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Altered vision
Missed posting for a few days, due to the start of a new bout of optic neuritis (fortunately, the first in a quarter of a century)…the vision in my left eye is considerably impaired at present, and...
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Triolet – My version or hers?
At dVerse Poets’ Pub today, there was some great information on the triolet provided by Sam Peralta for this week’s FormForAll at this link: http://dversepoets.com/ This is my contribution, inspired...
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Musings on old age
Following a visit to a retirement home a while ago, I came up with a haiku, almost completely formed, in the middle of the night…I needed an image to go with it, but sadly had none of my own, so a...
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The Past
Inspired by recent events, and some thoughts in the middle of the night, I wrote a very unpolished poem, put it to one side, asked friends for their thoughts, reworded and left it for a while. Then...
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Nostalgia
Posting this poem, just written in response to the prompt over at D’verse Poets: Stream of Consciousness Writing I’ll need to come back and re-jig this one, but decided to post and see what comments I...
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Fun?
I wrote this poem in response to a prompt from dVerse Poets Pub asking for poems about fun fairs. Dredging the memories, this is what I came up with while on the train home today…. Sultry summer’s...
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Simple Pleasures
In response to a recent prompt at a poetry class, I struggled with a Kyrielle, a form that I’ve not come across before. Here’s my attempt, in draft form. I couldn’t get any inspiration, then hit on the...
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Derelict 2
Well, second post of the day! I have become lazy of late, so I thought it was time to respond to the challenge at d’Verse today. Derelict Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended, are removed,...
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Autumn unfolding
Following on from my earlier post, here’s an attempt at a postmodern poem around the same theme, in response to the prompt over at d’Verse poets today. Autumn unfolding A walk in the morning sunshine,...
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Statue in a Summer Garden
I was recently challenged to write a poem containing both anaphoric and ekphrastic elements. Am posting the draft here for dVerse prompt today as it does contain references to summer! Hoping it kind...
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Homage to the Cote d’Or
A new challenge for me this week, in the shape of a Celtic short poetry form, the Englyn.There are a number of different versions, I have chosen the easiest, the Englyn unodl union, consisting of four...
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Autumn…another post
I have written this in haste, rather than re-blog my previous attempt at the Englyn, which is the subject of tonight’s form over at d’Verse. Should have given myself more time, but life throws it’s...
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Thoughts on a rose…
Reading Suzanne’s blog nudged me towards Bastet’s prompt today, for a Shadorma. This came to me quite quickly….but has nothing to do with the prompt…. Am preparing this post on iPad, and having...
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Derelict 2
Well, second post of the day! I have become lazy of late, so I thought it was time to respond to the challenge at d’Verse today. Derelict Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended, are removed,...
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Autumn unfolding
Following on from my earlier post, here’s an attempt at a postmodern poem around the same theme, in response to the prompt over at d’Verse poets today. Autumn unfolding A walk in the morning sunshine,...
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One word in the title….lots of words in the post! Well, what to post for this….I have very many photographs that can trigger some wonderful memories. And only the other evening, I was thinking of...
View ArticleA quick Spring poem
Margaret of From Pyrennees to Pennines has posted a poem for Rebecca Cunningham’s Fake Flamenco poetry challenge, and this morning it got me writing one of my own for the first time in 7 years…..a bit...
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