Between 24th March and 9th July this year, I submitted the manuscript of my novel for children, Joe and Nelly, to sixteen agents and four publishers. Today I received my sixth rejection from an agent. I am hoping that when agents and publishers say that it will take up to three months to reply, it means […]
Day: September 9, 2015
The last poem for today
Helianthus In a covert patch Amongst cornfields Flowers of radiant yellow Turn buds skywards Tracking the sun From east to west … September And yellow-rayed faces Of fibonacci spirals No longer teased By bees Face only east … They are short-lived Growing heavy-headed Threatened by the distant Thrumming of birds That swoop to pick And […]
I wrote this poem before I remembered we had a fitting photo
Cat Meditation In the stillness of a sunbeam That sneaked past a sky full of cloud Cats stretch out in yoga poses Contentment purring long and loud Sun-warmed tails twitch now and then Velvet paws knead the mote-flecked beam Luxuriating in the heat Extended in a feline dream
I have no image to illustrate this haiku
Dysfunctional Family Artifice and lies Tangled in family ties Words are out of place
A metaphor poem
A poem is born Words drip, puddles form Concentric ripples in which A poem is born ~ Rivulets break free Liquid arrangement marking The topography ~ Words and images Merge in an effervescent Stream of consciousness ~ In the flow of words Meandering path is worn A poem is born
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