ROAD WORKS
They dug up the road yesterday~
And all night long
The traffic lights have gone
From red to green and back again
In orderly succession.
No-one got held up.
The fox went through on red,
A jogger on green,
The hedgehog from across the road scuttled by
And the cat who rules the night
Ignored them all.
Turning into a red, green and orange shadow
Curled up by the gate
Until it was sure what was going on.
Tomorrow it will all be taken away,
The magic lost
And the world will have to go back
To steady colour,
With a bit of black and white
As the night draws in.
©2026 GWEN GRANT
Poems by Gwen Grant 