Storytime Enter a deep dark forest Follow the winding trail Explore the fairy foliage Before daylight fails Hand in hand Folk and fairy tales Erase the lines between Everyday and make-believe Image found on Pinterest
Month: September 2015
Remembering childhood reading
A Reader’s First Books First impressions Of different worlds Pictures and words From a stranger’s imagination Held between your fingers Feeling As you turned papery pages Slowing down to sound out words Or read them Over and over again Flipping fast To your favourite parts Learning them by heart Shared experiences Different perspectives
This is a ghost of a poem
Sovereign Ghost In a world without imagination The ghost is king Or queen Dwindled To a single breath of air Humming somnolent songs Summoning nightly convocations Whispering in sunken voices Regal burglar of sleep Guardian of an empty Book of moonlight Sweating for inspiration Found on http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/File:Henry_Fuseli-_Hamlet_and_his_fathers_Ghost.JPG
The fairy tale continues
The Little Mermaid Stave 3 The storm passed; There was no ship in sight. Red and glowing, the sun rose, Marking the end of night, Bringing life to the prince’s face. She kissed his forehead and his eyes, Stroked his wet hair and his cheek Underneath the lightening sky. Towing him gently to a little […]
A cat haiku
Yin and yang Philosophical Dynamic balancing cat Unites black and white
Inspiration from the garden – a tanka to start the day
Honeysuckle Dew Vermillion bines Intertwine their tender limbs Rigid ribbons climb Spread innocent oval leaves Adorned with diamonds of dew
Oh my, I can’t believe this
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Unloved
Unloved The whole house echoed With emptiness Spectres of past lives Crouched helpless In cobwebby corners Surrounded by Aromas of damp Tornados of dust Stains of neglect And rust A narrow staircase A leaking roof Peeling paper Were not enough To put them off Tenderly nurturing A wreck into a home Image found on www.dailymail.co.uk
Just a thought
When things go wrong When things go wrong Stand tall and quiet Don’t make a song and dance about it Try to get Where you want to be Even on bad days Keep perspective A sense of humour Breathe And smile
I said I wouldn’t write another autumn poem…
but here’s one anyway. Equinox Autumn equinox is here, Unsettling leaves And sending shivers Through the air. Beech and ash are turning now And fields are furrowed by the plough. Startled from its nest of grass, A hare lopes away as walkers pass. In early evening’s gold and mottled light Of low rays warning of […]
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