Category Archives: Poetry

Guest author: Robbie and Michael Cheadle – Meet the Characters

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Why does Taylor Gingernut look so shocked? Why indeed? To find out you will need to read Sir Chocolate and the sugar dough bees story and cookbook. I can tell you a bit about Taylor Gingernut though: There was … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, fiction, Guest post, Poetry | Tagged baking, children's books, cooking with children, fondant, modelling, story poems, sugarcraft, sugarpaste | 27 Comments

Spring from pensitivity #writephoto

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Dip your toes In the water here, Crisp and clean, There is nought to fear. Feel the rush Of sensations new, Let your troubles Trickle free of you. There’s magic here Older than the hills, Continue reading: Spring #writephoto

Posted in photo prompt, Poetry | Tagged clear water, sacred spring, stream | 6 Comments

One of those days

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There are days that hang in memory Like the fine mist of morning, Gilded by the risen sun. Momentary splendours, full of light Sun-kissed days, on hilltops touched with snow But whispering of Spring Snowdrops’ promise pledged beneath the trees, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged memory, snowdrops, Spring, sunshine | 40 Comments

Vermeil #midnighthaiku

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged dawn, frost, haiku, mist, sunlight | 17 Comments

First past the post

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Geoff Le Pard kindly (and I use that term loosely…) named me as one of his victims in Sarah Brentyn’s ‘first post revisited’. While it can sometimes be pleasant to revisit old work, at other times it can make you … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Poetry | Tagged bloggers, carers, first posts, sisters, time | 34 Comments

Vintage

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Some are old when they’re young, Some are young when they’re old And the years mark no more Than the passage of time. Where youth can be timourous, Age can be bold And its journey through life Runs from laughter … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged a good vintage, growing older, youth and age | 8 Comments

Wellspring #midnighthaiku

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Chalice Well, Glastonbury, has been in use for over two thousand years. The chalybeate spring has never ceased to our forth its warm red waters. One of the many legends of the well says that Joseph of Arimathea placed the … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Poetry | Tagged Glastonbury, haiku, sacred spring, well | 13 Comments

Speechless

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Never turn your back On a dog with a cushion To answer the phone

Posted in Dogs, Poetry | Tagged Ani, cushion, haiku, stuffing | 50 Comments

Guest poet: Mbizo Chirasha – Identity Apples

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Identity Apples I am a fat skeleton, resurrecting From the sad memories of dada And dark mysteries of animism I am Buganda I bleed hope I drip the honey of fortune Makerere; think tank of Africa I dance with you … Continue reading →