Lent Challenge Week 2

Mixed Motives

Lurking in shadows

lie 'not so good' reasons for

                           apparent selflessness.             28.2.12

Booby

Muscles tense, shock,stare,

confirm: my blunder is stark

                          -tummy knots tighten.              29.2.12  

Vapour trails scar the sky

Blue tits dart to and fro,

but

                          both have purpose.                1.3.12

Skeins of mist strata

the dawn landscape of Malvern

                      and - problem solving.             2.3.12

Encounter near Royston

Twice a day he walked

the green lane; between, in danger

                          he cleaned metals.                3.3.12

Angela R.I.P.

Snow on a sunflower,

Disabled, but no self pity,

                     She enhanced life.           4.3.12

The Dictator's journey

Fight

Freedom

- for the people

Win

Power

Enjoy

Me

                   Stay, at all costs.         5.3.12

"No nectar", the bee moans

only barren blooms

              of futile greenhouse stock.   6.3.12