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Fizz to Physiognomy
Kelvin at dVerse poetics having had a most unpleasant reaction to a self-portrait because of his Asian appearance, asks us to consider the Asian experience.As a recent visitor to an International Festival said: ‘To be among thousands of people from … Continue reading
A loopy, honey of a prompt
from Carole Carlisle’s Light Words , her picture just happened to fit with a Wordle-type prompt at Trifecta asking for exactly 33 words, 30 of our own and three of the following: topple paradigm underneath nerve honey loop. I couldn’t … Continue reading
Friday Frivolity
Come what may I will make hay while the rare sun is shining – Hang the washing on the line then go for a walk, combining work and pleasure with a will so long as the sun is shining still … Continue reading
Posted in life writing, nonsense poems, rhyming poetry, short poetry
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I Try to Meet the Bar
Velleity means volition – in its lowest form mere inclination Now I understand that, I will attempt an explanation of the will that makes me write of this, that, or the other in my own voice as the fancy … Continue reading
Body and Soul
Poseidon from Milos, 2nd century BC (National Archaeological Museum of Athens) God of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses (Wikipedia) ‘Tis best to draw a veil over my bodyor at least over the naughty bits,which were naughtier than most in … Continue reading
Posted in free verse, longer poems, story poems
Tagged Poseidon, Procrustes, tamer of horses, Theseus
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Tableau letting go
Piles of broken woodthat once made a barnsadly neglectednow no more than fuelfor a winter fireto give up its warmth. PoeticBloomings suggests we write a Tableau, a poetry form created by Emily Romano consisting of one or more verses, each … Continue reading
It was a dark and stormy night…
Mythical gods are mostly dark and stormy, they fight and kill, steal maidens, for most of those gods were horny. …..Poseidon, God of the ocean but also Earth Shaker they call him (no, not what you think). He it … Continue reading
Red Letter Day
Procrustes, a son of Poseidon was a nasty sort of chap who believed in torture and cruelty and all that kind of crap. His favourite game involved a bed – no, not what you’re thinking – his scheme was … Continue reading
Story
forHaiku Heights The tale of Poseidon takes a fair bit of telling five poems and more. This refers to a sequence of protagonist poems written for We Write Poems – I doubt this week’s Red Letter Day poem will be … Continue reading
Profession . Wordle 108
The cave-like space of Abbey nave echoes drone of chanting novices about to take their binding vows. Illuminated by broken sunlight flickering through clerestory glass, the mitred Abbot stands before them, symbolic crook in circling fist, ready to welcome eager … Continue reading
Kielder Terza Rima
The material for this poem came from the fascinating and detailed Kielder Osprey blog, most of the facts from the Timeline 2013 section. There are some spectacular videos as well as the daily updates and photos. At nest 1 there are two … Continue reading
Posted in formal poetry, formal poetry, Poems, rhyming poetry, story poems
Tagged Kielder Water, Osprey Watch
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More News from Poseidon
Chilly Mermaid picture by Jock Blake Come with me, I said to the mermaidfor I’m in need of some advice.Do you think I’ve overdone it this yearwith the wind and the waves and the ice? Oh yes, she said, you … Continue reading
Space-Patrol, a re-post
of a poem that I posted on 1st May and which seems to have disappeared from the blog. A poltergeist? A poem thief? A WordPress glitch? Marjorie MT commented on it on 6th May, but today, 7th, when I wanted to … Continue reading
