Poetry Corner
Pebbles of Life
Dave Hempshall
Written while co-facilitating
Poetry for Recovery course
for Hastings Recovery College
www.sussexrecoverycollege.org.uk/
Pebbles of life move.
Shifting brown and grey.
Gulls transcend, lifting, preying
Struck dumb by growling wind.
The sinking sun creates
Zinc light.
Jet surf contrasting
Forbidden, inviting.
Pebbles of life move.
Crunching, crushing.
Hiss, broiling.
White mares urgent
Crashing, pulling
Shhh-shh.
Pebbles of life move.
LIFE STORY
Carole Segal
It’s only a story
So don’t get upset
It’s only a story
It’s not over yet
It’s only a story
It’s not what it seems
It’s only a story
It’s only a dream
It’s only a story
It’s yours to re-write
You’ll get some of it wrong
You’ll get some of it right
It’s only a story
Whatever you feel
It’s only a story
It isn’t that real
Just one little story
Close the book, then
Put it back on the shelf
You won’t see it again
Just one amongst many
It’s huge and it’s small
It’s only a story
One story, that’s all
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