Category Archives: Poetry

Monsoon #midnighthaiku

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Biblical deluge Forty days and forty nights Great British summer Thunder booms, lightning scores the iron sky. Rain falls in silver rods, drowning the drainage and making rivers of roads. Within minutes, brakes cease to function and every puddle is … Continue reading →

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Unseen

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Were I to Live today, Throwing caution to the winds Embracing life with Technicolor joy… Then they would never know. Were I to dance again Feeling the rain Laughing on my skin They would not care. Were I to weep … Continue reading →

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Missing #midnighthaiku

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Abandoned summers Vacant opportunities   Could be evergreen

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Visitor

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Visiting tourist Testing the facilities Pool acceptable This young blackbird is a regular visitor to my son’s garden. Ignoring the vast expanse of pond, stream and waterfall, he dives daily into an unused cat-litter tray that the rain fills with … Continue reading →

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Spiral #midnighthaiku

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Spiralling within A chalice of great beauty Touched by sunlit tears

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Stone walls still stand… – writing in north norfolk #writephoto

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

along the lane, overhung with lemon leaves, lazily swung like rope across the landscape. At their rugged, naked feet, mud is sun–baked and crumbling, draped with dried-up weeds and grass, where humans rarely pass, only rain, wind and mice that … Continue reading →

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Gypsy

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The winds of change blow Refusal or denial Sees no horizon Field scabious…it is not a great name and harks back to the time when the plant was used to treat scabies and the bubonic plague… a tragic history for … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Watchers #writephoto

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my photos as a writing prompt. Throughout the week I will feature a number of the responses here on the Daily Echo as space allows. Every week, a full round-up of … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up – Sails #writephoto

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The photo for this week’s prompt was taken in the Buckinghamshire village of Brill, one late spring evening, just as the sun set. I came across the image as I begin to go through all the files and photos now … Continue reading →

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Open #midnighthaiku

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Writing this, I came up against one of those thorny questions in language; how may syllables in ‘hours’? It is not the only word to be so confusing, nor is there any definitive help in the dictionaries. Opinions vary, so … Continue reading →

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