In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter. by Christina Rossetti There was no Monday night match this week, instead, once again, I was committed to the cinema and a ‘feel good’ romp […]
A biting cold gnawing at the bones Freezing the marrow at the source I dare to be so bold to wear a T-shirt Body fluttering like a sparrow in the devil’s hour There is nothing like brisk air to shake […]
Today’s a nipping day, a biting day; In which one wants a shawl, A veil, a cloak, and other wraps: I cannot ope to every one who taps, And let the draughts come whistling thro’ my hall; Come bounding and surrounding me, Come buffeting, astounding me, (from ‘Winter My Secret’ by Christina Rossetti) Tuesday […]
And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I marked the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back. (from ‘The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost) Monday 7th January 2013 Baker Joiner Midland Alliance k.o.:- […]
To you a season of melodious tidings. In darkness may life be a lovely flame. Now the year turns back towards warmth and passion As all our dying dreams are born again. Boxing Day Wednesday 26th December 2012 npower League 1 k.o.:- 3.00pm Milton Keynes Dons […]
This time of the year is spent in good cheer, And neighbors together do meet To sit by the fire, with friendly desire, Each other in love to greet; Old grudges forgot are put in the pot, All sorrows aside they lay; The old and the young doth carol this song To drive the cold […]
(from) The Winter Freeze by Tari Mazenenga EARLY MORNING rush, crowds buzzing like honeybees, Ironically enough, nothing’s sweet about this icy winter freeze. The cold blues bring back memories framed in my mind, Monday 10th December Evo-Stik Southern League k.o.:- 7.45pm Premier Division Hitchin Town […]
The Winter Is Cold, Is Cold by Madeleine L’Engle The winter is cold, is cold. All’s spent in keeping warm. Has joy been frozen, too? I blow upon my hands Stiff from the biting wind. My heart beats slow, beats slow. What has become of joy? Monday 3rd December 2012 Hertfordshire Senior Cup k.o.:- 7.45pm […]
Autumn Leaves rainy weather today still raining you are looking at the rain longing for the sun A Haiku by Dagmara Anna AuraDagimar Tuesday 27th November 2012 Hinchingbrooke Cup 1st Round k.o.:- 7.45pm Deeping Rangers 2 […]
Ode to Autumn by John Keats Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, […]
