My response to dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille – 5 – World Poetry Day – Melt In the graveyard, final moments melt like kisses on eyelids of the dead; sods of earth melt like shadows into the darkness of the grave. A small child, wandering between legs of adults, coats and trousers flapping in the […]
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The Blatherskite
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #102 Don’t listen to the blatherskite; He’ll only keep you up all night, Drinking drams of addictive nostrum, Spouting ephemera from a rostrum Commonly known as the public bar; Listening will not get you far. His tirades are always episodic, He spews forth views on any topic; Be very […]
Monsters
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #151 “Collage 19” ‘We stopped checking for monsters under the bed when we realized they were inside of us.’ Charles Darwin. We stopped checking for monsters under the bed, the sandman, and the bogeyman in the closet, and searched elsewhere for our thrills instead: ghost hunting in abandoned […]
Head Cold
My head A dandelion of lead One blow into a tissue And it explodes Into a cloud Of neon fireflies My eyes Blink and blur Burning blinds Close Against the light My nose Is not my own Swollen and running A tap from my brain Words and thoughts escaping Will I ever think again? My […]
Dark Satellite
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #34 “Love Me Like You Do” by Ellie Goulding. It’s not my taste in music, but I was happy to take some of the lyrics and twist them into something more death metal! Night’s blood Is a painful cure For love Dark satellite of a world that’s dead […]
The end of the tale of the wild swans
Stave 9 The nettle shirt reminded Elisa of the ten she must still knit For her eleven brothers; and the promise to keep her lips Sealed: the lips that smiled and kissed the hand of the king, Who embraced her and ordered bells to ring, Announcing a royal wedding: she was to be his queen. […]
Once in a Blue Moon
I am reposting a poem from 31st July 2015 for the dVerse Poets Pub OpenLinkNight #168 Cushioned in the hand of night The blue moon drowned out All but the brightest stars Bounced off broken glass in the roadside Formed pearls in the water of lakes Gushed like spilt champagne Across the waves of oceans Sculptured […]
The Unicorn Quest
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver/Fairy Tale Prompt #57 – Quest Princess Primrose was spoilt, Her tantrums were loud, King Persimmon was at a loss. Without his beloved wife at his side, His daughter was winning the toss. At fifteen she was old enough To walk up the aisle as a bride, So her […]
Selfie
My response to Jane Dougherty’s Poetry challenge #22: Monotetra A nearby church clock chimed midnight, She moved her face into the light And hoped that she had got it right For his delight, for his delight. She checked her buttons were undone, It had to be a perfect one. The camera clicked, a loaded […]
New Soil
Driving back from this morning’s Bounce and Rhyme session at the local library, I passed a field in the process of being ploughed, which inspired this poem. feathery flock a splash of white g u l l s CRASH of wing waves against rich brown earth churned and cr um bl ing studded with […]
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