Category Archives: Poetry
Wednesday Words: 8 May 2013
We all experience, at some point, a situation which is funny in the eyes of everyone except ourselves. This little poem sums this up quite nicely, I think! Betty at the Party “When I was at the party,” said Betty, … Continue reading
Prose For Thought: Give Me Patience!
This post is in response to ‘Prose for Thought’ at Verily, Victoria Vocalises. I’ve only time for a small poem now, so here goes! I think we’re all getting a little fed up with this drawn-out Winter weather! It feels … Continue reading
Wednesday Words: 10 April 2013
The Wednesday Words link-up, hosted by Emma at Crazy With Twins, is, in general, an open forum. You can post – within reason – anything you like, whether a quotation (with credit to the author) or your own work, to … Continue reading
Prose for Thought: How do you like your verbs?
Well, now, apropos of Prose for Thought this week, hosted here… If you choose, would you have all the verbs in this language of ours follow a set pattern? Or do you think that the irregularity adds positive character? Let’s … Continue reading
Wednesday Words: 13 February 2013
Once again, this post is written in answer to the link-up here, by Emma at Crazy With Twins. It’s being posted on Thursday 14 Feb as I had a special post to do last night. Emma suggested a theme based … Continue reading
Moved to Reply: A Marvellous Experience
If, in any measure, you enjoy reading and appreciating poetry, and also having a shot at writing poems of your own, then sometimes, just sometimes, a most uplifting experience will be yours: you will read a poem – it my be any … Continue reading
The Diamond Jubilee: Reminiscences
Our ‘100 Word Challenge’ explained here, for the jubilee period, is to write a poem of 100 (ish!) words, to convey the passing of sixty years. My attempt is below. The other responses can be viewed by clicking on the … Continue reading
Just a Second: Ode to a New-found Loved One
This post is written in response to the prompt at the ‘Writing Workshop’ here. Essentially, this is to use the word, the theme, the concept… ‘Second’ in a composition. Here is my attempt. If you look here you will find other … Continue reading
Ode to Mums Who Cook Christmas Dinner
Once a year, in town or city And around the countryside Everyone prepares for feasting On the day of Christmastide. Special food, and drink as well All the supermarkets sell. When the day at last arriveth For the tables to be … Continue reading
Ode to Winter
To understand the point of this post, first look here. The idea is to create a rhythmic poem from twenty-one words, including the words ‘in winter we shiver.’ Icicles shattering, water buckets clattering, Drifting powdery snow; In winter we shiver and skate … Continue reading
Fragments from Firefly Phil 