January 17, 2021
by Joel Kravitz

ONLY IT’S GONNA COST YOU….A LOT
A REAL LOT!!! A BIGLY LOT!!!
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January 17, 2021
by Jem Croucher

The teasels through the fence
had had a frosting overnight
and now in three-tree field
they were caught in pale sunlight
And as the sheep in lower field
paused and looked so I did too
to gaze upon this wonder
well, you would now, wouldn’t you?
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January 16, 2021
by Jem Croucher

Ice cold here yet beautiful
Jack’s frosted strands they cling
with brittle fronds of loveliness
to cover everything
Too cold to stand here very long
yet there is time for this
rare spectacle of wonder
at this time of year for bliss
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January 15, 2021
by Jem Croucher

A sky atmospheric
over Brighton tonight
met us on the beach
reflecting the light
Spectacular was
the view there that we
had to pause for a while
by the night-blackened sea
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January 14, 2021
by Jem Croucher
It didn’t trouble Wordsworth
or Longfellow or Dahl
as I’m sure when they were writing
you would never hear a snarl
So I won’t let it trouble me
for there is much in life
to write some joyful lines about
avoiding all the strife
So here to make that very point
though I’ll need to be quite snappy
are several lines to bring a smile
and leave you feeling happy
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January 13, 2021
by Jem Croucher
10 of 10 in ‘The winter series’ from Jemverse
They said there’d be snow
Well, its cold enough
and there’s frost over all every day
But the sea air down here
on these southern shores
always seems to get well in the way
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January 12, 2021
by Joel Kravitz

Trump blasts ‘ridiculous’ impeachment, says remarks before deadly Capitol riot ‘appropriate’
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January 12, 2021
by Jem Croucher
9 of 10 in ‘The winter series’ from Jemverse
I wrap up warm against the cold
I feel it now I’m getting old
There’s white on everything around
The air is crystal n’er a sound.
Suppress a shiver to the chill
I take this in and have my fill
For only winter brings this sight
This wonderment when all is white
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January 11, 2021
by Jem Croucher
8 of 10 in ‘The Winter series’ from Jemverse
I am winter blue
Born to December, I chill
to iron cold bone
I am winter blue
To brittle January
icy fingers spread
I am winter blue
But with yellow I will change
to the green of Spring
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January 10, 2021
by Jem Croucher
7 of 10 in ‘The winter series’ from Jemverse
Steel grey seas with iron chill
it’s with whimsy that I peer
at the beach I know so well
in summer brings such cheer
Yet now the winter’s icy hand
has me firmly in its grip
As grey green waters frenzied churn
with northern winds are whipped
So I with best foot forward
march swiftly ‘cross these stones
No lingering in winter times
for the safe warmth of home
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January 9, 2021
by Jem Croucher
6 of 10 in ‘The winter series’ from Jemverse
Eight line stanza thinking of
the winter with me now
Brittle chill, not warming sun
cold upon my brow
But dressed up warm it’s good to brace
the iron winter chill
for as it passes Springtime looms
and ever closer still
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January 7, 2021
by Jem Croucher
4 of 10 in ‘The winter series’ from Jemverse
Breath escapes in tiny clouds
a whisper to the chill
as icy iron fingers grab
and hassle me at will
I’m minding my own business
A summer’s child adrift
Lost in this cold wilderness
and feeling somewhat miffed
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January 6, 2021
by Jem Croucher
3 of 10 in ‘The winter series’ from Jemverse
Like water the sunshine, diluted and pale
greets this cold winter’s day
Its warmth has long gone and despite a brave face
Its exuberance has faded away
But its low zenith in the January sky
brings a glare from its fragility
Highlighting a beauty in all it shines on
which is very pleasing to me
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January 5, 2021
by Jem Croucher
2 of 10 in ‘The winter series’ from Jemverse
There’s a crystalline clarity out here today
in the trees there over the way
A ground frost has visited the fields overnight
And it’s more beautiful than I can say
So I’ll not waste my words and contented instead
Just quietly stand here awhile
Allow winter’s wonder to embellish again
with a picture in mind for a smile
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January 4, 2021
by Jem Croucher
1 of 10 in ‘The Winter Series’ from Jemverse
When it’s cold in the winter
I will look to the sun
and think back to the summer
as I have always done
Back to the days
of whimsy and breeze
when a cool wisp is welcome
rustling quiet through the leaves
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January 3, 2021
by Joel Kravitz

