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130 · Oct 2017
Modern Art
Janet Aitch Oct 2017
Box Lids
belong on boxes
On walls
they look
undressed
130 · Sep 2019
Challenge
Janet Aitch Sep 2019
Five-Word competition
challenges poets
to include each one
meaningfully
130 · Dec 2020
A Haiku (2020)
Janet Aitch Dec 2020
Splinters of plastic
pierce outer skin of the year
we labour to save
129 · Jan 2022
WINTER CALENDAR
Janet Aitch Jan 2022
The weather forecast for today
said mist would later clear away
and afternoon be bright.
So far the earth is sombre, drear,
no hint of sunshine to appear
before again it's night.
The tapestry of twigs and branches
when the breeze arises, dances
stitched across the sky.
I remember when the green
sleek new leaves could well be seen
by any passer-by.
The birds still sing although no rays
of sunshine cheer their wintry days.
They're pairing up in time
by end of January's freezing weight
to reach mid-February's sacred date,
that of Saint Valentine.
129 · Aug 2017
Not a good start
Janet Aitch Aug 2017
Wrestling with words
Forgot water heater
Late rising
Late everything
128 · May 2018
Frustrated Driver
Janet Aitch May 2018
"How long
have these bollards
been here?"
"About twenty years"
Janet Aitch Jul 2017
Heartless hunters
Garden defilers
Enslaving humans
With fur and purr
125 · Aug 2019
Wasps
Janet Aitch Aug 2019
Little striped buzzers
keep interrupting
when I'm trying
to concentrate
123 · Aug 2017
Nature's Gift
Janet Aitch Aug 2017
Wild raspberries
Glow richly red
in the hedgerow
Taste wonderful
123 · Feb 2018
IRONY
Janet Aitch Feb 2018
Snow
source of so much poetry
cancels
poetry group meeting
122 · Jul 2018
Treasures
Janet Aitch Jul 2018
Op Shop
Charity shop
Best stop
for Lost And Found
121 · Jul 2018
What Now?
Janet Aitch Jul 2018
The workman came,
said what he would do
and vanished
120 · May 2019
Daily Lament...
Janet Aitch May 2019
I plan to do so much
and accomplish so little
120 · Oct 2019
Complaint
Janet Aitch Oct 2019
I'm wending my way
to the poetry group
trying to frame
from alphabet soup
some rhythmic offering
by way of a change
from shame-faced admittance
"I've nothing"- how strange!
But just as I join them
with something to say

They're doing Haiku
120 · Jul 2019
What Do I Wear?
Janet Aitch Jul 2019
Sun comes out
It's hot
Sun goes in
It's not
118 · Aug 2019
Decisions
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"
117 · Sep 2019
Another Wet Day
Janet Aitch Sep 2019
Heavy rain
lets you know
which of your shoes
leak
117 · Apr 2017
That's That
Janet Aitch Apr 2017
visitor
lovely
go places
share food
wave goodbye
sit down
117 · Jul 2019
Ode To Wainwright
Janet Aitch Jul 2019
Climb any mountain
Enjoy the space
the fair views
in every direction

Wait a while
savour the pleasure
You've started a trend
Everyone wants to do it
117 · Jan 2020
Cool (Haiku)
Janet Aitch Jan 2020
"Don't burst blood vessels"
says my enigmatic friend
"Stay cool, man, stay cool"
This Haiku was written as a response to the weekly 'Obheal' Five-Word poetry challenge (January 14th). This last week's words were: friend enigma blood burst cool
117 · Dec 2019
Christmas Haiku 02
Janet Aitch Dec 2019
Don't let the worry
of giving and preparing
wipe out the wonder
115 · Jan 2020
Charlie (Haiku)
Janet Aitch Jan 2020
Wherever I go
he's there with his walking frame
smiling cheerfully
113 · Dec 2020
Gatha – A Quieted Mind
Janet Aitch Dec 2020
In blink of an eye
the mental storm subtly changes,
its clustered worries relaxed, calmed.
A circumference of peace prevails
113 · Aug 2017
Something Missing
Janet Aitch Aug 2017
It's poetry day
and I've  nothing to say
How come?
113 · Oct 2019
Art
Janet Aitch Oct 2019
Art
To the untrained eye
most modern art -
'modern'  meaning anything
this century or less -
though luminously painted
remains mysterious
and at times a shock,
a shock so great
as to render one speechless,
minus even a syllable,
on the gallery's contents

