Poetry 365 – Day 282 (The Rain Came and Went)
The rain came and went Nothing washed clean, still the same Wicked war-torn world
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 283 (Shun The Light)
A festival of light Words and music celebrate What drives the human soul? To search To yearn To love this thing called light Those brought up To fear the dark Have learnt to cope This world of gloom...
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 284 (Transfixed By The Light)
Transfixed by the light A happy place, yet not so Dark secrets hidden
View ArticlePoetry 366 – Day 285 (On Important Volcanic Matters)
Volcanology should only be practiced Out in open countryside It’s not at all safe to try inside And never in the laboratory The famous Professor Hector Peach And his no good famulus Pete Were often...
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 286 (October Garden)
October garden Days full of life and colour Like the morning sun
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 287 (Enjoy The Moment)
Pause for a second Look up, look around, take time Enjoy the moment
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 288 (Gorgeous Purple Haze)
Gorgeous purple haze Each year shining bright and long Brings autumn cheer
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 289 (A Carvery For One)
I won a raffle prize last week A carvery for one Not two or three or four But one, a solitary fare I know I shouldn’t grumble Free pub grub just for one How tight is that, they didn’t want To give that...
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 290 (Up With The Larks)
Up with the larks out in the park Walking the dog while it’s still fairly dark Don’t kid yourself that this is any fun I’m grumpy as hell and will be glad to when it’s done I used to drink and felt in...
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 291 (Each Year a Flourish)
Each year a flourish Bright cheerful autumn colours Outdoors, where it’s at
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 292 (Dogs In, Hawkers Out)
Gates are pretty cool Unsung heroes of our lives Dogs in, hawkers out I could talk all day On the gates of heaven and hell The year or my life Always close the gate Really it’s that simple Dogs in,...
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 293 (One Day Soon I’m Going to Cas Vegas.)
The coach and four bound for Hull winds its way along a ribbon of stone and dirt. Not long departed from The Bull and Mouth in the fledgling city, a hard day of toil ahead. Tolls paid at Halton Dial...
View ArticlePoetry365 – Day 294 (I Just I saw a Wren)
I just saw a Wren When? Then What now? Yes now Wow!
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 295 (Cabbage Patch Colour)
Cabbage patch colour An unexpected surprise Cheerful veggie world
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 296 (First Light)
Inspired by the NaPoWriMo challenge for April 2015 – Day Twenty One “Our prompt for today is an old favourite – the erasure! This involves taking a pre-existing text and blacking out or erasing words,...
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 297 (A Russet Blanket)
Leaves like laying snow Drifting on the autumn breeze A russet blanket Wraps itself around the town Dried delightful leaf surprise
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 298 (I Need Some Inspiration)
An empty space within me Is all that you will see Look deep down within my soul It’s like a dark dead sea No poems, or songs or simple sketches Will no one hear my plea I need some wondrous inspiration...
View ArticlePoetry365 – Day 299 (Each Year The Veil Lifts)
Each year the veil lifts Secret covered woodland world Bares its cold dark heart
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 300 (Yet More Limericks)
A middle aged man from Dundee Was always needing to pee When he went out in the car He couldn’t go far Without finding a WC George didn’t like the rain He found he’d got a broken drain His wife nagged...
View ArticlePoetry 365 – Day 301 (My Mouldy Old Walking Shoe)
I think I have developed a squeak That may well need a tweak In my mouldy old walking shoe As I walked through town Looking down At my mouldy old walking shoe I knew the time had come They’ve really...
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