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Jill Tait Sep 2020
Oh how Colin cried in his coffee cup the night his sweetheart died..he just couldn’t go on living without his Hilda by his side..They were just a couple of kids in school at the summer ball.. when cupid shot his bow and arrow as they sat chatting in the hall

For forty nine happy years they have never been apart..mind you she left him for a month or so when they were newly weds and that almost broke his heart.. but that was just a blip in their marriage relationship..and one would often say that the pair of them was joined at the hip.. Well he held it together at her funeral and he found some comfort at the wake.. but soon as his loved ones left he felt so sad for pity’s sake

How on earth was he supposed to carry on without Hilda in the house..he had no hobby or no interests it would be as quiet as a mouse..Alas he put a brave face on things when the family came around.. though they were not that stupid and they sensed Dad’s sorrow so profound.. Perhaps time would ease the pain and help his heartache go away.. as Colin sat in her old rocking chair Oh how he wished she was here today
Jill Tait Sep 2020
Ooh my husband has some lovely juvly plums..they are hanging from the branches looking like little peachy bums.. but we will scoff the lot and then we will get sore tums.. when we will wish we hadn’t of been so greedy when the time comes ...
Jill Tait Sep 2020
A wise man once said to me “Girl you becareful where you tread.. always look from far behind on that path that lies ahead..life is just a rollercoaster with a slightly bumpy ride and your days on earth will lead you through adventures far and wide”

“Never look back to mishaps with discontent.. but treat each and every new dawn as a day that is well spent..always carry compassion and wear your heart on your sleeve..coz there may come a day when you need others as you grieve..do not fear the future nor what lies as your fate.. and one will find happiness if one is prepared to wait”

Wisdom is but a foresight that one learns as they go.. taking in bits and pieces from good people that they know.. Well that wise man whom I trusted with my life happened to be my Father with my Mother as his wife.. So perhaps now you will understand why I listened to his every word.. coz the thought of that wonderful man not helping me would be absolutely absurd
Jill Tait Sep 2020
Oh yes I can remember September’s plight.. those dam spiders of speediness scuttling with might.. I almost jumped out of my skin I got such a fright.. at that hairy, horrible Halloween sight

Goodness gracious mind they can crawl.. from the carpet up the wall..I grabbed the hoover and held it tall.. then I peed my pants when it did fall..that creepy critter made me scream.. I started to cry and tears did stream.. it was like a nightmare of a dream.. I had to get it amidst my scheme

So I went and brought my daughter’s cat and sat the clever thing on my mat.. but when it saw it well that was that.. my plan went pear-shaped when that cat ****.. Oh no I thought I am in doom.. whilst that scarey spider is in my room..I looked online and it hates peppermint perfume.. so I rushed to the supermarket in a zoom..

Of course I spray this stuff all over the place.. in each nook and cranny and every space.. then I watched and waited and holy grace.. coz that clandestine spider fell flat on his face..The very next day I walked to the wood.. I gathered as many conkers as I possibly could.. that made me happier, that brightened my mood.. my awful arachnophobia has me *******....😱🕷
Jill Tait Sep 2020
It is a long, long way to Wonderland where the trees are paved with gold.. they say our feathered friends sing “Halleluyah” well
this is what I am told.. I think one has to climb some pearly steps in order to get there..and someone said those stairs are endless as you ascend up through the air..they say you don’t need any money and you won’t wear any clothes.. only happy thoughts and contentment..I heard one will have those

Mind you Wonderland sounds wonderful in every sense of the word.. of course I haven’t been there yet so this is just what I have heard..a man told me yesterday that he had been there once before.. he said he had a massive pain in his chest and landed on the floor.. then this is the next thing that he said to me “I found myself floating up to space.. after I had climbed an endless flight of steps and landed at this place..

Well when he saw that pearly gate he couldn’t believe his eyes.. an Angel welcomed him with open arms.. can you imagine his surprise ? He said it wasn’t just a dream although he woke up in a bed ..on a ward in a hospital with those images in his head..The nurses had smiled at him and listened to his every word.. they told him they had heard it all before so it wasn’t that absurd..I reckon everyone will go to this Wonderland one day.. yon castle up in the sky so very far away..
Jill Tait Sep 2020
Marshmallow pinks amidst cobalt blues.. dawns daylight’s dazzling hazy hues..the visionary artist’s inspirational surprise as her palette of pastels portrays the skies

She slaps her subtlety so senique.. to convey her cloudless colour technique..such a virtuoso pièce de résistance..as she marvellously mimics a replica existence..Oh if only I could paint on demand with my trifold easel and bristle brush in my hand

Though I can appreciate such sensational splendour from the fascinations and supremacy of Mother nature’s surrender..Alas I have no artist’s skill nor an ability to  craftmanship at my free will.. so I shall use my perception and write it in books from hollow happenstance and yon shadey nooks
Jill Tait Sep 2020
Well as I’m roamin’ thru the gloamin’ serenading to myself.. In amongst the purple heathers I was startled by an Elf..he looked right up to me as he shouted “please have you kindly got the time?” He said “ I pray you appreciate poetic verse as I only talk in rhyme”

Of course I was so shocked at such strangeness of this Sprite that I’d just seen..infact I almost missed his vision he was camouflaged all in green..and his hideous hat was purple just like a sprig of heather..he held a dandeleon upside down as a parasol for the sunny weather..”Time to do what ?” I crouched a little low..and then he smiled at me with such a sweetness and his eyes were all aglow..

“Oh b’gibbers, I think you misunderstood.. I was merely meaning what time is it now tho I hope I wasn’t rude” “You see I am waiting on my Fairy friend..we are going on a date.. and my blows on my dandelion clock suggest that she is late!!” “Oh I beg your pardon it is half past two..then a flimsy, fragile Fairy landed from out of the blue..Well I was frightfully flabberghasted I have to say..but then he cocked his tiny hat to the side and he bid me “Gudday”
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