Stay Safe (Haiku)
Almost knocked over
walking the right arrow way
I think I’ll stay home.
©Carol Robson #Haiku
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Don Valley & Alice Springs. (Audio)
Don Valley & Alice Springs
Short story written and narrated by Carol Robson.
Music David Fesliyan Fesliyan Studios
© Carol Robson
Yorkshire Coast Staycation (Soundcloud)
Yorkshire Coast Staycation
Written and performed by Carol Robson
Music: Fesliyan Studios
©Carol Robson
Virus (my self-isolation)
Virus
Pandemic of a human kind
global rush of Covid 19
worldwide death never designed
yet causing the lockdown scene.
Older and vulnerable were mostly thought to be at risk
children, then any age were taken
underlying health problems, the healthy too
no discrimination, it could be you.
Panic buying soon became the norm
empty shelves, no toilet rolls no tins of food
shops emptied by the covid swarm
normal folk now in a frenzied mood,
Self isolation social distancing lockdown
key workers frontline staff NHS Docs and nurses
the ones allowed to move around
NHS staff in their PPE, nursing the dying
trying to save lives in trying times
BBC giving us daily updates of soaring numbers
all over the world not just at home
this is real news not fake
let’s stay safe do not roam,
When it’s over we can party like it’s 1999
down the pub to celebrate with family and friends, reunited with love ones
street parties whatever you want
rebook your holidays, start to live again without fear
me, I’ll just hug my daughters and grandchildren too
©Carol Robson
Self-Isolate/Loneliness and Isolation.
Govt tells older people with or without health problems to self-isolate. Sadly many of them have been doing it for years, it’s called Loneliness and Isolation.
Workshop/Performance Cheltenham Poetry Festival
2020
Contact me for guest slots etc for your events in 2020
Looking for bookings for 2020
Looking for headline/guest slots, festival and fringe bookings for 2020
National Poetry Day (Truth)
My Truth poem from a few years ago for National Poetry Day
Truth
Openness is a fine virtue
that leaves you naked
to be raided by the bone pickers
scavenging for your faults
to bring substance to their sad lives
so they can troll their messages
of lies and innuendo’s
yet the trolls will never ascend
to the beauty of your soul
that shines from beneath
the layers of your humanity
that shows the very truth
of your beautiful pure nature.
© Carol Robson
Nominated for Best Spoken Word
Although I didn’t win I’m really pleased that my show ‘70 A New Decade Of Fun’ at Greater Manchester Fringe was nominated for best Spoken Word, congratulations to Rose Condo The Empathy Experiment who won.
