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Leg-of-mutton
I do enjoy writing ‘adnominations’, i.e. taking a morpheme (a root meaning that is shared by many words) and using it in multiple, often opposing, ways. Try it, it’s fun … LEG-OF-MUTTON if a roman legate wrote a legend as … Continue reading
Posted in legends, legs, poem, poetry
Tagged adnomination, fun, people, poem, writing
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without knowing
There are times when I sit and stare out of the window trying to conjure up a poem. I don’t call this ‘writer’s block’, just one of those days when inspiration hides. And then I just start writing … WITHOUT … Continue reading
Posted in creation, language, poem, poetry
Tagged imagination, inspiration, language, letters, poem, words
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Outside the Royal Theatre
Sometimes the contrasts in life are so strong, between laughter and sadness, rich and poor, bright and dull, day and night … OUTSIDE THE ROYAL laughter exits theatre jostles silk wool suits smoked lips mascara scarlet nails a man sits … Continue reading
The Literary Cat
Alice the cat has a mat on my desk. This so that she doesn’t sleep on my papers. She also likes to sit on the top deck of my stack of letter racks. As a kitten she used to sleep … Continue reading
Another Jack
Schools are back in the swing and I’m wondering if nursery rhymes are still sung or said at home or school, pre-school or kindergarten. Here’s a medley of lines from some of the more famous, or not, from childhood … … Continue reading
Poets Should Write About the Nice Things
I’ve heard poets talk of the subjects they write about and one said something I have used as the title of this week’s poem. It struck me as an odd thing to say. Surely poets should write about anything and … Continue reading
Posted in people, poem, poetry, street people
Tagged boy, dreams, girl, habit, poem, poetry, steal, street people
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On White Dunes
Remembrance Day, November 11th, is fast approaching. I’ve been reading my father’s poetry, and thinking of him. He died in Normandy, June 1944. His poems reveal how soldiers carry homes, families, their past, close to their hearts … ON WHITE … Continue reading
Zoned Out
There are moments in life that lift me up beyond where I am to some other where, a place of extreme delight and joy. I know this happens to other people, at some point in time and it catches us … Continue reading
Company
Sometimes I sit in the garden and do nothing but listen to whoever is around, wonder at their busyness, contemplate infinity or the spinning of a spider. Enough for a quiet afternoon … RUMOURS a party of blue jays … Continue reading
Posted in birds, fall, garden, poetry, relaxation
Tagged birds, fall, gossip, insects, nuts, poem, relaxation
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Ain’t Nuttin’ To It
Given a sunny day, a bit of catchy music, and there’s a dancing man on a deserted patio, with friends to join the fun … AIN’T NUTTIN’ TO IT bag-eared king with white plastic throne bare-kneed shirt flapping plucks guitar-strings … Continue reading
Posted in book, dancing, homelessness, music, poem, poetry
Tagged book, dancing, homelessness, launch, music, poem, poetry, sun
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