Happiness Is
Listen to Kay read her poem ...
Sometimes your happiness is a stationery shop.
Inviting, creative and colourful, like a shiny new box of colour pencils
opened on Christmas or New Year’s Eve: how will you choose only one favourite,
from the shop shelves filled with creative jewels and gems, artistic dreams and excitement, when you forget your every worry as you begin to window-shop?
Other times it is mum's spider plant, a glimpse
of precious happiness in green, a burst of her cares and promises.
But yesterday, it was the jingle of mum's voice to
Tell us her house plants' names in songs of family and flowers.
Inviting, creative and colourful, like a shiny new box of colour pencils
opened on Christmas or New Year’s Eve: how will you choose only one favourite,
from the shop shelves filled with creative jewels and gems, artistic dreams and excitement, when you forget your every worry as you begin to window-shop?
Other times it is mum's spider plant, a glimpse
of precious happiness in green, a burst of her cares and promises.
But yesterday, it was the jingle of mum's voice to
Tell us her house plants' names in songs of family and flowers.
Poem after Jack Underwood
This poem is copyright (©) Kay Medway 2024
About the Writer
Kay Medway
Kay works full-time in libraries and enjoys both reading and writing poetry in all of her free time. She has had poetry featured in a positive news local community zine called The Happy Hood. Kay has also written poetry regarding her family history stories for 60 Miles by Road or Rail in her local community.
