If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive.
I have a returning guest this week. Susan Batten is part of The Writers Bureau’s writing club and produces some wonderful pieces, whether they’re fiction, poetry or non-fiction. She’s a very talented writer so it’s a pleasure to have her back.
Life Choice
I don’t iron any more – it’s a chore.
I buy just what I need from a store,
and I never log on – it’s a bore,
so I don’t know what Bluetooth is for.
But the summer is sweet
as I walk down the street,
and the birds sing the same as before.
I need no fancy gizmo to cook
and I get what I need from a book.
To check on the weather, I look.
My flowers grow from cuttings I took.
But life is as wide
as the colours inside
a rainbow of light on the brook.
My friends are all people I know,
I believe you will reap what you sow,
and after a “high”, there’s a “low”.
The best stone is one you don’t throw.
When the clouds sweep the sky
I’m convinced I know why
we are free to enjoy life’s great show.
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Esther Chilton 
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