Untidy takes time

 

Untidy takes time

Not looking at my best

Feeling a little undressed,

Confess I look a mess!

Going to have to redress.

I don’t embrace when

It’s not all over the place!

It’s going quite badly and

It just needs to be straggly!

It’s all straight and levelled

Want it to be dishevelled.

Nor is it tangled and just

Too neat, not mangled.

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It’s much better untidy

And a little bit spiky,

Unruly and scruffy,

Not all soft and fluffy!

I’ve used super-hold spray -

The sticky stuff for today.

Serum, foam, clay,

But it’s not going my way!

Gels, wax, powders, glues,

Lotions, sprays, a good mousse

Upside down blows,

Straighteners and other gismos

Hair-drying an art

And now it looks smart!

It’s not quite the look

That I saw in a book!

Going to sleep and rest

Wake up in a mess!

And when I get up,

It’s perfect haircut!

And after I’ve roused

It’s perfectly toused

All products applied

Are now cast aside.

And in the meanwhile

I quite like the hairstyle

If it looks unkempt

After all my attempts!

Copyright Linda Lawrence

8^th October 2026

Wonders without end

 Wonders without end

At 0530 I looked up high

At the miracles in the sky.

Shaped like a huge saucepan,

The other bear a smaller pan.

I’ll try to look every night

To see this extraordinary sight.

Pegasus, the flying horse,

I have to look carefully of course.

The distant galaxies so far away

Yet so very clear today,

Naked to the human eye 

As a shooting star flies close by.

Cygnus, the swan, end of the summer

Shines down brightly-what a stunner!

The crescent moon, looks amazing 

If I could stay awake, I'll keep stargazing!

The planets, our birth signs

From millions of miles, all aligned.

The northern and southern hemisphere 

I want to see, when it's clear 

No light pollution, just the stars 

And if I'm lucky, a view of Mars!

I've seen Saturn and coloured rings

Venus, Gemini and its twins.

Seven sisters, the milky way

In the cold night air without delay!

Out in the garden the only light,

Thousands of pinpricks, almost in sight

Just after evening twilight.

Out there, in star filled night.

Feels so magical, the atmosphere,

Inky black on our side of the sphere.

Up there in the vast endless space

A supernova will take place.

Another universe a black hole

A cosmos on celestial pole.

The shiny, giant northern star

Above north pole but not so far.

Our wondrous universe a celestial display,

A spectacular luminous light array.

A supernal standing on the lawn

Lights up our garden until it’s dawn

The changing skies and any reason!

During every changing season.

The August dust, the meteor shower. 

Walk up the garden in a waking hour

The beehive cluster, starry mist

So beautiful, just can't resist!

Copyright Linda Lawrence

5^th October 2026