Spine poetry can be a good distraction in these times of social isolation – it’s a form of ‘found’ poetry, creating a poem from any words you find around you. Here the words were found on my bookcase, on the spines of books. Just read the titles …
Home,
housekeeping
in the springtime of the year,
the keepers of the house,
walking for fitness,
growing old disgracefully,
becoming
the English dreamers.