My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Friday Music Prompt #50: Send in the Clowns I don’t like clowns, They make me scared; The ones with red noses and untameable hair, Send them away. I don’t feel safe. I don’t approve. Rowdy, disruptive and always on the move, Boisterous clowns. I don’t like clowns. I prefer the […]
Category: Poems
How Grandmothers Began
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale weaver #75 July 7th – Bedtime Stories for Grandparents Once upon a time, When the world had just begun, Everything was fresh and new And everyone was young, No grandfathers like you Or grandmothers like me, No-one to tuck you in Or read a bedtime story. One morning, a […]
Dark Dreams of Drowning
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #120 also linked to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform – Alessio Albi Caught in a net of despair, Rank water dripping from your hair Patters like tiny fingers tapping In the languid lake. Feet grasped by reeds And ponderous pondweed, Lips tight shut against intrusive […]
Nursemaid
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #116 “July 4th, 2016” With her apron full of starch, Shiny walnut skin, Plucked eyebrows over-arched, The protean nursemaid Probes with her proboscis Into ears and hair, Hoping to find something Trampling there, Some mini-beast To lure into her lair. She is no wallflower, With her staccato voice And […]
And is there news?
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Flash 55 PLUS! Where the challenge is to write a piece of poetry or prose in precisely 55 WORDS. The PLUS! is an invitation to reflect on the Battle of the Somme. They staggered across no-man’s land, Tattered remnants Returning to mud-filled trenches After shifting and ducking bullets […]
Grumbling in the Queue
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma and Beyond – How To … – July 2, 2016 No frenetic rush To board a train, plane or bus, Buy a stamp or pay for tea; Just form an orderly queue, please, Where the British stereotype Is happiest to gripe About the wait, queue-jumpers and the weather, […]
The Kissing Gate
My response to the secret keeper Weekly Writing Prompt #43 The young woman passed Through many kissing gates But only once was kissed. The man so generous with his embrace Sang a song that was full of bliss; Her heart stood still when he held her face And her lips soaked up his kiss. Lost […]
A Walk In the Wild Garden
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Weeds in the Garden Since spring, blackbirds have been singing At dawn and dusk, squabbling and serenading; Exhausted now, the garden is quite still, Except for occasional echoes of a silvery trill. Underfoot the earth is soaked, In my garden trees and shrubs are cloaked With […]
Resisting the Devil
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver Prompt #74: June 30 2016: Word Associations For the Tale Weaver prompt for this Thursday we are exploring the concept/idea of word associations with ‘BLACK MAGIC WOMAN’. I took words from Peter Green’s lyrics to create a spell to resist the devil. The devil’s blind, he cannot see […]
The Shortest Day
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #119 Ann Mansolino The North Pole Has turned its back on the sun And Earth continues on its orbit Into polar night, As you have done; Days begin to lengthen, Begging to be filled With someone. I continue in my daily run, Go to work And then […]
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