I flex the muscles of my mind To stretch back, reach out, try to find Why I suddenly recall a summer day When all around is a gloomy grey. Laburnum in a vase, a fresh fruit platter, Picnic by the pool, laughing and chatter, Are…

They say elephants can remember, Elephants so ingenious, With their ever present gravitas, With their power reverberating. Their trunks so nifty, They pick things up like no other, Literally and figuratively, Heavy and slight. Smelling water from miles away, Hardly need a compass, Always know…