Category Archives: Judgement
Thought for the Day #7
Advice based on opinion is almost worthless
Advice based on experience is invaluable
Thought for the Day #6
Scrutinise the counsel of others for what they may have overlooked
A Waste
Oh dear, look over there
It’s very clear, even from here
Plump young mum, another on the way
Buggy-shoving through a brand-new day
Can’t you tell, even at a glance
Little Errol stands littler chance
Tied securely in his prison pram
Tired, exhausted, silent as a lamb
His cream cake crumbles on Greggs shop floor
Mam chats and smokes outside the door
Sister Cheryl runs wildly about
Ignoring Mam’s frantic shout
Non-working class; must it be like this?
Mired in a morass; existence no bliss
Minx Cheryl and timorous young Errol Smith
One in Mam’s tummy will be the fifth
Social workers don’t know what to do
Politicians haven’t even a clue
Proudly espousing ‘each child counts’
We’re investing money, look at the amounts!
But cash alone is not the solution
What we need is a revolution
Where families learn of a better way
To break the cycle of social decay
Where then the collective conscience?
For lives lived, but of no consequence
A tragic, doomed, wasted group
Class-locked in an endless repeating loop
Night Watchman
Entrances all locked and fast
Bolts checked around the back
Windows secured to the last
Holding, at bay, attack
Family safely stowed abed
Enjoying well-earned sleep
Though heavy hangs the weary head
The watch still his to keep
Guttering lamp gives meagre light
Cold gnaws and gathers round
Corner shadows hold close the night
Time passing without a sound
A few more rounds; he might then rest
Wolf kept safely from the door
Dawn’s rays reveal its sad bequest
His burden he’ll carry no more
Take the Next Step
Joyfully, toward home
Deliberately, away from here
Boldly, into the unknown
Jauntily, finding a rhythm
Silently, measuring the air
Quickly, gaining pace
Sagely, holding your counsel
Intentionally, keeping guard
Knowingly, watching the path
Safely, reaching your destination
BBC Anticlockwise Forecast for Seas around the British Isles
Thames, Humber, German Bight;
Fog remaining overnight
Fisher, Dogger, Tyne and Forth;
Strong winds abating from the north
Stormy soon in Cromarty and Viking
Continued, rapid lightning striking
Further west to north Fair Isle;
Visibility steady at over one mile
More north west in the Faeroes
Pressure falling; a strong gale blows
Contrast this south west in Bailey
Pressure is increasing daily
For those south east in Hebrides
Expect to sail on heavy seas
In Malin and nearby Rockall
Westerly blizzards are to fall
Further south into Shannon
Blasting winds like cannon
Calmer waters in Fastnet
Should provide a safer bet
Expected shortly across Lundy
A high of 1050; Sunday
Storm force 10, now in Sole
Building 11, on the whole
Further south across Fitzroy
Sunny spells to enjoy
But further east, in Biscay
Rougher seas and blowing spray
Plymouth, Portland, Wight and Dover
Temperatures rising, hurricane over
This concludes today’s forecast
Dear Auntie Beeb, may it long last
Forming Opinions
If opinion is divided,
Consensus not in sight.
Head and heart may disagree,
But both cannot be right
Bring to bear one measure;
The final acid test.
Belief may be convincing,
But evidence is best.
A Toast
Come any who might with me dine
Of choicest foods and finer wine
And know full well that down the line
You too must share this cup of mine
Then do not seek to chide thine host
Instead drink deep that final toast
For that you have you forfeit most
Of what remains you cannot boast
The Bell at the End of the World
Once more the cracked bell knolled
Beware this fate it told
No destiny sure as yours
Kept to your present course
It made its plaintive sound
To turn his path around
For most its call boomed clear
Use dialogue, not fear
Odd, though, to offer choice
In cold forged metal voice
When none was to be made
His path would not be swayed
His chosen mind-set steady
With finger poised and ready
Just one thing left to do
All sage advice eschew