Tag: Blogging

My thoughts and questions about blogging.

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 […]

Mitcham May Queen

My response to imaginary garden with real toads Poetizing the Maypole   When I was young it was a treat On the first Saturday Of every May To watch at Mitcham’s Cricket Green, Where cricket’s been played For more than three hundred years, The crowning of the May Queen. Children danced around a pole, Criss-crossing […]

Maddening Moonlight

My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #28: Moonlight by Edvard Munch   Quicksilver moonlight maddens as it slips behind clouds and tangles in the angles of sharp branches along the un- winding garden path, in                     and                out of shadows, beckoning you to follow and then sliding away again until the front gate slams […]