Inspiration

I stubbed that out
with my last
cigarette.

Friends tell me
it is all a passing phase;
and that I must feel better.

I never felt bad;
a little unsociable,
a huge lack of money.

As each day passes
flatter than an un-risen pancake;
I wait.

With no inspiration,
I write about it.

 

 

 

Maureen Weldon is hugely looking forward to her pamphlet Midnight Robin which is being published by Poetry Space Ltd.,  Editor Sue Sims, and will be launched on 15th November 2014 at Stanley Palace, Chester.