Part 2 Not knowing how to shirk the blame, The wicked stepmother was afraid; She searched for a handkerchief To secure her stepson’s head And then she sat him on a stool As if he were not dead Under the juniper tree With an apple in his hand. Running in from the garden To find […]
Tag: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
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 […]
North Norfolk Mammoth
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #24: Cleave poem and dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night #169 At the feet of crumbling cliffs / Norfolk juts its chin at the North Sea Below sand and gravel / stubborn and defiant as Canute Deposited by glaciers / in the flattened landscape Over a million years ago […]
Soul Journey
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #59 – Journey She climbed the stairs of meditation One at a time Step by step Achieving calm through relaxation One at a time Breath by breath Seeking release through introspection One at a time Thought by thought A journey of inner reflection Mantra repetition Soul perfection Meditation […]
Mountain View from a Window Seat
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: Summit in sight guest-hosted by Lynn, who blogs at A Poem in my Pocket At first it lurks behind shrouds of clouds shredded by shards longing for sun to thaw its carapace of snow and ice expose to sky a perfect map of silver river […]
Exciting news!
I have just received the following email: ‘Congratulations! I wish to inform you that your submitted work has been accepted for inclusion in Afflatus magazine. I would like to thank each contributor for submitting your poems in our inaugural issue. We envision a magazine featuring works by emerging and established writers. We are literature beyond […]
Before the Battle
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #106 The stillness seems to deepen. Hush! Soft footprint without a sound On daytime ground Cooling in the night-time shadows. Out of black silence come two hands, Blue as the moon and dry as sand, Acrid touch of a woad warrior. Yes, I know It is you […]
The Lonely Vampire’s Lament
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #103 In the shadows, I await The creaking of the garden gate, With my tendency to hallucinate In my isolophilia. The scalding sunlight makes me sick, Bubbles my skin like vinyl mosaic, But my passionless life will be over quick In my isolophilia. And then, in the […]
Invisible London
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma & Beyond – ABC Poem Against the constant Backing track of traffic, Common sounds of the city Drum in an Ever-present hum. Fixed in the haloes of street lights, Glimpses of passing faces, Hurrying home; In shop windows and shattered bus-stop glass, Jazzy Kaleidoscope of Lights. Morning […]
Easter Sunday
On a lazy Sunday on a muddy bank by the slow green flow of the river, toes dipping in the chilly water, hidden by the long grass, a hovering breeze stirs the air, sharp with wild garlic; blows daffodils’ trumpets, brash yellow strumpets; flutters primrose petals glinting in amongst the brambles; buffets boughs of flowers […]
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