Poems written by Peter Gibbs over 60 years, inspired by romance, travel, the beauty of nature, emotions and family and friends - peterspoetry.co.uk 

Zoom Gloom

Once we met in meetings

Now in our Covid gloom

We sit in front of laptop

Supposed to link via Zoom

You try to get a word in

But then the sound cuts out

You see a group of people

But they can’t hear you shout

Their faces sometimes freeze up

It’s Wi-fi that’s to blame

If I had fibre optic

It might not be the same

Let’s hope they find a vaccine

So we can meet again

This so-called video conferencing

Is one almighty pain.