My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Room With or Without a View My five year old self sits on the toilet, The door open on the short landing Peopled by shadows from the skylight; At the end of the twilight, The room behind the closed door. In the sunlight That escapes from the […]
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Hedera – a haibun
My response to dVerse Haibun Monday #7; I have chosen the Charles Bukowski quotation: ‘Find what you love and let it kill you. Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness. Let it kill you and let it devour your remains.’ The curly willow […]
The Wheels of Time – a Rondel
My response to dVerse Poets Meeting the Bar; the Rondel, has turned into an eco poem, inspired by a photograph I took on the way to a local beach. The wheels of time turn, Leaving behind worn out tyres To rot, moulder and expire By a roadside or on a pile to burn. When […]
Vacant Birdhouse
My response to dVerse Meeting the Bar: Critique and Craft poetry prompt. I used this image to inspire a poem I posted back in October and have used the original poem as a springboard into Imagism. The vacancy of a weather-bleached birdhouse hanging low from the gnarled branch of an aged apple tree is […]
Quadrille According to Lewis Carroll
My response to Björn Rudberg’s challenge in Quadrille Alice was acquainted with the intricate rules Of formal ballroom dancing, particularly quadrilles. Thus she was not disconcerted, bewildered or bemused By curious events that would otherwise confuse When sea creatures joined together in their pairs, Took to the floor and danced in squares. © Kim M. […]
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