While picking my way through the spam in my mailbox this morning, I found a piece of good news: an email from Brilliant Flash Fiction congratulating me on being long-listed for their September Freestyle writing competition! My fingers are so tightly crossed I’m not sure how long I can keep up typing on the keyboard. I […]
Month: September 2015
A mid-week haiku
Pumpkin A warm-weather fruit Rainbow of colours and shapes Halloween lantern Free image found on www.darkshadowghosttours.com
I don’t know where this came from…
or perhaps I do. Playground Days I walk through the silent Corridors of my head Where there is no light pollution Just memory intrusion From playground days Memories tattooed Inside my eyelids Of a bench A shredded leaf A leaking pen A fickle friend Who ran off and left me Alone on the bench Image […]
Still on the subject of space
Unhook the Moon Unhook the moon Let her drift away Like a white balloon A runaway bride On her wedding day Grant her freedom From Earth A tyrannical husband Himself once abused Now abusing her
A momentary passion for space
Looking Up On a night that is cloudless I stand in the garden Look up into darkness Into space Wonder how cheesy is the moon How creamy the Milky Way Silently wish upon a falling star Not thinking how far Away we are From someone up there Looking down A human on a space station […]
A modern take on an ancient story, prompted by my visit to London.
Orpheus on the Underground Orpheus boarded a Circle Line train at Notting Hill Gate Bag on his shoulder, notebook and pen in his hand The carriage was crowded and he had to stand But that didn’t stop him from singing a song In a voice that charmed Bankers in their pin-stripe suits Secretaries, software developers And […]
A thought about relationships
Relationships Chilly nights Nippy nights Turn to fresh nights Draughty nights And then crisp nights Frosty nights When you go to bed With frozen toes Icy skin And use his toastiness To thaw you out Then there are glacial nights With a numbing distance A cold war A frigid igloo wall between you To be […]
Another cat poem
Soul Cat In stirring shadows burn two topaz lights Expressive orbs that flicker in the night A velvet nose that twitches at each sound And silken paws that move along the ground Her body flexes with a quiet poise She leaps upon the bed without a noise The tip of her tail flicks against my […]
It’s raining again
Precipitation The garden is being watered By rain Droplets Condensed From atmospheric vapour Gathering in a sombre sky Falling heavily Under gravity Depositing Fresh water Soaking the Earth Small birds Shelter in the willow tree Rain drops Bounce off leaves The watering can And gutters overflow The thirsty Earth drinks its fill
Something caught my eye on the way home from an appointment this morning
Plough Grey crusts and clods of earth Crack Turn rich and rusty brown In the furrowed wake Of the plough Breaking waves Of stones and twisted roots Distort the parallels Of tractor wheels That stretch to the horizon Surfed by gulls and crows Diving and pillaging The farmer’s Carefully crafted rows Image found on www.freefoto.com
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