Category Archives: Poetry

Butterflies…

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Gilded butterflies Expensively caged Wed to appearance Wings grown too heavy to fly Weighted by expectation * Naturally beautiful Playing on the summer breeze Simplicity rests Drinking a gilded morning Living light in light *Top photo courtesy of Pixabay  

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Thaw – Trent P. McDonald #writephoto

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I watch you from afar So remote and beautiful I feel a chill wind For those who dare approach But then you smile And I feel a thaw Continue reading at Trent’s World

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Imprisoned #midnighthaiku

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent
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The song of ‘What the…?’

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Lost in sleep, all warm and cosy, Wishing morning to perdition, Dreaming deeply, all unconscious, Snuggled down in prime position… Wake abruptly, bedclothes flying, Primal instinct, fear obeying, Stand a moment, get my bearings, Seek the source of awful baying… … Continue reading →

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Window #midnighthaiku

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Outside my window I watch day break in silence No dawn comes again

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Enlivened – Kim Russell #writephoto

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We are enlivened to the core as we stroll across the moor: hills transform into mountains; wintry waste is hemmed by trees and stones; branches shiver with icicles and frost that chill us to our very bones. Continue reading at … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Thaw #writephoto

Posted on December 21, 2017 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. Throughout the week I will feature as … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up – Mists – #writephoto

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Mists * Vision under stress Clouded by survival’s needs The seen is unseen Unnoticed by conscious sight Beauty passes unremarked * Eyes turning inward Seeking the unsolvable Fixate on madness Moments slide into the mist Their gifts unlooked-for refused * … Continue reading →

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Flown #midnighthaiku

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

All colour has flown Seeking the birth of a sun To banish shadows

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Mists – Emily Havis #writephoto

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Sue Vincent

As I sleep I breathe in a dreamer’s dream To seek rapture in uncharted pathways And make pilgrimage to the forest of Arden Against the wits of winter’s end And find solace in the golden world. Continue reading at Emily … Continue reading →

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