Poems

Poems

Aunty Katy's Garden

Chapter One of 'The Aunty Diaries' true poems dedicated to really truly Aunties.

Beautiful Katy

What kind of a life IS this?! An Unkind kind. Yes yes – we know the first Truth; 'Suffering exists' So the lesson there is to remember, to be aware of,

Questions! Commands?

I said to my dharma sister; over the telephone, “Why don't you have an email account?” There was a deep silence – I felt her breathing – and, I suspected, bristling.

To My Friend (who finds chocolate impossible to resist)

I stood, thinking of you - while tenderly stroking the bar of chocolate (butterscotch, Co-op and Fair Trade) that I'd bought for the Buddhists - for a full minute. Then I thought,