We have a number of Clematis over the arch in the vegetable garden and this year the purple ones, Warsaw Nike, are the most floriferous that they have ever been,eight flowers already and a dozen buds to come. 
Tonight’s supper of Chicken Korma and Aloo Sag with Onion Bhajis was scrumptious.
The poet, Brian Bilston, has given me permission to post his new poem here. It’s for all of us who are outraged at the current circumstances, for those of us who have spent a life protesting and who are still at it when we can. A group of us, choir friends, would have been at the Black Lives Matter protests on Sunday morning but as we are self isolating, we will be lighting candles instead. I think it was written for our Dear friend, Ti, too.
commonprose
June 8, 2020 at 9:58 pm
Sally, would love to share the poem if allowed. Or perhaps you could post it on FB?
mybeautfulthings
June 9, 2020 at 8:43 am
Of course you can share. BB gave me permission to put it on the blog after he had posted it on Fb. I’ll also see if I can find again to share from there.xxx
Heyjude
June 6, 2020 at 1:43 am
Love the poem, especially the last stanza
mybeautfulthings
June 6, 2020 at 9:54 am
Me too. 🙂
Piglet in Portugal
June 5, 2020 at 8:50 pm
What a wonderful poem! I particularly like the first stanza! And the clematis – beautiful.
snoakes7001
June 5, 2020 at 8:37 pm
Brian Bilston is fabulous isn’t he?
mybeautfulthings
June 6, 2020 at 6:19 pm
Yes, I love all his stuff and he very kindly lets me post his work on here. 🙂
John Roberts
June 5, 2020 at 6:59 pm
Love the Poem, Sally, I reckon this will apply to most of my friends!
mybeautfulthings
June 5, 2020 at 8:36 pm
That’s what I thought! xx