My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: Folk talk Not long after I moved to Ireland in 1980, when my daughter was born, we lived near the Hill of Tara in County Meath. I always thought she was a changeling! Running up the Hill of Tara Sentinel over the River Boyne, Ancient seat Of the kings […]
Tag: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
Take me to Torcello
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #109 Take me to Torcello Past the gondolas on the Grand Canal, Across the shimmering lagoon, Sparkling glass of Murano And the colours of Burano To the gentle chirp of crickets And the ruins of Torcello, Where we spent the day one summer Drinking limoncello And soaking […]
Twisted
My response to the dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille 7 – Twist Stomach knots like ivy bound around twisted branches of a gnarled tree. Hands like ropes strangle entangle twisted fingers of despair. Hard teeth like stone gnaw elastic rubber lips twisting meaningless moans. Passion like Eden’s snake screws what was true into paroxysms of […]
Adronitis
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #106 He was a horned god Wrapped in goatskin Voice husky From too much whiskey Musky After the hunt And the misery Of following the scent Of his goddess On the wind For weeks Watching Waiting Closing in Building Up To that first Hello And the illicit creation Of […]
The Three Children of Fortune
A Grimm tale in response to imaginary garden with real toads Poetry To The Third Power Once upon a time, a father said to his three sons: ‘I am growing old and about to die; I am poor and have no money But I will give you each a gift. Go to a place […]
Butterfly Love
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #155 “Collage 21” In a hammock Strung below a starless sky, They unpicked a fledgling butterfly From its gossamer cocoon And tossed it to the moon. On a lonely bench Among the tallest trees, Pages turning in the breeze, She read him her history, Unravelling her mystery. […]
Overcast on the Norfolk Coast
Ominous under a rain-speckled sky, Lilac-coloured flowers of salsify Bloom among the grasses In moody bird-haunted marshes, Where oystercatchers pipe on the tideline. In the morning drizzle, on a ghostly coast, Wind jangles masts and rigging on boats, Whistles in sea-bleached branches and reeds, And chattering sedge warblers root in the weeds. On a beach […]
Darkness and Light – a san san
I saw Jane Dougherty’s NaPoWriMo post, checked out Christine Cochrane’s blog and played around with (for me) the new poetic form of the san san. In the immensity of North Norfolk nights, Jupiter sits low in the sky after sunset, Its moons set like diamonds on either side. Along the coast, a festoon of twinkling […]
Lakeside
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma and Beyond – Tritina Poem Steep tangle of forest spills Over shoulders of promontories, Falling and rising to the lake. Mirrored in the surface of the lake, Amongst the ripples and the spills, Are stony faces of promontories. Smooth, worn rock of promontories, Rolling down to the […]
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 […]
writing in north norfolk 