Bad weather threatens,
Will it rain on our parade?
Gentleness saves us.
Some tricky pastoral situations today averted through the application of prayer and gentleness.
(16.02.26)
© Ben Quant 2026
Photo by Shlomo Shalev on Unsplash
Haiku
Poem 791 – Motorway Magic
The M25,
One wave of its wand can turn
Four hours into six
Too brain dead for anything more original tonight!
(13.02.26)
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Photo by Szabolcs Antal on Unsplash
Poem 790 – En Route
Gridlocked motorways
Stormy weather past Stonehenge
Winding country lanes
Praying the roads are clear
Dodging pot holes and branches
Don’t make me reverse!
Battery running low
Hoping that the charger works…
Big sighs of relief!
Helping lead a retreat for the Sierra Leone Mission today meant a long and early motorway drive to just beyond Exeter.
(12.02.26)
© Ben Quant 2026
Poem 777 – Draw!
Mexican stand-off
Three guns, three lives, one heartbeat
Uncertain outcome
Watching the new series of The Night Manager. I don’t think everyone is going to make it… (No spoilers on the Mexican Stand-Off, that’s not happened, at least not yet!)
(30.01.26)
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Photo by Martin SoulStealer via CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Poem 771 – Bristol Weather
Turned off the M4
Promptly the rain starts to fall
No surprises there!
Visiting our daughter.
(24.01.26)
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Photo by Sebastiano Piazzi on Unsplash
Poem 762 – Stuck!
Having passed the rock
A hard place fills my vision
Not sure what to do…
Juggling with tricky decisions
(15.01.26)
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Photo by Jonathan Simcoe on Unsplash
Poem 754 – Some Days
Other things matter
Poetry must stand aside
Until tomorrow
A poetic placeholder.
(07.01.26)
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Photo by Jill Heyer on Unsplash
Poem 750 – A Momentary Lapse of Creativity
Distracted today
Out of imagination
Maybe tomorrow
(03.01.26)
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Photo by Annie Spratton Unsplash
Poem 745 – Interrupted
Escape room antics
Stopped me writing mid-poem.
Escaped. Tomorrow?
Working on a photo inspired poem today, but a family escape room game to me away from it for now…
(29.12.25)
© Ben Quant 2025
Poem 743 – Text Them to Say We’ll Be Late
Seasonal traffic
A family Christmas visit
Six hours on the road
Off to see the other half of the family today. Not as straightforward a journey as predicted.
(27.12.25)
© Ben Quant 2025
Photo by Rūdolfs Paipa on Unsplash
Ode for the Day 