Guest Poem by Pauline Hawkesworth

I have been an athletics coach and administrator for over forty years. And, secretary to architect husbands practice for most of my life. Poetry workshops, 2 monthly are very much enjoyed. Also Secretary to Portsmouth Poetry Society (est.1972). I had a hardback poetry book published in 1969 by Mitre Press, plus pamphlet in 1998, from Redbeck Comp. A book from IDP Booklet Comp. 2007 and pamphlet 2017. A love of painting switched dramatically when I was fifteen, to non-stop swamping of poetry!

Green

We head for the green-shot
in its glass syringe.

You’ll find a flood of clouds
debating earth fall.

From their great height
our garden is one rainbow flower.

They debate which of our bushes will receive
their blessing and which to leave.

And when we come home, our garden
will be floating on an emerald sea