A PUNNET OF STRAWBERRIES
(A work in progress)
Fairway Cottage parts 1, 2 & 3
Fairway Cottage part 1
Stuck the “e” back on “Cottage”
Our welcoming sign
Should be
rechristened “Noah’s
This house of mine
We’ll feed you two by two
Waifs and strays too
The wrong font and size but it will have to do
Come around why don’t you
I’ll have the Pimm’s on ice at six precise
So jump skip and hop down to my poetry shop
And buy a book or two!
Fairway Cottage part 2
There was a giraffe
Who turned up to my garden party for a laugh
Last year
He lives quite near
Half the village will be here
So turn up why don’t you too
The Pimm’s will fly
We’ll have an entire zoo
Big cats and monkeys too
Vultures advising where the zebras are
Cheetah or leopard thus far
You’ll probably recognise my car
Fairway Cottage for a fantastic view
I look forward to seeing you!
Fairway Cottage part 3
My annual hog roast extravaganza is with us again
So come by car or come by train
It starts at six out here in the sticks
My “Sun Machine” in the garden to get our kicks
We’ll have hippos too down at the watering-hole
I’ll try to keep the warthogs under control
Sheep and cattle in my view
Foxes, rabbits and domestic animals too
There will be harmony although red in tooth and claw
Overhead the birds will soar
Pink elephants drinking in the breeze
Pimm’s on ice for chimpanzees
It won’t be time for bed until we’re unsteady on our knees!
The Return of the King
Ten acres of land on
the Moon I own you see
Without shielding my eyes I was dazzled by it obviously
It's in the North-Western territory- Quadrant Charlie!
It is lit up during the waxing cycle
As the Moon passes from New to Full
A tall Venusian awaits me there
To cover half the World with a Dare
To miss a third Winter without a care
A horse gallops across my homepage
The little black book is something strange
"Essential Jonty" it tells us all
The House of the Sword revealed
With a show of balloons sealed
Great White Hunter guitar
Unchallenged thus far
The Sword and the Axe and my View for you
In Words and Pictures and Music too
A Wedding Celebration
Well I'm about to go
to the watering hole
Because I have visited my trees and territories
But Paddy and Amanda are getting married
What a breeze!
I shall be out clubbing in Tunisia
So I shan't be there
But it does sound as if it's set very fair
I know I shall miss the White Mischief to share!
Many Congratulations, and lots of love Jonty
Both
of the above entries for "In This Life" to be published by the United
Press Ltd 2003
Struck by Lightning
Another part of
Cotswolds Life that you may not have to see
Useless for a fortnight rehabbing again in Banbury
Snooker halls and factories
The Coffee Tower for all to see
Curiously craving jelly babies
I'm doing a Pluto Working accidently
Lymey's got his work cut out suddenly
But amazingly they all come visiting me
Now it's the Devil for the Hermit
Or the Ghost for the Wyvern evidently
My entire Day is rearranged
But perhaps zero tolerance is not that strange
This high heel has got a flex straight through
I'm passing to the Emerald from the Ruby
And surviving on Nicotine, Ice Cream and Coffee
But my Ace seems to take the strain
How many acres are out there to glean?
As I begin yet again
My asset portfolio is moving into Gain
No longer at the meet to be seen
A Mermaid come to me
There she is in Barbie pink
A mermaid come to me
Found her out at the swimming pools
A mermaid come to me
Still out of bounds and up in town
A memaid come to me
I’m eating alone where we plugged in
Or where we once have been
Your hair is pink and your tail is blue
The Star for all to see
A single tulip red it glows
Picked from my garden graciously
I know the dandelions look overgrown
As you have grown on me
White Rabbits
White rabbits in the back of my car
Raccoon sitting as passenger
We’re headed south in paranoia
They’re still locked up in the Tower
Set ignition for our jungle home
We are going far to roam
A sacred place where we are not alone
Between the Acts where we must go
In Colour
Now we’re sat there as two
I am never over you
And I’ve been through your moves
And that suitcase is blue
In your wardrobe I find
In your clothes
Peace of mind
In your black
A rainbow signed
For my gold
A sharp define
For the green outside of you
And your eyes of very blue
My reds and orange too
Returning back for you
You get yours in colour too
Over the Land
I’m falling through the clouds
Over the land that stretches
That stretches with its hedges
And features and creatures
A sweet leaf for me
There are chess pieces evidently
Is Snakes and Ladders escaping me
I’ve been in and out by three
Several sisters have rescued me
The twain forces they are you see
Whoa! The weapons fell to me
Inventing heresy
Wielding in a scene
A pageant of our country
The fields they roll for me
Between two arches I am free
Chariot of White
Now into my Chariot day and night
Black forever but flashes of light
For now this chariot it is white
A dark walk down the long corridor
Where my chariot indeed I saw
To take to open country roads off-road again I gain
To run around with an old friend
From your citadel safe-keeping in town
I came to release you from your pound
Where we hid it underground
Nearby where we caught the sound
My access is to all areas
Until this island’s seas
Wonders never cease
Ignition if you please
To recapture my walls and garden of peace
Where sun and moon shine at ease
Without the glow of city streets
Without the glow of city streets
The Mirror of the Woman
Where do I hide in
Just to see what’s coming up
And going down
Beds and bars are all around
On the street where you I’ve found
By the square and overground
Where do I hide in London town
I like the sky to touch the sound
I like it in the sky that’s all around
Endless concrete gets me down
Up the stairs
Beware Beware!
Tangled in her hair
Babel fish is there
Up at the Magpie
Four worlds I spy
They’ve invented reasons for this city
They’ve invented reasons for you and me
That girl is by my side
With zips and belts to run and hide
With her mobile link to the other side
In her cammo far and wide
Chaos Space Marines we’ll go inside
