When in doubt
do something
that you’ve done before.
When in pain
do something
that you’ll never do again.
*
Rachel McAlpine
Month: January 2016
Come out
Come out
of your corporate corner
into
the arena of song.
How beautiful
to be alive.
How insoluble
to be.
*
Rachel McAlpine
How do you do
Hello hello
I am and will be me
you’ll see
I started Blogging 101
to have some fun
and run the run
and if I meet you
one on one
my work is done
and if you like
my wilder poems
you’ve won
*
Rachel McAlpine
Everything you do
Everything you do
is very, very good
and very very good
is good enough.
*
Rachel McAlpine
Red trees
But still we freeze.
For weeks the weather
has bullied and teased.
We are displeased
but fully woollied.
*
Rachel McAlpine
Habits
Habits are a fine thing.
They tend to grow on you.
You could join a Foghorn Club
and share unusual noises.
*
Rachel McAlpine
When fixing
When fixing
anything at all
it’s best by far
to put the screws
in a jar.
*
Rachel McAlpine
Promise
Don’t be afraid.
I never
say ‘never’
or ‘forever’.
Oops.
*
Rachel McAlpine
Grooming
Curl? Give it a whirl.
Shave? Be brave.
Wax? Rather eat tacks.
*
Rachel McAlpine
That new thing
That new thing
(the one that worries you)
may not
be a bad thing.
May not
be a new thing.
*
Rachel McAlpine
Poems in the wild—Rachel McAlpine 