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 […]
Tag: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
My Response to Sonnet 12
Read by an actor at Arachne Press’s Midsummer Night in the Garden:
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 […]
A bit of fun on EU Referendum Thursday
The Power of Nonsense My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale weaver #73 June 23rd – Making Sense of Nonsense I was never more certain Of the power of nonsense Until I read The Book of Universal Cerfin By the expert Bott Grojean, Who, I believe, has a PhDee In physics and astronomy. Cerfin is a unique […]
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, […]
Death and Life
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads the sisters Death and Night ~ Micro Poetry Gazing with malicious grin The Grim Reaper comes harvesting Generations of the never-ending Circle of life. Death may swipe Infant innocence or guilt aghast, But humanity eludes his grasp. On a bright bed of flowers, Eve, the source […]
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 […]
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 […]
writing in north norfolk 