Poetry and Prose: Life, the past and new beginnings

September, how quickly you did come
With remnants of the summer sun
All too quick you’ve come around
As Autumn starts to weave it’s gown
With shades of brown and ruby red
Scatter and fall around my head
Uniforms that feel stiff and new
Will be scuffed and worn in a week or two!

© Victoria Welton 29th August 2013

So here we are, September already! Just where does the time go? I have to say that back when I was at school I always considered September, rather than January, the time for new starts and new beginnings. Over the years, as I left full time education and started to go to work this seemed to pale into insignificance but, now I have a daughter, this has come full circle since she has started school. None moreso than this year.

It seems that life and new beginnings has been extremely prominent in the poetry world over the last month. Whether it be reminiscing, losing a loved one or starting something new – in particular all those weeny ones starting big school.

The sense of loss has definitely been felt. Starting with a ‘Faithful Friend’ over at the Wicked World of Lucas with the sad passing of their family dog, Ollie and Charl Taylor at Write Like Noones Watching also says goodbye to faithful friend in ‘For Max‘. A friend of mine tragically lost her daughter, Lucy, and I wrote a poem for her which I know has given her family and friends a large amount of comfort. Emma from Crazy With Twins also writes about a friend who lost his life 9 years ago in a clever poem called ‘The Magician‘. There are other losses too – the feeling that your baby is growing too fast, as expressed by And Baby Makes Three in the poem ‘Where is the Baby? as does Blue Beret Mum in ‘Bye Bye Baby.’ There’s even a poem about the loss of an item in ‘The Jelly Shoe‘ from Helen over at All At Sea.

Echoes of the past have been expressed in lots of reminiscent poetic ways. There is a wonderfully reflective poem by Judith over on Secrets from the Sandpit called ‘Skeletons at Midnight‘. David from Lovely2CU has written two great poems on his ‘Kid’s Stuff’ post – one entitled ‘All Action Hero’ talking about memories of being a child and the other called ‘Time Machine’ about wanting to go back in time. Emily at Tealady Mumbles conjures up all kinds of images in her reflective poem ‘The Bells‘ and over at Littlee and Bean there is a beautiful poem which is a message to her boys. Sarah writes some wonderful poetry over at Supper and Syntax and has written on for her husband on their anniversary entitled ‘10 Years‘. Then Jeanette from Autism Mumma talks about what formed her into the person she is in ‘I’m a One-Off’ . Distressed Housewife has written an absolutely hilarious poem called ‘Me Time‘ which had me in hysterics. Finally, in the reflective section, Stephanie from Beautiful Misbehaviour talks about her ‘Childhood Friendships‘ in a spoken word poem.

Liska at New Mum Online has written about living for now in her lovely poem ‘Life is for Living‘ as has Jacinta in her wonderful poem ‘Out of the Darkness Comes the Light’

Finally, with new beginnings unfolding around us with some people starting new jobs and new routines, over at Pacific Ring Life there is a new start in a new continent and Sarah writes a poem entitled ‘First Touch of the Pacific‘. And with all the school starters, many of them today, I leave you with a poem from Instinctive Mum called ‘The Next Chapter‘. I am sure all your Mums with school-aged children can associate with this and will know exactly this feels.

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About Victoria Welton

Victoria is a forty something Mum to Grace and Rex, partner to writer and actor Ross and lives in the beautiful countryside of Somerset. A blogger since 2012, she has been writing poetry and lyrics for years and has been lucky enough to perform two of her songs on stage. You can find her blog at Verily Victoria Vocalises. From there she runs a poetry link ‘Prose For Thought’on the first Thursday of every month. She is also a professional photographer, having started her business on her return from maternity leave.

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