Monthly Archives: May 2011

Piku Mania

Posted on May 31, 2011 by

http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/ gave us Tillybud’s prompt – http://imnotaverse.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/dancing-with-pikus/    to write some extended pikus = lines of three, one, and four syllables, for the uninitiated.   -ku Mania   The piku is not good for me I ponder pi for poetry I can’t … Continue reading →

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A new rant on the Miserable Old Bat’s blog

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

http://vivnada.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/what-is-it-with-blogspot/

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Unrequited Love

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

Striding through the twilight, kicking up fallen leaves, staring, unseeing, at the planets, I struggle not to cry. Why is he turning against me? What have I done wrong? He lit the fire of my desire and now he’s gone. … Continue reading →

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Diminuendo and The Martyr of Solway

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

The Writer’s Island picture prompt yesterday, and Paula Wanken’s poem and process notes, http://whenwordsescape.wordpress.com/ triggered a memory of poems I wrote quite a while ago.  The first, written for a Guardian Poetry Workshop, http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/07/poetry-workshop-christopher-james  was about  Jacqueline du Pré, the ‘cellist whose … Continue reading →

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I Saw Sunday

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

The bread turned out well, and for once I managed to resist eating it straight from the oven!  I need to lose some weight. I thought you might enjoy a tour of a local castle, a favourite of ours where … Continue reading →

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My day in six words

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

for http://www.showmyface.com/2011/05/six-word-saturday_28.html Weary woman kneads week’s bread dough Perhaps I should explain:  Although I am a francophile, living in France, I don’t like French bread – it’s too hard for my elderly teeth, and goes stale too quickly.

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Surreal

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

http://writersisland.wordpress.com/  gave us this prompt image.  Sorry Rob, but I’m a pragmatist! In an explosion of light ethereal  being gazes, aghast, at the criminal misuse of a musical instrument, improbable,  surreal Later:  I relented, and wrote a more sensible senryu. … Continue reading →

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Cinquains

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

Margo Roby over at Tuesday Tryouts:  gave us some detailed guidelines for writing cinquains which you can find on her site.  Basically, 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 words or syllables  I have tried to write one of each of her … Continue reading →

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Fear in the Fog

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

The fiction prompt from http://www.pw.org/writing-prompts-exercises this week is to write about your most scary moment.  I wrote this story at the start of my creative writing studies, and although I have written it as fiction, it recalls an occasion when  … Continue reading →

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S for ABC Wednesday

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

  http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/    sinister esses sinuous serpentine snakes sibilant hisses

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Decision Time

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

Earlybird’s good example persuaded me that it was time I tried a bit of fiction for http://www.threewordwednesday.com/:  Grin. Jumble, Naked The chubby, ginger-headed suitor looks so uncomfortable, wobbling on bent knee.  Look at him, holding out that pathetic bit of … Continue reading →

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More of that special garden

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A French flower-fest

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

Yesterday morning, while Jock was putting up some shelves for our friend, Iwandered with camera around her glorious but not-very-big garden.  She’d wanted a few photos of the roses at their best, but I was mesmerised into taking about 100 photos, … Continue reading →

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The start of it all

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

Image by Jinksy  http://pens-poems.blogspot.com     http://wewritepoems.wordpress.com/  gave us a prompt to think about the start of the universe.  Jinksy’s lovely picture sparked me in a strange direction, and bless her, she didn’t mind me using it.   Primaeval soup splintered … Continue reading →

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Viv at play

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

I’ve been playing with syllable-counting forms – yes, I know it’s out of character!  Does anyone else want to play? Tetractys contain Five lines, with counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 10. The one-syllable line must be a “proper, interesting” word … Continue reading →

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