Author Archives: grahamswords1962

High on the hill of windmillsRest the smiling bones of men.Where the ten centuries old olive tree stands,They walked ten centuries before,And some, some centuries more.Long gone their pink flesh and brown eyes,Now they wear glossy green weeds.Their brown age-stained teeth remain.Where their friends carved out hypogea in the stone,Placed painted ostrich eggs with them,TributesContinue reading “Puig des Molins”

He sits quietly, a library at rest, only turning the pages to breathe. His unruffled cover requests calm of others, but belies the outrage and frustration written on his pages. What planet is he from, this magician of mayhem? He pushes the limits of outrageous attire beyond known galaxies of lunacy, spinning in his ownContinue reading “Caballeros”

Napowrimo April 30th, 2022 Today being the last day of Napowrimo, I expect we will be asked to write about the month we have had. If so, them I am predicting the prompt, if not, then I am off prompt for the first time this year. I wanted to write something that includes as manyContinue reading “For Natalia”

Napwrimo April 29, 23022  Today we were asked to muse on the gifts we received at birth. I did not take this one too seriously. Of all the riches I could have had,it wasn’t the premium bond from my dad. He kept it for me for years and years,but all our hopes ended in tears.Continue reading “From Premium Bonds to Gronching”

Napowrimo April 28, 2022 Our task today was to create a concret poem, one that is not just words, but creates a shape that is a feature of the poem – it is very hard to do that on wordpress, but I gave it a go. Bulbous, buxom bounty of baubles burning brightly, ball ofContinue reading “Naranja”

Napowrimo April 27, 202 Today’s test, and it was a bit of one, was to write a Duplex Poem. Being on this isldan at the time, it felt right to write this one. But only my eyes have seen these things Not like this sea water that cools my skin For it cooled the skinContinue reading “Eivissa”

Napowrimo April 26, 2022 As unexpected as finding on the moon, A tumble dryer, transported by hot air balloon, By palomino mice playing a Beethoven tune, On blancmange bassons . To erode the whole of Everest’s peaks, By splitting rocks to make them weak, Then through fossilised fissures icy fingers seek, To havoc wreak. Then windContinue reading “On the dissolution of heroes”

Napowrimo April 25, 2022 Today’s prompt is based on the aisling, a poetic form that developed in Ireland. An aisling recounts a dream or vision featuring a woman who represents the land or country on/in which the poet lives, and who speaks to the poet about it. “Para uno?” she confirms,And with a sweep ofContinue reading “On being 60 at Café del Mar”

Napowrimo, 24 April, 2022Today we were asked to feast on similies – I’m not hungry anymore. In Departures, they are everywhere. Fixed with a level of precision only a nuclear scientist with ADHD could claim,There, on the faces of the scouse bridal party princesses, about as pinked out as a flock of blushing flamingoes.Resting belowContinue reading “Ornitorrinco”

Napowrimo April 23rd, 2022 Today’s challenge is to write a poem in the style of Kay Ryan, whose poems tend to be short and snappy – with a lot of rhyme and sound-play. They also have a deceptive simplicity about them, like proverbs or aphorisms. I read the prompt examples, but then found this one,Continue reading “Fumbling in the dark”