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Jackie Mead Jan 2019
As I drive Home the skies darken.
Night time setting in.
Daytime ending and the night begins.

The end of the day darkens to grey.
The strong colours have faded away.

Inky blots on the sky.
Dark clouds in an ever darkening night.

Tonight illuminated by the Moon.
The end of the day has come too soon.
Tonights drive
Jackie Mead Dec 2018
Happy New Year to you all.
May your dreams and wishes come true, for each and everyone of you.

May your family roll in a wealth of happiness.
May you shine your light and let love in.
May you flourish in all you strive to do.
May 2019 be good to you.

Say goodbye to 2018.
It was mostly good and not too mean.
It was one of the better, recent one, that has been.

So raise your glasses and with me give cheers and thanks for another, coming, year.

Happy 2019
Happy New Year everyone, i hope you and your families are blessed with a good one.
Jackie Mead Dec 2018
Wishing you a very merry Christmas
Filled with love and joy.
An early morning start, opening presents with your girls and boys.
Fingers crossed they've been good enough this year to get their wished for toy.

Eating and drinking with your family
Playing lots of games.
Log fires burning, chestnuts roasting in the flames.
Grandad snoring in his chair.
Children laughing at his balding grey hair.

At 3pm after the Queens speech, together we all sit.
A table that usually sits four, now sits ten people or more.
Turkey at the centre, 3 veggies and gravy in a dish.
Everyone pulling crackers and making a New Years wish.

Later in the evening corrie street on the tele.
Everyone sat together on the sofa watching with very full bellies.

Another Christmas day almost done.
Mum and Dad relaxing with a glass or two.
Raising their glasses and toasting a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.
Merry Christmas everyone wherever you are, however you celebrate I hope you have a lovely day.
Jackie Mead Dec 2018
I did a little dance, when the postman came.
He handed me a letter, addressed with my name.
I was delighted and excited to receive such a gift.
I hurriedly opened it and then saw this:

The letter began with “how do you do?”
I wanted to reply “very well, thank you”
No one was there to hear my reply.
I then continued reading, with a little sigh.

We would like to offer you for the bargain sum of thirty pounds.
The use of our employee to fix your computer, this offer to me was very sound.
The letter stated a number to ring, have your payment card handy when you begin dialling.
We’ll sort it out, just need the long number, sort code and three numbers from the back.
At this point I didn’t know that I would be hacked.
It sounded very easy, I couldn’t go wrong, and I began to sing a little song.

I dialled the number and got straight through, they said “welcome, let’s help you”
“Start Up your Computer, let’s see what we can do”
• Step 1“enter your password”
• Step 2 “say it out loud so it can be heard”

I did exactly as the operator said
I repeated the password as it came into my head
I heard some hearty laughter in my ear
I continued with stealth and still had no fear

Next the operator said “go to your browser and enter these letters”, which I noticed spelt out  "L O S E R”
I asked the operator what he meant but he didn’t reply
I stayed on the phone for a little while longer, still no reply
I noticed there was no noise, chatter or laughter anymore
Then realised what had happened and fell to the floor.

I was still on the floor sobbing when my daughter came home
She called my bank via her telephone
She explained what happened and how I’d been hacked
I’m sat here waiting for the Bank to get back.

The moral of the story is throw these types of letters in the bin
Don’t be weak, don’t give in
Keep your password in your head
Or to be frank, you will end up with no money in your bank.
This is random, the line i did a little dance, when the postman came, popped into my head and i went with it.
We are always getting phone calls, not so much letters, from companies who say they are Microsoft or BT and they can see we have a problem with our PC etc.
They don't know i work in the industry and therefore am very well aware these people do not contact you.
Perhaps this is where this has come from
Jackie Mead Dec 2018
When you write of your feelings, do you write closed or revealing?
Do you pick up your pen and lay your feelings down?
When you see your feelings on the paper, do they make you smile or frown?

Do you write a poem to pick you up?
Are you a person with a half filled cup?

Is your poem of value to others?
Is your poem a tribute to your father, mother or a sister or brother?

How do you pick your idea?
Do you think of loved ones far and near?

Do you read a variety of books?
Do you read of love, romance, horror, sci-fi, any other topics that catch your eye?

Do you read poetry every day?
Do you write to newspapers, have your say?

How do all you wonderful poets present your thoughts?
Is it learned or is it taught?

Do these questions make you think?
Have you finished reading it in a wink?
Just playing but looking forward to your comments.
Perhaps you have a question i can add to the poem, see how it grows?
Jackie Mead Dec 2018
Clouds you stealthily pass us by.
To where i wonder and know not why.
You quietly move with little noise but lots of grace.
Moving at ease throughout the vast space.
Sometimes you are grey and heavy with rain.
Then you release the water and flood our drains.
Sometimes you are light, fluffy and white.
Combined with an early morning sun and you are quite the sight.
Your form creates patterns in the bright blue sky.
Visible on earth to the human eye.
It is quite breathtaking and makes me smile.
Light, fluffy and white clouds, please hang around for a while.
a beautiful sight this morning as i drove to work.
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