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 […]
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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 […]
Mumbling into Black Holes
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #47: “Take Courage” by Andrew Bird When words begin to crumble, Stale cake on your tongue, Thoughts fossilise and tumble Into back holes, one by one. Fingers fly and fumble, Trying to catch words That escape like mumbles And fly away like birds. Eyes still see, heart still […]
Stone and Bone
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #46: “What’s Left of the Flag” by Flogging Molly Crossing the borders of sanity Into lands unknown, Losing hope of humanity, Braving the future alone. Bearing the flag of freedom, Tattered and wind-blown; Grasping at remnants of reason In a handful of stone and bone. Craving for crumbs […]
Tied to Words
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #43: “Someday We’ll Linger” by Gaelynn Lea We live on earth as humble bards All scribbled lines and wine glass shards Leaving bitter taste, tattoos and scars Of long-lost poems we used to write The ones that kept us up all night That never seemed to turn out right […]
Body Talk
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #40 “I Like You So Much Better..” by Ida Maria Why let words get stuck Somewhere between us When eyes, hands and bodies talk. If you’re an artist, Splash them in paint or smear them in chalk. As a dancer, Express them in the way you walk. As a […]
Hear the Thunder
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #38: “I See Fire” by Ed Sheeran Hear the thunder rumble raw umber Across the landscape Thrash metal in the sky Now I hear thunder Brimming the chaos I hear thunder Buckling the trees And I hear thunder Crashing clouds I hear thunder Rolling on the breeze And I […]
Post Punk Echoes
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #36 “Atmosphere” by Joy Division The beginning of the eighties A student in Cologne Listened to John Peel Every week on BFBS Heard that imperfect maroon voice Exposing his soul Filling a hole In her life She bought the single Played it again and again Filled with anger and […]
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