Lost poem

When my old web site sank gently out of sight, it took with it some rather provocative social, moral, legal & political "Ponderings." I don't feel very provocative these days, but it was a shame to lose the banner from the page, so here it is.

"Mick Pondering"
by Adrian Richardson (Watercolour & Ink)

When all around is turmoil,
And life a little bleak,
I creep into the garden,
And take a little peek,
At what goes on around us.

Under stones and in the leaves,
The richly teeming life.
Webs and grubs and eggs and bones,
Distracts us from the strife,
That usually surrounds us.

But in the pond, a wonderland,
A world of gloom and still,
Where creatures lurk and stare at us,
And marvel at the ills,
That easily confound us.