just thought I'd my trumpet a bit:) I`ve just had another poem about Asia's walks published and I thought you may like to read it, the poem ids to go into an anthology and be put in the British libary, I know its no master piece but I was told it was chosenb for its orignality and content Asia is very inspirational

A WALK WITH DOG

The sun is shinning bright,
Theres a lovely Summer breeze,
Its time to go for our walk
And sniff around some trees,
She trots close by my side
As we hit the urban streets
And she wags a little greeting
To everyone she meets,
But just around the corner
The traffics moving slow,
Theyre revving up their engines
And the fumes begin to flow,
So, we quickly pass the jam
And continue on our way
Squeezing by the motors
That are pavement parked today,
But then without a warning
I hear the turn of a key
And within just a second
A cars backed up to me!
I pull dog close to my side
My temper is now growing
So I clench my fist and shout
look out where youre going!
We get ourselves together
And stride off up the road
And within a few minutes
Were back in dog walk mode,
Were passing by posh houses
With three cars in the drive
Then suddenly from nowhere!
Were lucky to be alive!
Cos a lady on her mobile
And reversing with no care
Rolled off from her block paving
And didnt see us there!
Then devoid of any thought
The throttle was released
And without my quick reaction
Me and dog would be deceased!
This time I get a shoulder shrug
And words of apology
But I stare with a look of thunder
And I pull dog close to me,
Its time to go home I say
As dog looks at me so sweet
Its like walking in a car park!
Not a flipping street!

The last two lines are my favorite

"flipping" wasn`t my chosen word but I didn`t want to offend lol It really is like walking through a car park round here beacuse cars are allowed to park on the pavement on one side of the street, the area is so overcrowded but the roads are narrow and if the cars park on the road cars can`t get up them, but the pedestians are being overlooked, we don`t count anymore, cars come first me and Asia have had so many near misses with cars and I've a had a few barnies as well :)but I have to be carful what I say to people, I don`t want to get shot or stabbed

love it!

How's sweet Kuma today?

Do these things happen to you?

to me on a reglar basis Kathy, that`s why one day we hope to move to the country side, the suburbs of London is not a happy place to be

It brought a smile to my face. I could imagine you and Asia in every sentence I read. Congrats on getting it published.

thanks, I was quite angry when I wrote the poem because I get fed up with having to fight with traffic every time I go for a walk, so you're right, me and Asia are in every sentence

How are you and Ken and the grandbaby?

Everyone is doing well. Joshua is almost 11 months old now and really trying to walk. He's turned into quite a handful.

I wanted to tell you also, that I love your signature picture. I'm happy to see Benny's face there still.

how quicky time passes

I'm glad you like my sig pictures, Sarah very kindly made it up for me, I thought it was about time I changed it to more Asia pics, but I had to keep Benny`s handome old face on it too, I still miss him, I bet you still miss Jak, but time does help doesn`t it. Enjoy Joshua`s walking stage he'll be getting into evrything now

Very good poem!!

PENNY

let me know the name of the book it iwll be published in ok ... hope to talk soon xoox loves and cuddles xoox