We start the year with winter colds
Pandemic makes us cower
And Scots went down to England
Hogmanay round Blackpool Tower
And New Year brings a load of gongs
To worthies left and right
Honi soit qui mal y pense
Order of Garter knight
And over in America
A guilty verdict met
With hints of further stuff enough
To cause a prince to sweat
Honours or shame the fashion now
Not much in between
Where life pours ordinary plenty
Now that’s a better scene
A pint of ordinary plenty
Can see us through the day
The joy in every simple thing
A child again at play
Brian Fahy
1 January 2022
+ Thanks to Patrick Kavanagh and his poem ‘Advent’ for helping us to see the joy in simple things.
Erris Poetry 