As part of the Greening West Bridgford campaign we were looking at some poets and songwriters, so I thought to get in touch with David to see if he could write something for our event.
He wrote not just one poem but got so inspired that a wrote a second one.

I have just dropped off his gems and am very grateful that through this means the environmental message can be spread as my writing is definitively not up to it.

Thank you David for your inspiration
David is Irene's husband

Poem by ©David Supper 15/1/10

When the Tide Turns

It was an ordinary day
and all in each and every way
sought to discover what was wrong,
sounds like a discordant song
filled the air and yellow light
glowed as if it now were night.
In the once neat streets,
in between the houses meets
a growing mound of household waste,
homes for families of rats that taste
the good life, then the shout goes out -
come to suburbia! Now without a doubt
our neighbourhoods are over-run
and life, as we know it, ceases to be fun.
If this is what our future holds
now is the time we should be bold,
and from this awful vision learn
from consumerism we must turn
and search for a fresher, kinder life
more eco-friendly, free from strife.
Grow more in tune with Mother Earth
rather than in greed to seek out money’s worth,
make a difference, though you’re only one –
turn the thermostat down a full degree,
don’t use the car, plant a tree;
and, when our journey’s finally done,
we can, with hand on heart
honestly say: we played our part.


©David Supper 15/1/10

Biography:
David Supper is a retired art teacher and photographer, he moved to West Bridgford with his partner in April 2007. He is a founder member of the Serpent's Tooth- a poetry writers's group and a member of Nottingham Arts Theatre and will be directing Dangerous Corner in May this year. He is also a member of The Lace Market Theatre and recently co-directed Kindertransport in the Studio Theatre. David has been writing poetry for the past 12 years and has been published in several anthology collections. For more details see website