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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Bubbles
Little boy’s eyes grow bigger and wider magical bubbles go pop with a splutter myriad colours charm and enchant. Lips to the ring, gentle breath flutters, the sorceress dips in the wonderful potion blows once again. Small boy’s emotion says … Continue reading
haiku challenge – last day
Wet windy weather westerly wafts of winter essence of autumn It’s been a creative month, new friends and old have written some splendid haiku. Thank you for your company, all you lovely Haiku Heights residents at http://haiku-heights.blogspot.com/
Marlow to Medmenham
Water, like history flows under the bridge Too many memories on this walk – against all reason I retrogress to a time when anger ruled my life Perhaps it was a fear of change that kept me in that marriage. … Continue reading
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A cynical triolet
A woman’s place is in the wrong, to stroke the ego of her man. Despite the fact that she is strong a woman’s place is in the wrong. To keep the peace – her canny plan – she has to … Continue reading
Haiku Challenge 29.9.11 – Rhythm
Poetry, music dance to the pulse of heartbeat essential to life. http://haiku-heights.blogspot.com/
haiku challenge 28.9.11 – Charm
Charm can deceive us, masking intentions for harm beguile then leave us Charm can beguile us. It can make our days pleasant with nothing but smiles
A smelly poem
A whiff of Charlie says Mum to me, while 4711 brings Grandma back. Chypre brings thoughts of a rival, encountered via my man. Cabbage and sweat and the outside loo take me to my first wartime school; polish and piety, … Continue reading
Haiku challenge 26.6.11 Poise
Height, elegance, grace without which there is no poise – all lacking in me * Poised on a knife-edge the economy of Greece saved by the EU? for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HaikuHeights/~3/uFhkYKWhZmU/height-of-haiku-challenge-day-27-prompt.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Lost – a true story but for one lie
Freezing yellowish murk, solid, tasting of sulpur, thickening to sickening smell Distortion of familiar route into amorphous blob. Sound is muffled and deformed. The whine of a bus grinding uphill could be far, could be here. Swirling, roaring of the … Continue reading
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Amuse
Amuse your muse and she’ll play ball with you. for One Single Impression at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OneSingleImpression/~3/y7yHwGWk0yQ/prompt-187-amuse.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Haiku Challenge 26-9-11 Phoenix
Phoenix Northumberlandia raise sculpture from barren soil into human form. If you’re puzzled by my interpretation of the prompt, have at look at this amazing project to create a landscape sculpture out of the site and spoil of an old … Continue reading
I Saw Sunday 25.9.11
Friday night read-round of all poems written at the Mill during the week. After my busy week (see http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/6-word-saturday-10/ ) today started with a bit of a lie in with laptop, catching up on blogs I had missed reading in my … Continue reading
Wordle theatre, 25.9,11
accident, chat, jostle, motion, move, shop, occasionally, strolling, passers-by, outside, clutch, look Three starlings chat on a telephone wire, spaced out like a three card trick, A clutch of twenty or so on a parallel wire look on. Occasionally they … Continue reading
Haiku Challenge 25.09.11
The very air scowls curtains of falling water cover the window * The very air smiles all is well, time to go home ever the best place
6-word saturday
poems coming out of my ears A week spent in a wonderful poetry workshop with Penelope Shuttle and 7 other gifted poets, my mind is buzzing with poetry. The exercises we did were all challenging, and on the last day … Continue reading
