softened by summer rain, crusty from summer sun, the turned clay accepts my
footsteps
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Saturday, August 30, 2014
New poems on the From Pen to Page page
News Flash: five new poems published today, just click on the From Pen to Page ... Poetry and Prose link above the regular posts, and please post comments on these.
small stone 239/2014
from two fig trees: some green with hints of darkening, others a heavy black,
all pulled with ease from the branch
Friday, August 29, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Success ... and poetry
Spent a lot of time yesterday on poetry admin. numbering poems, checking them against the spread sheet and, yes, sending some to the graveyard of poor poetry. A very tiresome task and, of course, one that would not have been necessary if I had been organised when I first started writing. According to one or two poems that I did remember to date (!) that was about twenty years ago: be assured that I've kept a few of these oldies to work on but some are now in the graveyard aka the Trash Can.
And wonderful news from the Emerge Literary Journal, two of eight poems submitted only this week have been accepted. Makes the admin work worthwhile.
Need to close right now as I am off on another wonderful poetry task, this time lunch with Susan, a local poet friend. We meet about every three months to chat about our writing, submissions and other things poetic - a joy, and hurrah, its sunny and looks like being another hot day.
And wonderful news from the Emerge Literary Journal, two of eight poems submitted only this week have been accepted. Makes the admin work worthwhile.
Need to close right now as I am off on another wonderful poetry task, this time lunch with Susan, a local poet friend. We meet about every three months to chat about our writing, submissions and other things poetic - a joy, and hurrah, its sunny and looks like being another hot day.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
small stone 236/2014
late evening, the cat slinks around the
chicken run sniffing at stale bread crusts, naked corn cobs, limp lettuce
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
small stone 235/2014
pumpkin
stalks and leaves trail
over the
edges of the raised bed
plump and golden fruit, ready
to be roasted in quarter moons
deep in their
yellow flowers
the black
busy of bumblebees
Monday, August 25, 2014
small stone 234/2014
round, grey, long tailed, larger than a mouse, smaller than a rat: so perhaps a
vole has been sleeping in the spare straw
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