Through the plain glass paneThe cool, unmoved, slate grey is the same,As yesterday’s.As it will no doubt be tomorrow. Has anything changed?Will anything remain,Of the laughter, the love, the strains?Should we pour our memories down the drain? What if we wrote ourselves a note?We could sign it “well done you”,Then put it in theContinue reading “Future postcard”
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Seasonal Punctuation
This weather, this part of this season,It’s nothing more than punctuation.A semicolon in our breathing,That slows our thoughtsTo calm hearts beating,A parenthesis with inserted meaning;You need to rest a while. It brings a comma to the budding flowers,And with bitter coldAnd sleet filled showers,That shut away all Jackdaw caws,And keeps sensible catsSensibly indoors,& makes theContinue reading “Seasonal Punctuation”
The last laff
See me, I’m the conten kreata,A full-blown, viral, soshul influenza,I aint no chuffing know-all,See my fans, day no me betta,I’m a opinion sensashun,A media manipulata,A digital top gun,A diamond instigata,A solid gold, star on a roll,Yeah, bye, I’ll see you later.I can cry like a crocodileAn smile like a alleygata,You can see me on daContinue reading “The last laff”
When Kajsa sings
When Kajsa sings,The air stops breathing,The earth sighsAnd we walk in the presence of respect.When Kajsa sings. When Katja sings,The stones give up their spirits,The river smiles,And the birch trees bow down again.When Kajsa sings. When Katja joiks,She doesn’t stand alone,Her voice is defiance,And her people are seen.When Kajsa sings.
Why does Sisyphus go fishing?
And so we reach our final challenge of 2024, that being to write a poem in which the speaker is identified with, or compared to, a character from myth or legend, as in Claire Scott’s poem “Scheherazade at the Doctor’s Office.” Every day this month (year) I have gone to work on the first thingContinue reading “Why does Sisyphus go fishing?”
Taylor Swift’s Cardigan
In recognition of Taylor Swift releasing another album, Merriam-Webster put together a list of ten words from Taylor Swift songs. The setter hoped we didn’t find this too torturous (you have no idea!!!), but we were challenged to select one these words, and write a poem that uses the word as its title. I grasped the nettle,Continue reading “Taylor Swift’s Cardigan”
Paradise Lost
Our optional prompt for today asks us try our hand at writing a sijo. This is a traditional Korean verse form. A sijo has three lines of 14-16 syllables. The first line introduces the poem’s theme, the second discusses it, and the third line, which is divided into two sentences or clauses, ends the poemContinue reading “Paradise Lost”
Ducklings
Off prompt because I fancied a day off; so I went fishing and saw these! …. Bi-coloured bundles of fluff. Water born double chocolate muffins Scuttle across the water, Legs hydroplaning like billy-ho When mother calls. ….
Old Lingard’s tune
I like today’s test, it being to write a poem that involves alliteration, consonance, and assonance. Alliteration is the repetition of a particular consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds elsewhere in multiple words, and assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds. Traci Brimhall’s poem “A GroupContinue reading “Old Lingard’s tune”
Employment Opportunity
Our optional prompt for today is to write a poem based on the “Proust Questionnaire,” a set of questions drawn from Victorian-era parlour games, and adapted by modern interviewers. We could choose to answer the whole questionnaire, and then write a poem based on our answers, answer just a few, or just write a poemContinue reading “Employment Opportunity”
Missives & Musings 