The Purple Polar Bear of Knowledge

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 27 I don’t think I understood yesterday’s prompt clearly, so I’ve gone the opposite direction today and taken everything in an abstract direction and reused a character from this year’s works that a good counsellor of mine liked. And just for once, this one has no “bearing” on reality or social comment!Continue reading “The Purple Polar Bear of Knowledge”

My true-black Tulip

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 25 Just the thought of you, resting on my skin,The way a butterfly would kiss a cloud,Just that –That is enough. Enough to inundate my senses,Overwhelming them,A Nile of engulfing emotions,Breaking the banks of all I perceive. Such rarity you held in your arms, rare,Rare as a true-black tulip,Rare as a condemnedContinue reading “My true-black Tulip”

Three Cheers

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 23 Today’s prompt, a struggle, I think. How to, by numbers link, the lines devised inside my mind, to them connect in reason and rhyme, a place of mine, now lost in time. Happy birthday William me owd lad. …………………………………………… 1960’sClink, clink here comes the drink,White bottles sit in crates,And Mrs ThatcherContinue reading “Three Cheers”

Erased memories

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 20 What will archeologists make of the things we leave behind today?The following conversation between two future look-backers might give us a clue. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. “You can’t be serious?” “I’m telling you, 100% it’s an ancient dental implement.”“Dental tool? Do you take me for some kind of naïve fool?” “It is! Look at theContinue reading “Erased memories”

For Elaine, Derek and Family

NaPoWriMo 2023, Day 18 Today we were challenged to write an abecedarian poem – a poem in which the word choice follows the words/order of the alphabet. I purposefully wrote mine as a cycle and dedicate it to two people I hope will take some comfort from the words at a very tough time ……………………………………Continue reading “For Elaine, Derek and Family”