Astrid Holbeach
Astrid is a valued member of the group in its continuation, she is a lively & bubbly person and not afraid to take centre stage. These first poems mark her internet debut.

Poets Alive
An annoying humming machine
Droning on -
Oh what peace would bring!
Someone gulping a drink
Refreshed at last!
The scribbling of poets and the
Shaking table -
Lots of relaxing sighs and
Breaths exhaled.
Very therapeutic in the poets team
Passion for the written word
All on the first birthday of Poole Poetry Group!

A Beautiful Vision
The blackcurrant field swaying –
Calmly at the break of day.
The summer solstice has arrived –
The swallows flit down on the rows of blackcurrants –
Catching gnats and twittering a high pitched distinctive
Call as they twist skywards to illustrate their forked tails.
Enter the blackcurrant pickers with the two buckets
Each to fleece the bushes bare on the longest day of the year!