The song of the Blackbird

The bird hears more than we do ~ Alan The song of the Blackbird My garden has many species    Of flowers and trees, Birds and bees, A Hindu, a Christian, A Muslim, and a Jew. Yes, and a blackbird too Who sings to the others The whole day long. If only they would...

No More Death

Just another thing our leaders can’t do for us ~ Alan No More Death I am strongly opposed to this death business, A problem we all have to face. Let us deal with it now or risk saying Goodbye to the whole human race   I suggest you complain to your Council, And...

Tweet Tweet

How we love social media ~ Alan Tweet Tweet You wouldn’t believe it, You couldn’t conceive it, But someone just tweeted The meaning of life! So I’m out on the street, And I scream and I yell,   ‘Up there is heaven! ‘Down there is hell! ‘I know why we live! ‘I know why...

What’s the real story?

The meaning of life ~ Alan What’s the real story? Believers tell us we should just Take our little lives on trust. No point, they say, in asking why – Why we’re born, Or why we die.   All we need to understand Is that the universe is planned, That life and...

The tree

So let’s not cut them down  ~ Alan The tree   See how it stands, That tree, So tall and proud, Feet in earth, Head in cloud, Scarred by lightning, Lashed by rain, Bowed by wind, Upright again.   Dying in gold, Reborn in green, Think what it’s heard. Think...