Category Archives: Poetry

Dusk #midnighthaiku

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Thursday photo prompt – Dusk #writephoto

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: Between #writephoto

* Caught between the poles Necessity and desire A war of the heart Perception and beauty veiled Lost to warring emotions * Peaceful acceptance Opens possibility Discarding blinkers Peripheral vision gains Golden horizons open * The photo for this week’s … Continue reading

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The cat flap…

The guy who’d been to fit the thing Had really got it wrong… It didn’t even look too good Nor was it very strong. He’d charged a fortune for it After which we’d had to wrangle With cats who didn’t … Continue reading

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Between #midnighthaiku

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Perspective in Yellow – writing in north norfolk

Fields throbbing with electric yellow unfold to the foot of an ancient hill quizzically curved like Buddha’s eyebrow. The air zings with peppery pollen as rapeseed, with its Midas touch, via Perspective in Yellow – writing in north norfolk

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Telling it like it is – reblogged from Tallis Steelyard

I’ve never been the sort of poet who likes nothing better than to rant and raves about ‘issues’. There are things I disagree with, there are things which might even provoke me to verse, but I’ve reached an age where … Continue reading

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Drink…

* Rain drenches parched earth Action of nature or grace Drought ends in deluge Hearts define perspective Natural revelation * Science seeks to know Fact described and quantified A crusade for truth Souls seek the dawn of knowing Wonder in … Continue reading

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Deep #midnighthaiku

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Growing season

Is there time enough to walk the landscape of the heavy heart When springtime’s pastures beckon and adventure calls? Should we run laughing out to greet them in the morning light Or close the door behind us to an empty … Continue reading

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