A cuckoo sings its first spring voice The cider maker cracks his cork on this year’s choice English apples presented from pre years press Picked and selected to impress Bottled and ready for drinkers wide and far Vision distorting with every jar
From orchards up and down the land Drinkers search the best in town Scrumpy be the drinkers rot Weak willed should try it not
A test once tasted of a brewers fare An enjoyment discovered but just take care For once you have past the half way mark You’ll soon be singing and dancing with the larks
This poem is my first to be published on air by BBC Essex, Mark Punter's Show, Read by the well known poetess Shirley baker. 23.8.15