where growth is not measured in years
or new gadgets invented and bought for show
and competition is usurped by cooperation
a kind word over the temptation to belittle
so help me please this is where I will be found

its a time of cruise ships and tourists
all Summer long, playing cricket at midnight
and bird life overflowing the Islands
the light hardly wanes at midsummer
and grows long and bright all season
this is a time of plenty, calves and lambs
dotting the fields with Daisy and Poppy
the wild flower tribes colonising the hills.

Hilda, 'the mad Honda'
fired up first try this year

An old girl
for an oldering man

A trip along the coast
both ******* on sea air

Dodging seaweed and pebbles
thrown out by the incoming tide.

St Magnus, Viking Earl,
psalm singer
(lover of poetry)
Martyred on Isle of Egilsay, Orkney.

tied to the mast
all sails set

past behaviour
the predictor

the rudder
and compass

the choosing
the choice.

writing is
a curse
a blessing
a waterfall
writing is

some arrive a hurricane
take your breath away
then leave lickety-split!