Wednesday's Verse - Life's Not Fair When You're Five
This week’s verse moves from a fantasy renga about a stranger in need, to a poem about a five-year-old watching her mum go to work. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life's Not Fair When You're Five My baby is crying on the seat of the lounge. It’s the fourth day that I’ve run away, and left her feeling down And while she isn’t little, as a baby in a cot, five still isn’t very old, if your mummy leaves a lot, especially when you’re used to having her about; it really isn’t very nice when your mummy leaves you out. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can find the first two poetry collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with more genre-appropriate covers in t...