I thought I’d start with one of my favourite poems by e.e. cummings A Wind Has Blown The Rain Away And Blown a wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think i too have known autumn too long (and what have you […]
Month: November 2015
A troiku
I wrote this after seeing one on Daniel Schwamm’s blog. Dispersion Early sun leaks through A hole in a tilted tree Dispersing the fog … Early sun leaks through Gilding the morning shadows With luminescence … A hole in a tilted tree A kaleidoscope Of shifting colours … Dispersing the fog Washing wisps of gossamer […]
A poem about one of my most favourite places in the world
Venice A labyrinth of watery lanes Bridges and sighs Music and colour Under cloudless skies The sacred peace Of a sudden piazzale Pigeons and the clanking bell Of St Mark’s Campanile The echo of gondoliers As they round a bend A romantic cliché On the Adriatic sea
A memory haiku for a damp Friday
Masks Venetian disguise Array of gaudy treasures Who will be revealed?
Kiss in the Dark
After reading Esther Newton’s post about the Stephen King ‘Bazaar of Bad Dreams’ competition, I wrote the following poem. Kiss in the Dark Night is clad in velvet Sleep has masked your eyes The ticking clock is fading To mark the day’s demise Your leaden limbs are sinking Into the bed’s embrace When you feel […]
Nighthogs
The security light is triggered As a pair of hedgehogs – Not yet a prickle – Amble through the long grass In the silvery white noise of night Grunting and snuffling Sniffing out worms and slugs Beetles and earwigs Berries and roots Roll up tight Spines out At the hoot And swoop Of an owl […]
Floating
From behind the romantic gauze Created by patriarchy The courtesan’s eyes tell all Wrapped like a gift A beautiful ikebana bloom Armed with only a fan To hide her pain The inscrutable face As formal as the teahouse A world floating On the tide of pleasure Between desire and suffering Manipulation and art Image found […]
I spotted one of these on the garden refuse bin yesterday
Ladybird Haiku Rubicund jewel Seven spotted ladybird Flying away home Image found on www.naturespot.org.uk
I recently read an article about the continuing torture of bears…
which prompted me to write this poem. Dancing Bear The cub was snared By poachers No one cared When he was beaten No one was there to shout When they filed down his claws And smashed his teeth out Imagine the pain When they burned holes For a ring and chain Through his lips and […]
Footprints in the Snow
Guilt whispers From the depth of shadows Innocence sings From light behind clouds Not everything is black and white But whose coal-black footprints Will I follow in the winter snow? Image found on techno-equinox.deviantart.com
writing in north norfolk 