to Rufus, in my friend confide
Now in the shed, I'm feeling rather sad!
Prat Hancock on the tele, I despair
Then BJ, 'shelters from the Northern flood
This "government", I guess they really care?
I'd fly off to the Moon, that's if I could!
One ray of sun, Jeanette has sent a mail
One thought of Pafos, this can never fail! 22/01/2021 xx
HAPPY FISH?
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R !!
Happy New Year!
Whisky or beer?
I'm feeling wobbly
Grin ear-to-ear!
What can go wrong?
Sing "Brexit Song"
Queueing for pizzas
Hear Big Ben's bong!
Website is green
Finest e'er seen? (Modest?)
Veggie its author
Meat "off the scene"! (Since 1989!)
North sea fish smile!
Proud "English Mile"!
Rees-Mogg a joker? (Other adjectives?)
Brexit his "style"!
Far from UK
Feb'ry or May? (Both?)
"Fitos", we're lunching (Kathikas for fish!)
Euro flag sway!
Cricket to cheer
Sipping a beer
Root's double hundred
Fish start to cheer?
Happy New Year
Freezing "up here"
Pafos we're missing..
And Leon beer!
Lockdown for e'er?
I sit and stare
Sit down and cuddle
Dear Rufus Bear! 20/01/2021. xxxx
WE NEED SOME SUN!
M O R E C Y P R U S T A L K !
Rain is falling, skies are dark
We are rising with the lark
Isolation, garden walk
Missing all the "Cyprus Talk"!
Tele-watching, happy day
For some sunshine we do pray!
Garden's frozen, then it's wet
Hyperthermia soon get?
'Thinking of a sunny hike
Missing Sharon on her bike! (Really?)
"Spring of Life" is closed, I cry
'Least we have the bluest sky!
We're descending, orchards' full
Tangerines, life's never dull!
Lizard scurries, turning right
Seminary, prospects bright??
Tables, chairs, a picnic place
Cats are thinking: "Eating... ace!"
Clicking photos, mem'ries share
Grinning is Dear Rufus Bear!
Not one thought of rain out here!
"Yiamas!", time for Leon Beer?
Manic cyclists, Cleveleys' prom'
Racing "Dick" and swerving Dom'!
Gosh, the steepest hill to scale
I am panting, looking pale
Cheering up, a church in view
Happy is this Walking Crew!
Back at base, we slip and slide
Love of Cyprus.. 'cannot hide!
Yippee, isolation's done
Only thing?... No Cyprus sun! 18/01/2021 xxxx
THE BIKING CREW
B I K I N G
Almost Thursday, soon she's biking
Sharon's busy, often hiking
She's got Enid on the back
Rufus Bear too in her sack!
Zooming up the roads, she's racing
Friends in front, I bet she's chasing?
And in front: a Troodos view
Happy is this Biking Crew!
Snowing now, a Troodos vista
'Hope your feet don't get a blister!
Go so fast, they're taking off
Hats to Sharon all will doff!
Slower now, Pafos respecting
Sharon's style she is perfecting
Don't forget a Baileys', please
Rub some on your aching knees!
Enid takes a turn, we're trembling
Neighbours soon, I know, are trembling
Rufus soon has hid' his eyes
Danger Woman in disguise?
Kathikas, some fish they're seeking
Rather hot, E's forehead leaking!
Wow, they've got delicious chips
Watch a feast soon pass their lips!
'Got new friends, two cats are lurking
Enid, no, she's started twerking!
Entertaining local guys
Listen to Dear Christos' sighs! (A local!)
Heading back, they're nearly floating
Stomachs though are "rather bloating"
Cheering famous Biking Crew
'Got a Baileys', problems few! 15/01/2021 xxxx
FRIENDSHIP ALWAYS WINS!
T H E P A F O S A C E S
Precious friends, we miss their smiling faces
They're scaling hills and Enid's ninety-five!!!!
No wonder they are called the Pafos Aces
Great Bee Gees' fans, they're singing "Stay' Alive"!
Two hundred metres upwards, no one moans
Much harder, ladies, crossing slippy stream?
No creaking from those sturdy English bones
'Guess walking always is their Cyprus Dream!
A picnic and some hungry cars are watching
Mince pies to follow, cats just want some meat!
