Monthly Archives: March 2012

Bodies are beginnings..they don’t last forever

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

Once upon a time, an age or two ago, the girl had a beautiful form, slim and sexy, capable and clever. Then time takes over little by little, chips away at the beauty, the sex and the ability to work … Continue reading →

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Feel the morning

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

I wake in the dawn to the sound of lapping water and the pungent scent of river mud.  I stick my head out of the tent flap to watch the peaceful Thames.  A hatch of midges dances, erratically catching the … Continue reading →

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6-word-Saturday

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

I had fun with poetrybombing again on Thursday (see previous post http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/poem-bombing. During the appointment with my cardiologist the ECG was not right – he talked of a pacemaker, at which I shut my ears.  But he wanted some tests … Continue reading →

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new rant

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

up on my other blog: http://vivnada.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/waiting/

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Young Girl dreaming

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

 Picture by Norman Rockwell, from http://margoroby.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/tuesday-tryouts/ I wish… I wish… I wish… I could be grown up now, just for a little while so I’d know if I’d like it. I’m too big for dolls – sorry, Polly.  I’ll find … Continue reading →

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Poem bombing

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

in Leclerc Supermarket  and again in the bananas.  I also left one on a table in the Jardin des Plantes but inadvertently deleted  the picture.   I wanted to leave one on the pile of magazines in the doctor’s waiting room, but there were too … Continue reading →

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On the Transient Nature of Matter

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

It Doesn’t Matter I really do not want to treat as inevitable the vulnerability of the tangible. Concrete crumbles, an old oak tumbles, morphs from glorious might into a habitat for beetles. I prefer to ignore the evanescence of endangered … Continue reading →

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I’ll Believe it When…..

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Words In crumpled heaps strewn about the floor words in strike mode refusing to co-operate words pretending to be what they’re not words that won’t play, won’t come to order words that won’t work don’t earn their pay They’re sulking. … Continue reading →

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Limerick

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

for Mad Kane’s  Limerick Off at http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2012/03/25/uptight-limerick-limerick-off-monday/ A lass who was always uptight refused to make love in the light. She said “you will see me and then you will flee me. I really do look such a fright.”

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Shadow Play

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

Inside we’re all still sixteen, dancing to Rock Around the Clock. Outside we hobble our (plural) chins wobble – who cares. We begin the beguine, the dance of the era our parents were young it’s all a chimera. We straighten … Continue reading →

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A Crafty Wordle

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

  The earlywords email from Brenda listed the words and added “enjoy” as a sign-off.  I’ve included that in my wordle poem! The craft of quilting gives her joy. In the shop she strokes the fabrics making her juices run. The alchemist … Continue reading →

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I Saw Sunday mark 2

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

This weather is too good to last, so I made the most of it yesterday, gardening in several short doses – anything longer than half an hour at a time sees me crippled for days.  wordle slugs postcard  In between … Continue reading →

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6-word-Saturday

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

Spring is busting out all over with temperatures up to 20 degrees centigrade. for http://www.showmyface.com/2011/05/six-word-saturday_21.html    Dick Tur-a-pin aka Lulu emerges from hibernation  and is frightened by some young visitors into diving again.   Earlier this week, their parents suspended a wooden … Continue reading →

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NEW Rant about Poisoned packs of birdseed

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

at my other blog http://vivnada.wordpress.com/  I’m still steaming.

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Le train train quotidien*

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

I’ve been struggling since Tuesday with Margo Roby’s prompt to write a poem around a repeating motif.  Nothing.  Then, while shopping  this morning I had a series of disasters – losing my trolley in Leclerc while chatting to my good friend … Continue reading →

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