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Janet Aitch Sep 2019
On a painter's easel
is a double portrait
just a sketch at present

The artist feels he hasn't
got the sense yet of his sitters
or of their relationship

What was the grievance
causing such a ferment?
Was there a fracture
behind the smooth facade?

The painter pondered

and went on with his painting
Janet Aitch Sep 2019
Five-Word competition
challenges poets
to include each one
meaningfully
Janet Aitch Sep 2019
"A stitch in time saves nine"
is proverbial
"Inchworm measuring the marigolds"
is a song

Snippets remembered
from days long gone by
built by a poet
intuiting a story
imagining an ending

a prize-winner
Janet Aitch Sep 2019
Rain sheeting
as forecaster says
"Showers over Cumbria have cleared"
Janet Aitch Aug 2019
Friends took me to the superstore
of clothing jewelry and more
and said "Look 'round and take your pick"
I said: "You'll think me very thick
but how can I decide to buy
when racks of clothes urge me to try?
There's too much choice, I'm overcome
Decision made- Please take me home"
Janet Aitch Aug 2019
You can see the headlines
"Bronze superstar switches beaches"
from cloudy Britain
to hot sunny Tropez
Everything's news to someone
Janet Aitch Aug 2019
Had haircut
Look better
feel happier
Good start to day
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