In the moon’s embrace Of shadows orchids orbit An unearthly space
Month: October 2015
Just another old love poem
Cake and Candles When I am with you I feel like an infant Experiencing her first birthday But not quite understanding. I feel so full Of birthday cake and candles That I am exhausted And, like an infant, Want to lie there, Cradled in your arms, To experience something More like Christmas. Image found on […]
Murmuration
With a murmur Of whirring wings An eddy of starlings Whirls into view Swooping and diving Waves of Indian ink Staining the sky Separating Converging Fluid and airy Pointillist abstracts Helices and pirouettes Of an aerial ballet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Q-EbX6dso
Holding On
When I first started writing this 750-word short story, I didn’t think of it as a ghost story but as a story about dementia. However, there is a ghost, albeit a kind one and one I know well. In the half-dark of the small hours, she surfaces from fitful dreams – it could be less than an […]
A Halloween poem for grown-ups
Halloween Love Affair Trick or treat Once a year Love affair Of a lonely ghost And a vampire Amongst the cobwebs And dust Of a haunted house The thrill of discovery Fades after a century Image found on Pinterest
This morning I’m starting with a love poem
Sleep Sheet The sun meets the moon On its way every morning, Kisses its pale lunar roundness And generates warmth. As I rise, I imagine you, Dishevelled, warm, Slowly, gently Brushing away the soft sheet of sleep, Which still covers you As you open your eyes. I prefer it When we are both under The […]
The Goblins’ Halloween Trick
At the bottom of the garden, Haunting toadstools bright, Four dark-eyed goblins Were out one night When the moon Was the only light. Four children in costumes Were out on the street, Knocking on doors For a trick or a treat. They came to a house With an iron gate Where naughty boys Were lying […]
The last poem of today is a love poem I wrote a long time ago
Exploded Atom Do not taint the sweetness Of the love I have for you By doubting it, For it is wild and natural, Powerful in its purity, And it’s for you. Once it was innocent And delicate as a flower In its youth, But now it has exploded Like an atom, so sudden, But it’s […]
All the lonely people
I am preparing for a couple of short story competitions and decided to write a piece of flash fiction based on the Beatles’ song ‘Eleanor Rigby’. This isn’t going to be submitted to any competitions – it’s just a writing exercise. Eleanor picked up a handful of rice outside the church porch. The wedding had been beautiful. […]
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