Trump Pressured Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Enough Votes to Overturn Election
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January 3, 2021
by Jem Croucher

The world outside my window
changes by the day
Sometimes it’s bright and sunny
and other times there’s rain
South facing from the east
I can see the rising sun
and later on out to the west
the glow when it is done
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January 2, 2021
by Jem Croucher

The water looked like crystal
as it sparkled in the sun
Like glass its light refracted
for a New Year just begun
A ‘je ne sais quoi’ said something
as a whisper silently
caught and carried by the breeze
across the windless sea
I think it was a promise
though I’m not completely sure
so I will come here every day
to listen out for more
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January 1, 2021
by Jem Croucher
5 of 12 in the Jemverse series ’12 months IV’

To the New Year a promise
here made to ones self
to remain true to form
and with all of my wealth
to capture from life
one day at a time
its essence in words
and transpose to line
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December 31, 2020
by Jem Croucher
So we wave goodbye
avoiding use of ‘farewell’
words for this year now passing
Welcome to the new
with this eve for promised hope
here’s to a brighter future
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December 30, 2020
by Jem Croucher

Eighteen crazy holes
Chichester in the sun
an after Christmas present
enjoyed by everyone
The plane up on the falls
gave us all a focal view
and every single hole
gave us a challenge new
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December 29, 2020
by Jem Croucher

Reminiscing at conclusion
of this year that has now been
I think back over all that we
have done and all we’ve seen
As it started fairly normally
at the beginning of the year
when none had any reason
to think we’d shed a tear
But just a few weeks later
all the pubs and shops were closed
with people social distanced
diametrically opposed
the world ran out of toilet rolls
and pasta which was strange
as to a locked-in world
our lives we re-arranged
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December 28, 2020
by Jem Croucher
A sound of something falling
on the TV; cries of ‘ouch’
accompanied by laughter
from the children on the couch
a house of conversation
undercurrent with a thrum
heard buzzing on the airwaves
like welcome rays of sun
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December 27, 2020
by Jem Croucher
7 of 7 in the Jemverse ‘Christmas week’ series
The Christmas week now
today sees its end
with just five days to go
before this year we’ll send
On its way with relief
as really we should
as let’s face it, it’s truly
not been that good
But before it’s sent packing
we still have some December
to fill with good things
for us to remember
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December 26, 2020
by Jem Croucher
6 of 7 in the Jemverse ‘Christmas week’ series
T’was the day after Christmas
twenty-sixth of December
and if I say so myself
a one to remember
For this year as we know
has been naff to extreme
the worst one in fact
that the world has yet seen
But despite all the naffness
we have still come together
for the best of good times
we will treasure forever
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December 25, 2020
by Jem Croucher
5 of 7 in the Jemverse ‘Christmas week’ series
The week before Christmas
has been and has gone
And it’s Christmas Day now
that this day is upon
We’ve had Bucks Fizz for breakfast
and a walk on the beach
a tradition of ours
as it’s in easy reach
Christmas dinner’s at five
but before that in store
are whoops of delight
and presents galore
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December 24, 2020
by Joel Kravitz

Making a list and checking it twice…
Gonna find out who will pay my price…..
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December 24, 2020
by Jem Croucher
4 of 7 in the Jemverse ‘Christmas week’ series
T’was the week before Christmas
and the last day arrived
Twenty-fourth of December
and we’d all survived
The gifts are all wrapped
and the ‘bubble’ is here
with big smiles all round
for good Christmas cheer
And as we settle down
for ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
we’ll put to one side
all the trouble and strife
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