Train Ride The rhythmic heartbeat Departure and arrival Scenery between Free image from www.edp24.co.uk
Category: Journal
My daily journal: comments, thoughts and poetry on daily events.
This poem is heartfelt – when we finally get a frost I’ll add an image
A Frosty Morning I love a frosty morning Landscapes look sublime Cobwebs glittering Skin stings Footsteps ring Resonating Blackbirds sing Leaves crunch Frozen soil creaks Senses sharpened As the world Wakes
A childish pastime
Hill Rolling A personal pleasure When everything’s green Is to wander up the hill Remaining unseen Hide in the long grass Until the time is right And then roll Turn and tumble To the bottom And then delight In the head spin Dizzy and ecstatic Magic
A haiku inspired by fairy tales
Imagination Princes become frogs Animals act like humans Shadows are demons Free image found on www.womenweb.de
Thanks to Google, I have been reminded today of a wonderful trip to Prague
The Astronomical Clock in Prague It’s a chilly morning on Charles Bridge; Dodging phantom figures Emerging from the mist, Craving hot coffee To warm our souls And hands, We stroll Into the Old Square, Already buzzing. A crowd has gathered At the southern wall Of the Old Town Hall, Faces upturned like sunflowers Basking in […]
Prompted by images of the Thames estuary
Nightfall with Boats The boat swings its anchor The wind is nearly calm Mist drapes the low shore A gauzy radiant balm The river flows fast To the seam of sea and sky Embroidered with silhouettes of masts And echoes of seagull’s cries The curving sun sinks low Dusk falls upon the stream A thousand […]
The ending of the tale of the tin soldier
The Steadfast Tin Soldier Part 4 The paper boat span round Until it was full of rain But the tin soldier remained Steadfast With thoughts of the pretty dancer He hoped to see again. He plunged through the dissolving boat Into the mouth of a trout, But the steadfast tin soldier Stood erect, His rifle […]
Another poem for National Poetry day
Butterfly Ghost A ghost of a butterfly Hangs from a cobweb, Haunting my window. Chalky dust Smears Charcoal smudges, The work of an eerie artist On fragile wings of tissue, Bound in g o s s a m e r thread. Image found on Pinterest
National Poetry Day
What an amazing feeling to be listening to BBC Radio’s programme on National Poetry Day, with poems by Shakespeare, Seamus Heaney and the like, while writing and posting my own poetry. I saw the word evanescent on obtuseangleeyebrows post ‘Word of the Day’ which prompted me to write this: Evanescent A poem forms within my […]
I saw this on ladyleemanilasphotos and thought I’d give it a try
Carpe Diem Haiku Writing Techniques #13 Riddle Swan A sculpture of ice Reflected in the water? No, a graceful swan
writing in north norfolk 