A Different Woman

As a one-remaining-grandparent child 

I was absolutely fascinated by
the idea of other children going to
their nana's after school.
As a treat.

A far-fetched notion to me
whose grandmother seemed

at the very best, removed.

But, Anna's set of photos prove
all her happy years.

Cursory Rhyme

All the different spiders
went up the water spouts,
down came the rain
and left the spiders in no doubt
that there isn't enough sunshine
to dry up all the rain,
and that flood prevention measures

must be put in place.

Even little spiders

can work the problem out,

floods must be contained

and kept away from every house.

The spiders think that hosepipe

bans could be prevented if we drained

away the excess water

and stored it for sunny days.