On the road all day
Driving to see my parents
Every mile worthwhile
A long day but great to see Mum and Dad
(09.03.26)
© Ben Quant 2026
Photo by Darwin Vegher on Unsplash
Haiku
Poem 812 – Corporate Away Day Challenge
Badly cooked cuisine
And half baked shenanigans
Refunds all around
Catching up on The Apprentice at the end of a full day.
(06.03.26)
© Ben Quant 2026
Photo by Nejc Soklič on Unsplash
Poem 809 – Our Town
Welcome to our town
Here we are born, live, love, die
Generation stained
Just back from watching the brilliant Michael Sheen in Our Town. Tremendous.
(03.03.26)
© Ben Quant 2026
Poem 794 – The Weather Report
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)
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Photo by Shlomo Shalev on Unsplash
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)
© Ben Quant 2026
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)
© Ben Quant 2026
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)
© Ben Quant 2026
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)
© Ben Quant 2026
Photo by Jill Heyer on Unsplash
Ode for the Day 