Author Archives: grahamswords1962

For the King Bee, Mr Blackeledge April 30th I could not resist it, naughty or not, it felt like such a novel idea to play with, so to speak. “Major Tom to Beehive, Major Tom to Beehive, come in Beehive.” Go ahead Major Tom, this is Beehive receiving. “Beehive, I’ve found it, I’ve found it!Continue reading “Making a Bee Line”

April 30th. The orignal of this poem took a different line, but I have adapted it to suit the prompt for today, which is directions. I hope you enjoy the ride. In the morning, when the sun illuminates the sloping back of your steed, prepare to ride. With the heat rising from mane to tail,Continue reading “Ride with me”

April 29th Today’s prompt is to take a window and write about what is viewed through it. I came up with a triptych. Through the Butcher’s Window Or For Scott and his Lady in Greggs I would marry her right now if for the rest of my life I could feast on her pies. Don’tContinue reading “Panes and Pains”

April 28th Life is full of questions – perhaps some may be best left unanswered? Can you trust an occasional table to still be the same in the morning? Or will it like a lover slip away at dawn, and transform without warning? If it took God six days to complete his work, was heContinue reading “Occasional Furniture”

April 27th I began this piece about two week’s ago when the smallest spider I have ever seen appeared on the top of my computer while I was composing another poem. Today’s NaPoWriMo prompt was to take an entry from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows and create a poem from the inspiration. I looked and foundContinue reading “Always there”

Give me your hungry, your starving she said, So, I set them asail on a boat of thick bread. Thousands of beings, baked in sea, Bright orange and gloopy, more sweet than salty They teamed from their cans and swam for the coast, Towards the mountains of butter on my beans on toast.

April 26th Today’s poetic task, to use and existing poem or song and write a parody poem of our own. In keeping with the British TV zeitgeist, I took the national anthem and wrote a tribute to Line of Duty.   Plod save Inspector Ted, From an ignoble death, “God give me strength”. But isContinue reading “God save our Ted”

April 25th. Today’s prompt was to write a poem for an event past or future. Today I pay homage to that yet to be event when thousands can gather safely in a field, listening to music, drinking cider with friends, and just feeling human again. Banish from this field the standing ghosts, escort them whiningContinue reading “And breathe”

April 24th I woke up this morning and my head instantly decided we were going to write about the fear of public speaking.  I then read our prompt for the day “find a factual article about an animal… (that) repeats the name of the animal a lot. Now, go back through the text and replaceContinue reading “Earth Pigs”