No David there, as no doubt he'd be "Scotching"! ("Famous Grouse")
Mix lemonade, he's not so keen on "neat"
Dear Friendship Wins, we send a special smile
Instead we're walking on the "Golden Mile" 13/01/2021.
With apologies to the youthful Enid xxxx
GREAT ADVENTURE!
"M Y C Y P R U S F I X"
I have had my "Cyprus Fix"
Lots of walks: a happy mix!
Stir in all our wondrous friends
Sadness when adventure ends!
Hear the organ through the wall
Paul, he plays in "Heaven's Hall"
"Pie Jesu", close my eyes
Dreaming of the bluest skies
Lots of laughter, Enid smiles
Though, of course, we walk in miles!
Kilometres, Euromann
European, when I can!
Coast we're walking, Faros Light
Beaming always through the night
Harbour, guess who wears a mask?
For these males, an awkward task! (Cypriots!)
Kathikas, with fish in mind
Fitos, always really kind
"Sea I'm bream-ing", yummy chips
And a Guinness 'pass my lips
Wagamama, salivate....
Salmon dish... It is my fate!
Planning for another hike
Sharon's racing on her bike! (Not Enid?)
Amargeti, down, then up
Sipping from my Leon "cup"
Spring of Life is closed, Oh Dear!
'Have to wait another year!
Dear Mandria, ocean view
Say Goodbye to "Walking Crew"
Best behaviour Enid, please!
Did I really touch your knees? For our walking friends! xx
10/01/2021 xxxx
A SAD NEW YEAR!
'BYE 'BYE TO CYPRUS !
Leaving Cyprus, always pangs of sadness
I shed a tear, it sizzles on the ground
Dear Faros' times are always full of gladness
That Harbour view and paradise is found
So many walks, p'rhaps Tsada the best?
Though Amargeti always hard to beat!
The steepest hill and soon I need a rest
An aching back to match my throbbing feet!
I know my legs "adore" a hilly walk
The views to valleys green the effort worth!
I love to hear the hum of happy talk
Our friends in Cyprus "greatest ones on earth"! (Hello Pete and Pinkie!)
A month has flown, Dear Sharon we will miss
For Jeanette, Enid..'blow a grateful kiss! Updated 07/01/2021 xx
S T A Y S A F E!
T H E S E F O U R W A L L S !
In these four walls I'm going to stay
"Foul virus stay outside!"
For "refound" freedom 'start to pray
And open windows wide!
A New Year starts, I'm still inside
I hear the birdies tweet
My inner sadness 'cannot hide
This virus soon defeat?
I change the room, a bedroom view
But still I'm locked inside
I wave to neighbours, one and two
In Rufus Bear confide!
A Cyprus "view", I start to smile
We're walking up a hill
Oh Dear, I'm wobbling on a stile
My walking points?... Just nil!
No Jan'ry Sales, will I survive?
That Shopping Mall is closed! (Jumbo's!)
The Christmas Spirit I revive
With Leon Beer I've posed!
My spirits rise... I get a text!!
I'm told: "Just stay inside!"
This situation, soon I'm vexed....
My tears I cannot hide!
Dear four walls, Wow, they disappear!
My freedom's coming back
It's... August, not another year?
I don my walking 'sack!
What was the fuss, a Pafos walk?
And No One wears a mask!
I'm so relaxed, with chirpy talk
"We all stuck to the task!" Amen 01/01/2021 xxxx
A BETTER NEW YEAR!
S T I L L W A L K I N G!
New Year... Happy?
Wear a nappy?
Thoughts of Brexit, rather crappy?
Throw the Union Flag away?
Euro Flag, I start to cheer!
Amargeti
Amargeti
Georgie Bates, no more the Yeti?
'Rather have a Kisso' Snooze? (Kissonerga)
And a little "Keo Booze"?
Boris cheering
"Exit" nearing
Isolation I am fearing?
Walking in the Cyprus Hills
Aching knees but lots of thrills!
Red wine drinking
Super..'thinking!
Arms with Europe we are linking
Pafos, Paris, Berlin too
Flushing London down the loo! (I'm a heretic!)
Amargeti
Amargeti
Leon with my hot spaghetti?
Raise my glass to 'Twenty-One
'Bound to have a lot more fun!
New Year, Toasting!
Chestnuts roasting
Of Dear Europe we are boasting
"Alle Menschen Brueder sein" (Werden?)
Raise my glass of Status wine! (Agios Fotios) 31/12/2020 xxx