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GloPoWriMo Day 28: On the Road
Cow On The Road The old cowstands in the rain, elementally green,singing its vapours and eating bruisedred fuchsia bells. Its song’s nothing special, no stories, news,no talk overheard, and it devoursour views of luminous doom,and just listens. Today’s prompt for NaPoWriMo Day 28: write a concrete poem. I spent all morning trying without success. There’s a…
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On Visual Verse
I’m delighted that The Woman Wore Red is published by Visual Verse this month. If you have spare minute, pop on over for a read. Every month, Visual Verse offers a new image for ekphrastic inspiration, one hour to write 50-500 words (prose or poetry). The editorial staff select 100 of their favourites from the submissions. It’s fun. It’s…
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Magnetic Poetry: #1 A Cadralor Poem
A Cadralor Poem from Magnetic Word Tiles I.I recall it asa windor a shinelike a dream languagelike the will of sky. II.I recallflat bottom cloudsdowny grey and pouting,and wearing tallwhite hats. III.I recall it asa scent of snappingair, and it seemedtoo full andready to burst. IV.I recall learningthat angels live on clouds,and God spokea language…
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GloPoWriMo Day 26: Duplex Sonnet
Silken Dust stretches the air like silk,Up in the loft, space for old things. Photos. Old papers of no importance.Winter clothing. A rocking horse. School books with their little words.A million little words. My red shoes.I danced in them once. I haven’t danced in years.It was a time on the edge. There’s a mystic quality…
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GloPoWriMo Day 26: Blithe Green
Spring’s Blithe Green Spring is a superior language,clean and quick, and gearedto come straight at you with itspistons jumping like baby birds,who are twice as noisy and franticas seems reasonable, and thenblithe green wells up in you, mixeswith your blood, and smothersyou with colours bright enoughto blind the sky with its words. And then you…
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GloPoWriMo Day 25: Aisling Poem
An Aisling: A Dream of Weeds She stood theretrue, tall, and buxom,hips ripe as sunshine, and ivy twisting around her wrist.A lattice green, knotweedspiralling up one leg, and dandelions, and daisies,and choke weed tanglingin her hair.She is faceless, the colour of sand, though not quite blonde,and not quite as grey asthe weather falling like arelic…
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GloPoWriMo Day 24: Noir Harvest
The Noir Harvest When a river risesyou can’t see what’s underneath.She didn’t see the change,and couldn’t remember whenhis tone turned, as if his every wordwas pointed as a wood splinter.He breathed between each word,punctuating punches,rapid, spittled, as if drowning inhis own skin.And he wastoo close to her face,his lungs like gills gulpingup the air that…
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GloPoWriMo Day 23: Wink
Wink An owl winked atHuang Yongyu’ssly high jinx,or was it nature’sway with owls.Its wise ways,a none too subtlesideways glance.Animal Crackersand an inky owl’sone-eyed glance.A sentence3-years hard labour. Written for Day 23 NaPoWriMo: a poem in the style of Kay Ryan. Image (fair use) “The Owl” by Huang Yongyu. *This drawing is considered part of the “Black Painting Exhibition”…
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GloPoWriMo Day 22: Green
The Return of … rain in thehollowsthat fallsbetween stones skygrey and flat-footeda returnto earth’s soil softit is seepingbonesburiedwith roots green on greengrowingtogetheragain For NaPoWriMo Day 22 “Repetition “ I’ve tried to force a repetition of meter in this one. The operative word is “tried” as I have no control over how the reader might approach that.…
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GloPoWriMo Day 21: A Girl Named Lona
The Day Lona Left Her Husband We’re not apt to see each other again, she said,and although I knew that was true,it felt blunt and raw.Perhaps I always knew our friendshipwas going one direction. Friendships are rarely uncomplicated,ours was tangledand often unravelling,we entrusted secrets to pots of coffee, always there when needed.Yes, I think I…
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