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 […]
Category: Poems
Midsummer Madness
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #115 “June 27th, 2016” The familiar traveller Occupied a corner In the shadow of the ancient stones And watched the midsummer madness: The casting of bones, Tiresome debauchery And the drinking Of sediments of cheap wine. Smashing the defaced phallus, The rakefire took his leave And set off […]
We Are Stardust
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #165 “Collage 26” Life is full of shaggy dog stories, Like the ones told by drifters As you walk along the railway track Or the yarn the baby-sitter Spun about a haunted shack. That summer in the lonely garden With the ocean’s breathy chill, You were visited by a […]
Ironing on a Wet Tuesday
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: Empire of Scents This Tuesday Grace has set us the challenge of writing a poem about scents. It’s a wet Tuesday, Rain spits at the closed window And I’m listening to the radio, Following in grandmother’s footsteps. The iron steams. Clothes, rescued from the line Are scented with […]
Grandfather’s Roses
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille #12 This Monday Bjorn invited us to write on the theme of ‘roses’ in 44 words and started by treating us to a famous poem by Robert Burns and a not so well known picture of ‘Roses and Beetle’ by Vincent Van Gogh. I enjoyed both and decided […]
Summer Melodrama
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Friday Music Prompt 48: Fields of June and to dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night #175 We crossed fields patched with scudding cloud and sun, Down lovers’ lane, edged with buttercups and dog rose. Hand in hand, we made our way as one, To a haze of purple grass in the water […]
When the Whole World Measured Time
Another response to dVerse Poets Pub Tuesday Poetics: Summer Starter I thought I’d give Walter’s prompt another go. This time I have chosen ‘Summer Solstice’ by Carrie Richards and have incorporated a line from an old poem of mine. When the whole world measured timeIn light and dark,Stonehenge was brand newLike you,My child.One drab June,When rain […]
Night Skies in Summer
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Tuesday Poetics: Summer Starter Walter is the host at this week’s edition of Tuesday Poetics! He has asked us to celebrate the first full (official) day of the Summer of 2016 by taking inspiration from a summer moment as seen through the eyes of another poet, something that sparks our […]
Follow Me
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #118 – Brooke Shaden Follow me, she said, In her dress of blue. Yes, I will, I said, I will follow you In the traces of your footsteps Imprinted in the sand, Reaching, ever reaching, For your ghostly hand. Overhead the seagulls turned Into the bitter breeze, […]
British Summertime
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #114 “June 20th, 2016” – oh yes, it’s raining again! Fugitive from atrabilious moods, I long for sunshine of another climate But cannot stand the agonising wait, The jostle of trains and airport queues, Tourists that obstruct the views. Instead, I hide inside From lengths of rainy grey, Waiting for the […]
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