Transported - a celebration of Phase 2. Commissioned poems from 24th October 2014

taking the south

red dog and whine

we make the time

to take the south for a walk

it's dinner - it's nosh

(an anerican gosh)

o how i wish she could talk

where

the dog's forgot

and stands quite still

perhaps the dog has had

its fill

but not this one- dementia  done

but then he walks

and like us

realises where we are going

ever after

you're the pink

i'll shout it louder

if you can hear above the laughter

but volume's shaking

you're my earth quaking

            ever after

the trance

the hippo decided to dance

and whirled itself into a trance

and i'll make a bet

that you'd smell the sweat

that would stink worse than any old pants

at the bowl

whatever's purring at the bowl

escaped from risk - from out the hole

we give you space - we give you play

you keep our thunderstorms at bay

wisdom - book

what's written there within the page

is life of work - mywords for you

from out the green - we find our sage

what books provide is wisdom true

purple

in the water - purple water

there she swims my purple daughter

purple dogs have been and gone

here she shines - my purple sun

freshly bathed in purple too
off to bed for dreams come true

chocolate

you're my chocolate supplies

(my perfect surprise)

my help - the love of my life

my years thirty six

(i think that we've clicked)

we'll go for another - and then

you're still my

perfect surprise

            my chocolate supplies

                        my help

                                    the love of my life

it's said about the dog

we'll walk the extra milo

we like to see the red

you rhyme with cappuccino

we love your extra kilos

you're human - there it's sad