23rd March 2026

 

dawn chorus

sparrows, magpies, thrushes, crows

and Cookie

© Rachel Green March 2026

Every Note Wrong

Throwing away three things every day

at least, I'm doing my best to,

and sometimes I count a box of old cables

as three things and feel guilty

as if it doesn't count as three 

because they were in one box;

but yesterday I thought I heard the scrap merchant

so I took out all the old stools

all the rusted baking trays,

the really annoying wind chime from the back door

and the case of a gaming computer from the loft

but it was just the kid at Eighty-four

playing a trumpet with his bedroom windows wide

and it was so bad all the neighbours came out

to see what trouble he was in.

© Rachel Green March 2026