Life

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12th July 2022 Jenny Knight 0

I was young here once When the bannister was broken And the kitchen floor. was sticky And the sofa ripped and tatty And the cat […]

Retirement in Lockdown

4th July 2021 Jenny Knight 0

All those years I wore my mask. My work mask. All those years I was locked down. Confined, controlled. Through all those birthdays I washed […]

Never Alone

3rd February 2021 Jenny Knight 0

I am watching the news. Then the One Show is on. I live on my own. Find out what’s going on. They tell me it […]

Virtual Purgatory

16th October 2020 Jenny Knight 0

2020 – the year of the virtual team meeting. This has been published in Viral Verses – a collection of wonderfully illustrated poems written by […]

Breathing

16th October 2020 Jenny Knight 0

2020. The year of Covid19 and Black Lives Matter. This has been published in Viral Verses – a collection of wonderfully illustrated poems written by […]

Ode to Nigella

16th October 2020 Jenny Knight 0

Ode to Nigella. It is cold in this room There’s a bad a smell of mould It’s the best I can get Nothing for me, […]

Reasoning

13th May 2020 Jenny Knight 0

Go on, look and decide Let his face be your guide As to whether or not he is right And on hearing his voice You […]

Ode to Covid 19

30th March 2020 Jenny Knight 2

COVID 19 please tell us why are you so mean? You’re doing your damage without being seen We’re hiding indoors while you rampage around You […]

Return

13th October 2019 Jenny Knight 0

This poem follows on from ‘Forget me not’. I went back to visit my old school and my old family home, having missed it […]

Forget me not

13th October 2019 Jenny Knight 0

We moved around a lot when I was a child. After moving from one home to another and starting another new school I was […]