Category Archives: Poetry

Conflagration – pensitivity #writephoto

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Creeping forth, Outlining the sky Northwards, Fiery phantoms Linger Continue reading at pensitivity101

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Unfurling #midnighthaiku

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Sue Vincent
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Bushfire – Antony Fawcus #writephoto

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

By noon the trees are peeling paperbark, red ochre scars and pink new skin exposed; oil, oozed from pores, hangs listless in the air, as sweating eucalypts withstand the sun as best they can. Beneath their scanty shade, a herd … Continue reading →

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Roots #midnighthaiku

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Grown without shadows Evergreen seeker of light Drinks deeply of earth *  

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Thursday photo prompt: Conflagration #writephoto

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my photos as a writing prompt.  If you know where the photo was taken, please keep it to yourself until the challenge is closed. I usually share something about the place … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up: Turrets #writephoto

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Half veiled by nature Keeping treasures safe within Safe from prying eyes The castle walls enclosing What the ego seeks to hide * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken during a snowy walk with Ani, looking  towards … Continue reading →

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Seeing Eden

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Would you see Eden in a withered bough? Sunlight in shadows, or flowers bloom in frost? Beauty in sorrow, or gifts in the dark? Ask the Earth and the song of wild water To whisper their secrets. Follow the moon-path … Continue reading →

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Directions #midnighthaiku

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Light casts its shadow Each step a new beginning Each footfall a choice  

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Turrets – Dorinda Duclos #writephoto

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Sue Vincent

A castle stands, on a mountain high Its turrets, reaching for the sky Towers, decorating its building, where The strong and valiant, fought despair Coated in dusted powder, fine Winter, cloaks a different time Continue reading at Night Owl Poetry

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The small dog, the storm and the toothpaste

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I went to bed wearing the toothpaste* again And not orally, you understand, Cause the mozzies and midges and small bitey things Have decided to invade the land. With the first warmer weather they stirred in the nest Where they’ve … Continue reading →

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