Monthly Archives: April 2012

Double-Dactyls for Napowrimo 30

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Napowrimo yesterday gave us the prompt to write a clerihew or a double dactyl poem.  They did the same thing last year, so I make no apology for offering these from Napo 2011.  They have been revised, as the originals had the … Continue reading →

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Haiku Heights Challenge, last day

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

30 Zest Appetite for life grows no weaker in old age – more concentrated. * The zest of a lemon in the making of a cake adds flavoursome zing. * zest for writing haiku developed with this challenge – long may it continue. … Continue reading →

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wordle 54

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

A pewter sea beating against a pewter sky sends flocks of gulls inland for green security from intractable storm.  Squandering energy in their haste,  they follow alleys and lanes, eyes ever seeking  lush fields where they can ride out the … Continue reading →

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Haiku Heights 29 – untitled

Posted on April 29, 2012 by

Yellow glints gild leaves of morning trees, in contrast to storm cloud setting. Intense grey background - cumulo-nimbus heralds relentless torrent.

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6-word-Saturday

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

A breezy walk along the shore at Agon-Coutainville, Manche – our favourite local beach.  The parts in the town are bordered by a flat walk known as La Digue, which in UK would be called a prom (short for promenade, … Continue reading →

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Heiku Heights 28 – Clarity

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

Essence of haiku clarity in brevity poem perfection

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The Art of Mucha

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Curvilinear erotic exotic beauty sweeps across the page swirls whirls sensual beauty curves across the page elongated adumbrated lines of beauty drawn out on the page vague suggestion of obsession evanescent image fades. An ekphrastic poem  in response to the art … Continue reading →

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Napowrimo 27 – Out of the Depths

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Over the side with a splash hand to mask feet spread wide to cut the water start the journey swallowing hard to ease the pain of pressure. Smooth descent, slow and careful, eyes everywhere to muster bearings. Gauge at ten … Continue reading →

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haiku heights 27 – Temptation

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

Chocolate temptress I’m trying not to see you but I know you’re there. There on the top shelf, I see you each time I pass. Resistance is low. Feeble as I am, my weakness overcomes me. I’ll never lose weight.

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Napowrimo 26: Elegy for the Bees

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Poison? Sickness?  No-one knows what kills our friends the bees – those friends who work so tirelessly, to help the land to feed us with its bounty. Bees are dying in vast throngs. You who love your fruit and flowers, … Continue reading →

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Napowrimo 26 – a cento poem

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Cento The wind, who leaves nothing to chance spoke the incomprehensible syllable of wind, giving off her angers and sighs. Who knows or cares, except these last leaves breathing the first rains? Tomorrow will be different: a perfect calm. Yesterday’s … Continue reading →

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Haiku Heights 26 – Melody

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

26 Melody A thread of music on the wind, blackbird singing all his joy next door * This isn’t music – without discernible tune assaulting the ear. A cacophony of  pulsating beat and twang – why no melody? * Melody, a thread through … Continue reading →

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Figure in a landscape

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

A little poem I wrote last year, and sent to my grandson and which he took to Stamfordham First School, has been selected as the required text for a handwriting competition.  I really do feel rather proud of that! Pale … Continue reading →

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Napowrimo day 25 Blow the wind Southerly

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Blows the wind Southerly?  No thanks. Mighty trees bow with respect, hunkering limbs as best they can. Small saplings whip and flash their fronds Dustbin lids and rubbish fly as plastic bags adorn the sky. Supermarket trolleys, self-propelled take off … Continue reading →

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Haiku Heights 25 – Kismet

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

25 Kismet Great Russian music, Borodin wrote Prince Igor then fate took a hand transmuted  into the fortunes of a poet for one fateful day Kismet was cruel to the Stranger in Paradise. Polovtsian Dance tells us the story,  Scheherezade’s romantic … Continue reading →

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