The anthology, River Writes, in which one of my poems and a story have been included, is now officially launched. It is showing up on Amazon but is currently unavailable. Here is the link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/River-Wri…/…/0993566324/ref=sr_1_1… A touch of irony: there was a raffle and my husband bought a strip. the last number on the strip […]
Tag: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
Late Afternoon on a Norfolk Wherry
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Meter-Made Mood–dVerse Meeting the Bar Victoria has challenged us to write a poem that illustrates how meter contributes to the mood of a poem. His face is traced and creased by Norfolk gales, His skin tanned Van Dyke brown as wherry sails, The wherryman sits on the tiller […]
Silent Love
I wrote this poem for the Poetry Society’s Stanza Poetry Competition and then remembered that I’m not a Stanza member – so I thought I’d share it with you on Imaginary Garden with Real Toads Tuesday Platform. She sang her love into a bell-jar And replaced the robust dumbing bung, Observing the golden silence Of […]
Passion
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver Prompt #72: June 16 2016: Passiflora caerulea Awash with cerulean ripples, Other-worldly, complex flowers Clamour, South American beauties At the windows of a brothel, Wild and menacing As their vigorous vines Intertwine And swallow trees whole Like Amazonian anacondas. And yet, The intricate structure Of each flower Is […]
Overshadowed by David
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Chisel me a conversation When Michelangelo First touched his chisel to my skin My invisible fingers gripped it from within, In a struggle to be released From this marble prison. Sculpting myself through his hands, I freed my legs until I could stand, Muscles in thighs and calves tensed […]
Blue Hydrangea
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #117 and dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille 11 As a token Of the gardener’s growing love He presented his sweetheart With a single Blushing pink hydrangea bloom Her disappointment Spilled into the room Acid words dripped From her petal lips And the perfect globe Underwent a sea change And […]
Bluebottles Aren’t Blue
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille 11 13th June A writhing urgency Of milky maggots Spills from a feeding frenzy In the depths of decomposition Metamorphoses From boring brown cocoons Into a metaphor Of obscenely beautiful blowflies Iridescent and metallic Buzzing and battling Against the windowpane Merging into the inky blackness Of Beelzebub […]
Mother’s Warning
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #113 “June 13th, 2016” In an ocean of dust And human detritus, Slithery silverfish gather In bathroom bacchanalia, Feasting on rancid remnants of mascara, Flakes of torn-off toilet tissue and wallpaper. As I heave and fumble, My face translucent At the sickening sight, I recall an element Of cliché In […]
Cardinal Dreams
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #163 “Collage 25” Picture of Sign Credit: Ray Flanagen The quote “Sometimes, all you can do is lie in bed, and hope to fall asleep before you fall apart.” William C. Hannah He dreamed he was a prince Untangling briars In a fairy-tale wasteland, Breaking through To a vertiginous Precipice […]
Invisible Wife
My response to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads image prompt: Artistic Interpretations with Margaret – Andrew Wyeth Andrew Wyeth – Wind from the Sea (1947) Weary from the heat I retreat From the stinging sand Cross the arid land To the shade of trees And a welcome breeze That sets The birds on the […]
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