Water rushing along a woodland river. Photo: By Kazuend on Unsplash.

'No one knows quite where this had its beginnings...'

Poem: Disinformation

'No one knows quite where this had its beginnings...'

by Jennie Osborne 10th October 2025

No one knows quite where this had its beginnings.
It seemed to ooze up from nowhere
started small, a trickle of whispers
kept in place by good firm banks.
But soon, there appeared several thin
streams converging one by one
each with their own lisp
of myth and maybe