7th March 2024 • The HERALD • Page 77 v THE NEXT HERALD IS OUT ON 28TH MARCH v HERALD RECRUITMENT Poets Corner Flowers on the windowsill Indicates you are at home A loving welcome signal Always means that you’re alone I‘d love to see you every day But it never seems to be that way My work takes me so far away Far away from you ASK I’ll tell you how most Scottish widows really are you know ey’re not always stunning, trim and draped in black Across the years they served their man and watched their children grow And never thought, how life itself, would pay them back. ey’d kiss their man goodbye and send him o to join the shipyards scheme rough winters, all exposed to constant rain and icy blast ere, perched on metal skeletons, with ngers numb and eyes that stream To drive the rivets home that hold the steel plates fast. ey see their man becoming old and now they realise e strain of that hard life begins to take its toll e saddest days of all, when from the marriage bed, alone they rise en somehow life, takes on for her, a di erent goal. So as her life goes by, we face quite soon the new millenniums dawn And still she misses her rough, rugged, care worn man Regretting nothing, of those harsh, bleak years – now gone Her grandchild by her side says – what’s a shipyard Gran?! A SCOTTISH WIDOW by Isobel Smith© Just a little line to say I’m living at I’m not among the dead ough I’m getting more forgetful And more mixed up in my head. I’ve got used to my arthritis To my dentures I’m resigned I can manage my bifocals But goodness how I miss my mind. Fore sometimes I can’t remember Standing at the foot of the stairs If I’m going up for something Or have I just come down from there. And before the fridge so o en My poor mind is lled with doubt Have I put some food away Or have I come to take some out. So it’s now my turn to write to you ere’s no need for setting score I may think that I have written And I don’t want to be a bore. So remember I do love you And I wish that you were near But now I see it’s nearly mail time So I must say goodbye my dear. I’m standing here before the mailbox With a face so very red Instead of mailing you the letter I have opened it instead. Written by Sorry I can’t remember! You have your little family Two small boys you’re seldom free Husband home odd times each day So I’m never sure if he’s away The need to see you grows inside It always has it will not hide Perhaps a coffee cup of tea Moments gained that mightn’t be I long to hold you in my arms My lovely lady full of charms So beautiful but seldom free Creating this uncertainty Driving down your road today I see the flowers on display And flowers state you are at home They also mean you’re all alone Two simple lives both torn in two Never quite sure what to do I love you what more can I say Those flowers look so good today Stolen hours slipping by Memories made tears in our eyes Moments that will always last Time to go I exit fast But your loving floral signal Told me you were home Flowers on the windowsill Indicating all alone! Flowers on the Windowsill by David K Wilson© A young child is walking barefoot through the sea water that is sat thinly atop the sand and shingle beach, stretching out towards the deeper channel and to the island of green fields and hamlets. Only the child explores this vast expanse so only the child can feel the sand that yields beneath his heel and the water that cools his toes and the soft wind that ruffles his hair like a rebirth. He communes with the earth, water and air, curious to discover the secrets that are hidden in the elemental nature of life and of the wider world which reaches to the horizon. Out at sea, a cargo ship traverses the grey waters of the English Channel. The early trade routes were the messengers of strange cultures and of new ideas. The child will learn about the world. LEPE BEACH by Phil Santus© The copyright of all poems that are published in The Herald belong to the author and must NOT be reproduced without their permission Send your poems into The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe, Southampton SO45 6AH Poets Corner Birthday Celebrations Holbury Manor WI is a friendly group that meets on the fourth Monday of the month at Good Shepherd Church Hall, Holbury at 7.30pm. eir next meeting is on Monday 25th March for their 12th birthday so a birthday party evening! Followed on Monday 22nd April when Andy Skinner will be returning to present a talk on the conspiracy theories surrounding the sinking of the Titanic. On Monday 20th May for their AGM and time to elect a new committee for the group. Visitors are always welcome to go along to see (and hear) what they do and what being in the WI is all about! Please contact: holburysec@hampshirewi.org. uk for more details, or do go along to a meeting. Veteran Harold Eager RFC Copythorne Parish History Society meets on the 4th Thursday of each month, in the main Copythorne Parish Hall at 7.30pm and welcomes anyone who wishes to go along. Entry is £1 per person. eir next meeting is on Thursday 28th March for a talk titled ‘Veteran Harold Eager RFC’ by Roy and Ruth Farmers. For more information please contact Clare on: 023 8081 2167 or email: anniesapp@ hotmail.com Waterside Repair Café Waterside Repair Café meet on the last Saturday of the month from 10.30am to 1.30pm at Black eld Baptist Church Hall, Black eld SO45 1AX. e next Café will take place on Saturday 30th March where all types of small household items can be taken in for repair, including textiles. Free parking on site, enjoy a warm welcome, a free hot drink and a slice of cake to enjoy whilst you wait.
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