Inspired by an article I read in The Times Over two thousand years ago Colossal statues of Pharaohs Were carved out of rosy granite But Egyptian land was subsiding And the holy temple sinking The city of Heracleion Lost in the Mediterranean. Discovered by archaeologists Who saved it from the sea mists Dug […]
Tag: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
Disappointed
My response to Sacha Black’s WRITESPIRATION #84 JUST FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES My words: are as follows: 10th word = had; 33rd word = some; last word = saw; longest word = disappointed Disappointed With the shadows And the ghosts that didn’t come Disappointed With the nightmares You know I wanted some Disappointed In boring dreams […]
The Juniper Tree – a Grimm tale
After months of writing poems based on fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, I decided to look for some more obscure and lesser-known fairy tales to inspire me. I started with the Brothers Grimm and found one called ‘The Juniper Tree’, which I hadn’t come across before. Part 1 A long, long time ago, a […]
On Ageing
Another response to dVerse Poets Pub Meeting the Bar – Octain Refrain Invaded by an alien blue veins are pulsing marbled mud breasts desiccated, juiceless buds skin has become reptilian amber hair is now dusty grey can’t sleep at night and doze all day heart that once soared now only thuds I have […]
A Seaside Octain
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Meeting the Bar – Octain Refrain In lines of salty poetry beach-combings of sea-shells and stones seaweed and brittle brine-bleached bones polished and arranged in glory deep blues and moody seascape hues the writer navigates a story of washing waves and seagull’s tones in lines of salty […]
Writer’s Block
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #23: Nove otto – this is how my poor husband must have felt the other day when I was experiencing a dose of writer’s block – and my computer was playing up! Spitting words with splitting tongue, The battle with the shrew’s begun. Her face and eyes are […]
Norwich Peregrine Falcons
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weavers 58: Vernal Equinox and linking up to Jacqui’s Echoes of my Neighbourhood over on A Cooking Pot and Twisted Tales. A blue-grey blur Against stone walls Wide wings whirr Haunting falcons call A flash of white breast Buffeted higher To their nest On the cathedral’s spire © Kim M. […]
The Myth of Mary
I do not think of myself as religious, spiritual perhaps, but I am intrigued by stories and women from the Bible, such as Delilah and Salome, and at Easter I think of Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene goddess and icon or penitent prostitute reformed by love anointing his feet and dead body witness of the […]
Early Morning Exaltation
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics : Poetry is for the Birds, inspired by Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29: “the lark at break of day arising / From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate”. Up with the lark’s early morning exaltation of exclamation curlicues and marks that punctuate the sky thrillingly trilling high above open fields […]
Mightier than the Sword
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #105 The Lady of the Lake Has relinquished Excalibur, Released Merlin And taken up the pen. Her rhymes are regal, Metre magical; Poetry of romance, love and death Blown across the lake on misty breath. The Lady of the Lake does not mince words, Now that she […]
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