Through windows, I’ve watched the changing season, The persistent shift of shapes and colours, Until I’m enticed into the garden, Where I’m ambushed by rampageous brambles, And underfoot soil sinks as I amble. The tree stump by the gate slowly decays, Colonised by fungi, ants and beetles; Overhanging birches obstruct my way Through a forest […]
Tag: Sonnet
My Response to Sonnet 12
Read by an actor at Arachne Press’s Midsummer Night in the Garden:
Sonnet on the Marriage of my Only Daughter
In the coldness of a November night, When the full moon shone with silvery light, I gave birth to a fairy foundling girl Of violet eyes and finely-spun gold curls. A sea nymph building castles on the shore, A petulant teen trouncing out the door, Tugged at my heart on her first day at school, […]
Shakespeare’s Hands
A sonnet as my first, slightly whimsical, response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics – Can You Give Me a Hand? The young man’s hands were slender, quick and strong, Composing sonnets to his unknown muse, Creating worlds in drama and in song To challenge the emotions and amuse. The busy writer’s hands were stained with […]
A Seaside Sonnet
The second of the three unsuccessful poems I dig my toes in shifting grains of sand, Eroded rock, disintegrated shell, Let shingle drift away from palm of hand To land in foaming lace of ocean’s swell. By increments surrounded by the tide, That ebbs and flows and rises to my thigh, I am enchanted by […]
Another disappointment
I submitted this response to Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12 to a competition and once again my poem was not selected. Where am I going wrong? Response to Sonnet 12 I shall not watch the hands that tell the time, For fear of days that hasten into night; The face I loved to touch when in its […]
A Chilly Morning in Prague
Picture a chilly morning on Charles Bridge, Dodging phantoms emerging from the fog, Peering at statues lurking at the edge: A promenade to the Old Square in Prague. Already buzzing, a crowd has gathered At the southern side of the Old Town Hall; Their faces are upturned like sunflowers To the golden disc adorning the […]
Sonnet to an Old Winter Coat
They found love again like a winter coat, Collar up against the chilly weather, Enmeshed fingers pushed deep in a pocket, Facing their final season together. Wearing their coat of many colours, Woven from their last threads of emotion, They remember life as friends and lovers Without the thrill of anticipation. It began in quiet, […]
Thames Twilight
A low-lying mist creeps across the shore, Lit by the sun, a gauzy radiant balm. Gentle clink and creak of boats at anchor – Rhythmic percussion of a wind that’s calm. Silver as mercury, the Thames flows fast On its way to the seam of sea and sky, Stitched up with silhouettes of sails and […]
Now I’ve managed to capture a few poems, I can’t stop!
Autumn Sonnet September hangs like apples on a tree, Clothed in patchworks of ochre and russet, Morning mists and muted shades of sunset, Her cloudy face a solemn shade of grey. Grass is seeded and weighs heavy with dew, Capturing footprints in a damp embrace. Spiders leave intricate gossamer lace, A necklace of droplets reflects […]
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