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The long track
I'm going on a sponsored walk challenge this weekend. May the weather be kind and the miles nice and easy!
AN ODE TO THE CW BRITS
My gratitude and admiration in the form of a Double Tetractys (a form I learned from Berniethe(British)Bard
GLAD RAGS
A double tetractys.
TOP DOG
A double tetractys.
The jobs list
When that list of jobs to do seems never-ending!
Nightmare Occurrence
My imaginary friend
Lying in a hospital bed, an elderly lady remembers her childhood playmate.
Fields of Creativity
This was written from a three word prompt - waste, perpetuity and words.
Forfeit To The Fates
One of a series of poems I have written highlighting the music and events from a particular year.
Down the Rabbit Hole
A LOVE FORETOLD
A nonet
My Inner Child
silliness
Death By Civilisation
This poem resulted from the prompt "Mrs. Mudford clicked her teeth." At the same time I was reading the trilogy by Kent Nerburn which begins with Neither Wolf Nor Dog. Also I have since my teenage years been writing about indigenous peoples particularly those of North America.
Navigating the Journey to Normal
Biographical Nonfiction: A reflection on some of the most defining moments of my life...
FIRST SIGNS
A double tetractys. This poetic form has 10 lines which follow a strict syllable count of 1,2,3,4,10,10,4,3,2,1 such that it hopefully takes on a diamond shape.
Pandora's box, part 10
Aurora knows now that Epimetheus was charged with killing her. As light fades in the world around them, the need to reach the haven of her mother's cottage increases.
ONE WORD
In praise of plum jam
Inspired by the smell of my freshly made plum jam - yummy!
Seeking Tomorrow
The Shadow I Fear
It's a Southern Thing
Interview with GRETCHEN (G.W.) HARGIS
Pandora's Box, part 9
Epimetheus has been ordered to kill Aurora and bring her heart back to his jealous, bitter wife, Pandora.
Villainous vowels
Max struggled to spell correctly, vowels making life hard, so he came up with a unique solution.
Keith Altham's Regret
This is an example of a concrete poem. The words are mine. The shape is thanks to my daughter. Keith Altham was a music journalist who wrote for Melody Maker and Sounds. The quotes are all from Jimmy Hendrix who was quite the philosopher. Just in case you cannot read the words in the shape I include the poem.
By the Seat of My Brain
Ars Poetica
Life of the Party
The attention magnet
Remember me
Ars Poetica
A poem about writing poetry
Three years gone today
In remembrance of my dear mother.
A Gift for Elizabeth
Dreams of a Wondering Heart
A Shakespearean Sonnet of Restless Slumber
Weight of Ash
A Sestina
Anguish or Heresy?
Pain blurs the boundaries (Special thanks to Tim Margetts for teaching the format of a Ripple Poem)
Leaf
A Rondelet
The Requisite
No close seconds
Coming Together at the Seams
The ties that bind us
The Endless Clock
Pandora's box, part 8
Pandora has ordered Epimetheus to kill Aurora, but will he obey the command?
The horse chestnut tree
Kinsey could speak but, due to trauma, had been selectively mute for two years. Could nature help her regain her voice?
The Noble Beast
The perfect societal solution
AI's algorithms had decided what all human life needed.
Cool Water
Keep a'movin' Dan
Go on… I dare you
I love you even
Not another Valentine's Day poem
Leaf
A rondelet
Where has she gone?
A rondelet poem about lost youth.
My broken glass
The greenhouse, once so abundant, lay abandoned.
Thin Places
A new novel
The clean-up operation.
All Thea was trying to do was to keep the neighbourhood tidy.