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This collection of down to earth, inspirational, poignant, nostalgic and, mostly, rhyming poems, have been written to appeal to all those who have a desire to try to make sense, understand and connect with the past, present and future and to resonate with a reader who has experienced life with its different stages, obstacles, dilemmas and world issues, including the struggles of recent wars.Written by a psychotherapist who has observed and experienced that often written words can act as a 'tonic' to those who find it hard to process feelings with conversational words. Full of rhyming wisdom, warmth and tongue-in-cheek humour and reflections.

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Date de parution	10 janvier 2023
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781839525988
Langue	English

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SPOKES FROM? THE WHEEL OF LIFE
First published 2023
Copyright © J A Scott 2023
The right of J A Scott to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the copyright holder.
Published under licence by Brown Dog Books and
The Self-Publishing Partnership Ltd, 10b Greenway Farm, Bath Rd, Wick, nr. Bath BS30 5RL
www.selfpublishingpartnership.co.uk

ISBN printed book: 978-1-83952-597-1
ISBN e-book: 978-1-83952-598-8
Cover design by Kevin Rylands
Internal design by Andrew Easton
Printed and bound in the UK
This book is printed on FSC® certified paper

Acknowledgements
For my husband, son, family and friends, who have endured my poetic ramblings for longer than I can remember and for my parents and two brothers who contributed to my resilience and sense of humour when growing up. For my six wonderful grandchildren who, I hope, may read my poetry one day.
Last but not least, for my clients who have inspired and shown me the similarities between us all, regardless of any differences.
Foreword
I have enjoyed reading poetry all of my life. I was born in Essex where I spent much of my life until 2008, when I relocated to Suffolk.
I have had many poems published in a local newspaper over 10 years, one printed in This England Calendar 2020 and several on the NHS mental health website for World Mental Health Day. I have, through my work as a psychotherapist in the NHS, been inspired by human beings’ ability to heal from painful experiences through their own resilience and courage, particularly when using creative methods like poetry, music, craft and art as a media to express emotions where conversational words can’t be found.
My own experiences of growing up in a working-class home, being a single parent and encountering (as we all do) life-changing events and personal tragedies, have inspired me to write this collection of poetry mostly about my observations of life, loss and adjustment. Some you may find to be ‘clichéd’ and a little ‘tongue in cheek’ with regard to the way British people view the weather, holidays and other life experiences, but this commonality means they may resonate with you and your experience of life too.
This book of reflective poetry hopes to inspire you as the reader, so that you too, may relate to it and find it, in some way, healing, amusing and enlightening.
Contents
Reflective
1. Do You My Friend Remember?
2. Choices
3. What if?
4. Think Twice
5. Light Up the Sky
6. Today
7. Pebbles on the Beach
8. Moments
9. Our Children
10. Nineteen sixty
11. What is a Dad?
12. Mum’s Cake
13. Postcards
14. Parents
Self-care
15. Listen
16. Being Mindful
17. Trauma
18. Burn Out
Love, Life & Loss
19. Patience
20. Grudges
21. There’s a Play that You’re In
22. A Torch
23. Age
24. Why Do I Feel 90?
25. Days
26. Life is but a Gamble
27. Don’t Take Life so Seriously
28. Dementia
29. Saying Goodbye
30. Goodbyes
31. The Art of Losing
Observing Humans
32. Where Did the Rain Go?
33. Random Acts of Kindness
34. Weather Talk
35. A & E
36. Miscommunication
37. NHS
38. The Old UK
39. The Beach
40. Bank Holiday Blues
41. Just on this Bus
Humour
42. Meat and Potatoes Only
43. Bacon Sandwich Blues
44. Healthy Words of Wisdom
45. Laugh
46. Recycling
47. Stuff
48. Coffee Shop
Peace & War
49. Listen to the Silence
50. Still
51. If Only
52. Poppies Round the Tower
53. As the Sun Goes Down
