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 […]
Tag: Blogging
My thoughts and questions about blogging.
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
Planting Tulips in November
A late spring delight, The turban-shaped flowers, Bold and bright, Enfold memories of Holland; A single vibrant bloom In a vase, in a room, Summons up a multitude In a foreign field. In the garden, you stand, Dull, dry onions in your hand: Precious jewels Wrapped in brown paper. You push them deep Into the […]
Cows on a Foggy Morning
Cows stand as frozen Breath taken by the splendour Of sun-shattered fog
Fog
Morning is wrapped in a shroud The sky overflows with cloud Spilling silent spectres And diluting the sun Colour has been washed out The day has been wrung out Leaving foggy ghosts Limp as washing on a line
This was inspired by one of the photos I took on my walk the other week
Final Resting Place Colourful colonies of lichen Abundant tiny beads Grow peacefully A quiet living crust Covers cold stone On a cold grave Obliterating names and dates Mummifying memories Celebrating death and decay
My first attempt at a Lento
I thought I would try writing a Lento after seeing one on ladyleemanila’s blog recently. A Lento has two quatrains with a fixed rhyme scheme of abcb defe, in which the first words of each line rhyme! Tigress Bursting orange through the trees Stalking the sun-dappled track Baring teeth as sharp as knives Wearing stripes […]
Tread Carefully
Tread carefully this Halloween Among the ghosts that can’t be seen. Avoid mirrors, attics and empty rooms, Graveyards, woods and lonely tombs. Beware of forms without a shadow, Howls and laughter that rings hollow. Listen for bells that do not ring And ghostly choirs that silently sing. If you ensure your tread is light, You […]
Halloween on the North Norfolk Railways’ Poppy Line
Last night we took a supernatural train ride along the North Norfolk coast, accompanied by a motley crew of weird characters and tellers of ghost stories. We arrived at Sheringham station car park to find it haunted by fellow travellers disguised as scary monsters and super creeps. On the dimly lit platform, members of the […]
The Witch of Hethel
In a village in South Norfolk, Situated on the Broads, There is an ancient hawthorn With misshapen gnarled boughs. She is the Witch of Hethel, Adorned with mistletoe, In spring with haws and flowers, In winter trimmed with snow. A thirteenth century boundary tree, Her fragrance is not sweet: Herbal larder for the witches And […]
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