Month: May 2016

Rejected again

I received another rejection by email yesterday. They didn’t say why, just that the poems didn’t ‘fit the current issue scheme’. This time the submission was for a collection of six poems which I have shared on my blog – that was allowed by the magazine, as long as they weren’t physically published. They were: […]

Witness to a Street Fight

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #107 Enticed through the dark hole To the dead-end of violence, Under sulphurous yellow lamplight, You stand on the edge of a vitriolic fight: A crooked, cryptic vision, A lead and skull collision, A crashing kuebiko Deep in your greasy marrow- Bone – you know You shouldn’t witness Such […]

Flutes and Birds

My response to Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge month May 2nd (2) “shadows of leaves” The Flute player, Charles Amable Lenoir. French (1860-1926) found on Pinterest   shadows of leaves cover the open holes her flute forgotten                           © Jane Reichhold listening to a bird croon spilling its rich, liquid tune           […]

Bees in May

I watch a drowsy bee chew Through its winter cocoon And emerge on the edge Of a sunny window ledge. After a sullen start to spring, Dandelions smile in dewy grass. The first dragonfly helicopters past The cherry tree and honeysuckle bowers, Where flirty buds are bursting To unfold a pink flurry of flowers To […]