Pare’s Poetry Podcast

A Canal, Tennis as Life, Sometimes, March, Driving 22.07.2023 6:23 ↓

An excerpt from ‘Northwich Weekend’, Tennis mirroring life, Sometimes I have my tongue in my cheek, a March evening described, and why we should all Dive into Life

Certainty, Quizzes, Flowers, and Creation 15.07.2023 6:01 ↓

Final verse (7) of Certainty, an alliterative poem on quizzing, poems on Lotus and Lily flowers and last but, with certainty, not least, the whole of Creation!

Certainty, House v. Home, Outside, As You Are 08.07.2023 6:01 ↓

Verse 6 of ‘Certainty’ (sonnet form), a lament about what became of our home of 33 years, the view from my current home, and a recommendation always just to ‘come as you are’.

Certainty, Mug (a cat), Flora, Courage. 01.07.2023 5:56 ↓

Verse 5 of ‘Certainty’, an ode to the Rum Tum Mugger, Holly and Irises and Bravery.

Certainty, Nuisances, Scenery, Authority 24.06.2023 5:36 ↓

Verse 4 of ‘Certainty’, a complaint about nuisance calls, Herefordshire scenery described, and a Tercet (poem of 3-line verses) on Authority.

Certainty, Nostalgia, Helicopters, a Second Chance 17.06.2023 8:10 ↓

Verse 3 of ‘Certainty’ (sonnet form), Nostalgia (a brief autobiography), Helicopters - a nature poem - and thoughts on second chances.

Certainty, Uncles, Nature, and Ford’s 10.06.2023 7:37 ↓

Verse 2 of ‘Certainty’, a new Collective Noun, things starting with ‘G’, and Tea Leaf Trust meets Ford Focus Mk 3.

Certainty, Stitching a Life, My Rose Bush, Skiing. 03.06.2023 9:36 ↓

Poems on certainty and doubt (v. 1), the patchwork quilt of my life, my floribunda rose, and the first day of a skiing trip.

Boatlifts, Birthdays and more. 27.05.2023 6:17 ↓

The Anderson Boatlift, My (then next) Birthday, Evening and some Stately Generators.

A Web of Games, Storm, and Temporary Loss 20.05.2023 7:17 ↓

Natural (arachnid) Industry, Mah Jong on Colonsay (Inner Hebrides), Doughty Doris, and A Last Weekend.

Flowers, Clouds, Health and Architecture 13.05.2023 6:36 ↓

Lotus (not the car), Limbo 2 (off the road), lots of Clouds and lots of Arches

Flora, Fauna and Surgery 06.05.2023 7:02 ↓

Lilies in my garden, avoiding a stroke, busy birds and packaged grockles.

Joys and Trials of Life 30.04.2023 7:40 ↓

Snow, Limbo, Bromyard Downs, and Spain revisited.

Mainly Romantic 22.04.2023 6:29 ↓

Long-distance love, unwanted contact, a local walk together, and the romance of France.

Windbags and more wind. 18.04.2023 7:37 ↓

The future, get yourself a cow, a breezy day and Marrakesh holiday part 4

Differing Viewpoints 08.04.2023 10:17 ↓

England from a train, astrology made harder, a buzzard’s aerial view and the tourist’s Marrakech.

A Beautiful World 01.04.2023 40:00 ↓

Elena’s Big Day (nearly 16 years ago!), Hands, Autumn and Marrakech pt. 2.

France, Harrogate, Bromyard and Morocco. 25.03.2023 10:18 ↓

A Chenonceau Sonnet, childhood holiday memories, Autumn thoughts of a long-distance relationship (now thankfully under the same roof) and a memorable time in Marrakech.

Being Rather Old 18.03.2023 7:11 ↓

A sort of sonnet, Grandpa’s lament, August rain and a hymn to a granddaughter.

Interest and Reluctance 11.03.2023 9:13 ↓

A sonnet for Jane, a Nursery Rhyme, ode to an Aquilegia and Sri Lankan beauty

Days in the Country 04.03.2023 7:57 ↓

Herrington Hall (NT), my Swiss penknife, Autumn poplars and Mount Etna.

Snow and Floods 25.02.2023 8:41 ↓

A non-skiing day, my first ever poems, and my lovely wife by (as) the seasons.

Weather 19.02.2023 9:10 ↓

Marriage in a time of Covid, Father Christmas (more like ‘whether’), dull English and very wet Sri Lankan weather.

Relationships 11.02.2023 8:07 ↓

With my wife, ours to others, my dog, and on holiday in Sri Lanka with Sandie, Graham and Sheila

Cricketers and Clowns 04.02.2023 8:34 ↓

A view from my upstairs window, Christmas in Goa, something vaguely political (for me) and thoughts about mountains.