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Oct 2017 · 130
Unwelcome Visitor
Janet Aitch Oct 2017
Unwelcome Visitor
A gray squirrel
appeared in my garden
uninvited
destructive
reported
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Oct 2017 · 137
Box Art
Janet Aitch Oct 2017
Box Art
Box lids
belong on boxes
Painted
hung
appear undressed
Discomfited
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Oct 2017 · 128
Modern Art
Janet Aitch Oct 2017
Modern Art
Box Lids
belong on boxes
On walls
they look
undressed
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Oct 2017 · 132
Nouveau Riche
Janet Aitch Oct 2017
Nouveau Riche
Torn jeans
and box - top paintings
mock poverty's needs
and aspirations
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Sep 2017 · 156
Autumn
Janet Aitch Sep 2017
Autumn
Nights lengthen
Days darken
Brightly coloured leaves
cheer me up
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Sep 2017 · 98
Positive Thinking
Janet Aitch Sep 2017
Positive Thinking
Perhaps the cat
catches mice
that might otherwise
bother me
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Sep 2017 · 156
The Cat Owner Is Back
Janet Aitch Sep 2017
The Cat Owner Is Back
In the dark
at my doorstep
a small white face
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Sep 2017 · 106
Cumbrian Sheep
Janet Aitch Sep 2017
Cumbrian Sheep
Herdwicks
look at you kindly
Knowing
you can't help it
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Sep 2017 · 95
Protected Bounty
Janet Aitch Sep 2017
Protected Bounty
Raspberries
glow enticingly
in the hedgerow
Pity about the nettles
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Aug 2017 · 128
Not a good start
Janet Aitch Aug 2017
Not a good start
Wrestling with words
Forgot water heater
Late rising
Late everything
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Aug 2017 · 121
Nature's Gift
Janet Aitch Aug 2017
Nature's Gift
Wild raspberries
Glow richly red
in the hedgerow
Taste wonderful
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Aug 2017 · 109
Something Missing
Janet Aitch Aug 2017
Something Missing
It's poetry day
and I've  nothing to say
How come?
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Jul 2017 · 149
Uneasy Truce
Janet Aitch Jul 2017
Uneasy Truce
I ignore cat
Cat ignores me
But he's still there
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Jul 2017 · 122
What I've Learned About Cats
Janet Aitch Jul 2017
What I've Learned About Cats
Heartless hunters
Garden defilers
Enslaving humans
With fur and purr
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Jul 2017 · 164
Sourpuss
Janet Aitch Jul 2017
Sourpuss
Neighboring cat
Is making me sour
I don't like either
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Jun 2017 · 146
Dainty Damage
Janet Aitch Jun 2017
Dainty Damage
The deer walk through
Leaving behind
Tulips
*****
Headless
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Jun 2017 · 425
Small Victory
Janet Aitch Jun 2017
Small Victory
Cat and I stare
He turns to run
I won
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Jun 2017 · 135
Local Meeting
Janet Aitch Jun 2017
Local Meeting
Hello! You alright?
Yes thanks, yourself?
Fine
Cheerio
Move on
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May 2017 · 157
The Social Whirl..
Janet Aitch May 2017
The Social Whirl..
.. though a lot of fun
.. doesn't get
much work done
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May 2017 · 448
Spring
Janet Aitch May 2017
Spring
Sweet - scented hawthorn
Smothered in lively little bees
Earning their keep
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May 2017 · 213
Listen
Janet Aitch May 2017
Listen
Bath taps turned off
In sudden silence
Hear soap squish
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May 2017 · 152
Resistance
Janet Aitch May 2017
Resistance
This stuff must go
Emotion fights reason
All still there
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May 2017 · 302
No Title
Janet Aitch May 2017
No Title
No poem today
Fine day
No worries
Why no poem?
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May 2017 · 241
WELCOME HOME
Janet Aitch May 2017
WELCOME HOME
Hairdresser hared off on holiday

Home now
Happy hair day




Janet
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Apr 2017 · 114
That's That
Janet Aitch Apr 2017
That's That
visitor
lovely
go places
share food
wave goodbye
sit down
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Apr 2017 · 296
Dawn Chorus
Janet Aitch Apr 2017
Dawn Chorus
Inexpressibly
Sweet this morning
Alarm off-key
Joins in
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Mar 2017 · 198
Really?
Janet Aitch Mar 2017
Really?
Poetry has to rhyme?
No it doesn't
It´s like life
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Mar 2017 · 176
Disappointment
Janet Aitch Mar 2017
Disappointment
Spectacular snow
sufficiently stepped upon
morphs moodily
into puddly slush
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Mar 2017 · 202
Winter
Janet Aitch Mar 2017
Winter
I shrink in cold weather
And my shoes fall off
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Mar 2017 · 216
Winter Surprise
Janet Aitch Mar 2017
Winter Surprise
Scurrying under umbrella
Sudden light halts
Above is almond-blossom
Joy
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Mar 2017 · 185
Frustration
Janet Aitch Mar 2017
Frustration
White cat
Strolls between sensors
Intended to divert
And smiles
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Mar 2017 · 220
Time
Janet Aitch Mar 2017
Time
Time, a concept
Accordion pleated
Billowing,
Retracting,
Mocking,
Permitting
Disappearing
Ten word poem
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Mar 2017 · 233
Request
Janet Aitch Mar 2017
Request
Brief poems I find
Are fun to do
But I'd like to share
With more than a few

You publish, I hear
All kinds of rhyme
- or not,  as the case may be -
Would you you publish mine
Please?
This is my introductory poem for Hello Poetry
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