I’m great at first lines of poemsThey just randomly pop up in my mindBut good second lines and beyondAre SO much harder to find As a novice it’s a matter of tryingSearching for words that might rhymeBut patience is clearly a virtueIt’s only ever a matter of time I’ve recently joined a local Lawn Bowls…

Waiting and Hoping Anxiety comesStays a month before leavingDestined to return For reasons I won’t go in to, the hospital has told me that my neuroendocrine tumours are inoperable.  That means I am on a ‘watch and wait’ treatment regime.  In simple terms, I am scanned every six months and the hospital compares the images…

Whether you take off to “ready, set, go”Or move a white pawn with 1. e4Whether you choose ends on the toss of a coinOr “lights out” makes the engines roar Whether the ref’s whistle starts the first halfOr the first pitch is called foul or fairWhether the bell marks the start of the first roundOr…