Though a friend of mine
a respected artist
was heard to say
as she left the exhibition
"scrambled egg, scrambled egg"
112 · Apr 2019
To The Organiser
Janet Aitch Apr 2019
With better
Flower Show mapping
I'd have seen
more flowers
111 · Feb 2018
The Price
Janet Aitch Feb 2018
Smiling assistants
with my luggage
worth being called
'The old lady?
111 · Apr 2018
Blank Morning
Janet Aitch Apr 2018
I haven't
a particle of poetry
in me
Nothing rhymes
111 · May 2018
Quite So
Janet Aitch May 2018
Blue is beautiful
on bluebells and sky
not on moods
110 · Aug 2019
News
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
110 · Feb 2020
Work In progress
Janet Aitch Feb 2020
Assignment-'Write a sonnet'
I did look up the definition ...
109 · Sep 2017
Cumbrian Sheep
Janet Aitch Sep 2017
Herdwicks
look at you kindly
Knowing
you can't help it
109 · Mar 2019
Argument
Janet Aitch Mar 2019
Anything?
What do you mean
by anything?
Literally, any thing?
109 · Oct 2020
A Limerick
Janet Aitch Oct 2020
A poetry guru named Sean
Said 'Limericks just make me yawn.
The rhyming is flat,
the meter's old hat,
free verse is my thing, not old corn.'
109 · Feb 2018
Journey
Janet Aitch Feb 2018
Rivers and hills pass
I doze
Wake up in Scotland
108 · Feb 2018
Is That So?
Janet Aitch Feb 2018
No place is a desert
There is life
somewhere
everywhere
107 · Dec 2019
Pigeon (Haiku)
Janet Aitch Dec 2019
As someone approached,
the pigeon I was watching
skeedaddled quickly
107 · Oct 2019
Structure (Haiku)
Janet Aitch Oct 2019
Five syllables (short)
Seven syllables (longer)
and five more to end
107 · Nov 2019
The Empty Space (Haiku)
Janet Aitch Nov 2019
The stump of the tree
cut down by thieves trespassing
glows pain day and night
106 · Feb 2020
CCTV (Haiku)
Janet Aitch Feb 2020
Over the doorways
new cameras are watching
I wave as I pass
106 · Mar 2020
Change
Janet Aitch Mar 2020
The loose sort
is disappearing
It can't be used
online
106 · Jun 2018
Supreme Squirrel
Janet Aitch Jun 2018
So much stuff
he uses a small paintbrush
To dust
106 · Feb 2019
Crisps
Janet Aitch Feb 2019
It everyone crunches
together
nobody notices
how loud
you are
105 · Nov 2017
Have You Noticed?
Janet Aitch Nov 2017
'People are funny'
Good thing!
Imagine
If they were not
Janet Aitch Feb 2020
Hail hits hardest
when not anticipated
and head is hatless
104 · Nov 2017
Too Much You
Janet Aitch Nov 2017
If you're (gasp)
waistband
doesn't (ooh)
fasten
wear something else
104 · Feb 2018
Edinburgh Skyline
Janet Aitch Feb 2018
Turrets and towers rise
Castle broods
History hugs my heels
104 · Feb 2020
Concert
Janet Aitch Feb 2020
Good voice
but I'd like
to have heard some words
104 · Nov 2018
Excuses
Janet Aitch Nov 2018
I'm waiting for a phone call.
Sounds good, doesn't it.
104 · Oct 2019
Masterclass
Janet Aitch Oct 2019
"The length of a lyric"
the writer explained
over a cup
of what looked like tea
"depends on eroding
a concept held dearly
down to its heartwood
to let it sing free"
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