I Should Be So Lucky // Richard Downes

I should be so lucky

As to cast my eye

On a hidden four leaf clover

I should be so lucky

As to take my steps

Further from Trinity 3

I should be so lucky

As to find my Love

Lying down beside me

I should be so lucky

As to stumble on

A £5 note when needed

I should be so lucky

As to imbibe your

Helpful, healthful juices

And I should be so lucky

As to find myself known

In your lush green field

But what if my clover wish

For luck should ever befall

Who then would I be?

Would I feel more loved

Than how I’m feeling now

With dew on my toes?

Would I have more wealth

Than what I’m holding now

With the sun above?

Would I have more health

Than this fresh air can give

On a silent day

Would I need more fame

Than be appreciated

By Magical Women?

I should be so lucky

Lucky, lucky, lucky

I have been so lucky in love

Words by Magical Women’s In Solidarity poet

Richard Downes, 2020

Photograph of Crimson Clover Growing Wild in the Fields, 2020

by Judith Rowlands

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Magical Women facilitate opportunities for artists and poets to respond to each other:

One with words, the other with art or photography.

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We choose an artist’s artwork or photograph and reach out to a MW writer to respond through poetry.

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