54. The World Cries
55. Let’s Remember
56. Our Fellow Human Beings
Seasons
57. Autumn
58. Autumn Change
59. Freedom
60. Halloween
61. Winter
62. Christmas Decorations
63. Cynic’s Christmas
64. Christmas Fever
65. Festive Smiles
66. Capture
67. A Christmas Poem
68. Memories of Christmas
69. Early Christmas Merchandise
70. New Year
Reflective
Most of us can remember and imagine. There might be moments that bring warmth to our hearts, reminiscing on what life could be like, what life is like now and what it once was. Here are some poems that have been sparked by moments of inspiration and memories.
Do You My Friend Remember?
Do you, my friend, remember,
Your friends about that age,
When we danced around our handbags,
As that was all the rage?
When pop icons were our heroes,
And we took to the floor to dance,
When we boogied to the hits that week,
And we all got lost in trance.
When we were all such pretty things,
When our days lasted forever,
When these were just the golden years,
And we all joined in together.
When we were all the young ones,
Just starting out, beginners,
It was all about the fashion,
And burgers over dinners.
When late nights weren’t for lightweights,
When we queued at Ali Baba’s,
For those dodgy filled big kebabs,
Then went home to raid the larders.
When we missed the 251 bus,
Back to our home address,
Walked the six miles homeward,
And arrived a shocking mess.
When we crept inside the front door,
Stumbling quietly up the stair,
Between each creaky floorboard,
Our sleeping parents unaware.
When we clambered into bed then,
With our head a spinning round,
We’d vow this was the last time,
Till next Saturday came around.
Choices
So many choices in this life,
Too many paths to take,
So many roads where we can go,
Too many rules to break.
Life lies before us, with its strange twists and turns,
And the challenges we face, help us grow.
It’s the wisdom that we gain, when we face what is hard,
And we learn how to cope as we go.
It’s sometimes so hard when our lives get so tough,
And the routes that we chose, all goes wrong,
But it’s not always for our choosing and it doesn’t mean we’re losing,
Just keep your chin up, try again and be strong.
When the road seems curved and rocky and you feel you’re alone,
Hold your hand out to another who’ll be there,
There’s no shame in admitting, you really feel like quitting,
When it seems deep in your soul that they don’t care.
For nothing is forever, troubles come and go each day,
And you know you’ll overcome them and you’ll then,
Pick up the broken part of your unhappy, saddened heart
Dust yourself off, leave the past and start again.
What If?
What if I were to wake up,
One hundred years from now?
What would life then look like?
It’s hard to imagine how.
Would we need the cars we own?
Or would travel be so fast?
Would the sky be filled with flying cars,
That we’d see zooming past?
Would food be bought as powder,
Delivered to our door?
Free from all known chemicals,
And nothing less than raw.
And how about relationships
That we’d no longer need?
When producing custom babies,
Bought online in packet seed.
School and education,
They’ll be no human tutors,
Robots without emotions,
With no classroom, just computers.
And money that would be no more,
When the blinking of our eye,
Would give us what we need each day,
No more we’d need Wi-Fi.
But then about world conflict,
Would they still fight for their cause?
Or would they believe in nothing,
So, there’d be no more wars?
Although we’ll never know all this,
In our minds, we can create,
A brand-new future filled with things,
That nothing can abate.
For whatever future lies ahead,
We’ve laid down our foundation,
So those who tread after we’ve gone,
Can build a new creation.
Think Twice
Think twice before you judge them,
With tattoos and slang slung voices.
With their children with no father
And others, with no choices,
Don’t ignore them like you seem to,
With disapproving, downturned eyes
With your riches that define you
And distaste you can’t disguise.
As you judge with no reason but fortune,
To negate those who don’t have such charm,
There’s within all those that repel you,
A strength that with do you no harm.
Why not try with your heart to give friendship?
After all we’re the same but for wea