“Let’s do something nice today”

for David & Sue and all the others

Let’s see a Mozart opera
with post-performance chat,
or watch a splendid sweary film
and then go home and splat.

We’ll patronise that café
with the GIANT fresh cream teas,
visit bluebell woods in spring
and hug some well-loved trees,

try catharsis in a chanting crowd
no matter win or lose,
snuggle in a sunny nook
and write some (near) haikus,

swing in dappled shade and read
awhile and snooze awhile and read awhile and snooze awhile—

Let’s talk big ideas and books
over a bodged-together brunch,
or find a pub with proper beer,
have fish and chips for lunch,

wander off the beaten track,
watch a gameshow for the craic,
let’s do something nice today
and cut ourselves some slack!

Clare Bryden “Let’s do something nice today”, contribution to “Get On Board 50”, Studio 36, April-May 2025.