Today's poem was written in light of extreme sleep deprivation and what seemed like a never ending and therefore surreal hopping on and off cabs, coaches and planes. That says it all, I think, so here it goes. (DAY 5) Suspended Life It must have been like this in my mother's womb: a soft buzz …
Smooth and Claustrophobic
I'm afraid today's poem isn't particularly cheerful (not like the previous ones were drops of sunshine either). Well, I suppose all the stress is finally catching up with me... Now then, a lune, as per today's prompt. I wrote another couple lunes two years ago, and those have a considerably more hopeful tone to them, …
Mental Collage
So I started day three of NaPoWriMo with every intention of following the (non-compulsory) daily prompt, which was to write something in the vein of an incantation or a nursery rhyme, which I thought was a great idea. I had great fun writing something like this a couple of years ago. But I actually wasn't in …
Myths and Fairy-Tales and Bags
I haven't felt very inspired to write today, so I had to push myself a little. The result was a rather heavy, bulky poem that reflects a lot of my wishful thinking. Especially the bit about the carpet bag - hell, I've been wanting a carpet bag ever since I first read the Mary Poppins series as a …
Back for the Poetry
It's been just about a year since I last posted something on this blog. Oddly enough - and that probably says something about me - I've made my comeback because of (thanks to?) the National Poetry Writing Month which I can't seem to be able to give a miss. Been too busy and preoccupied by …
Farewell Gogyohka/ Day 30
Finally, this year's NaPoWriMo has come to an end (so to those of you who had been looking forward to getting rid of my Twitter/Facebook lyrical spam, this is it. For now.) I had a lot of fun doing this and it definitely helped keep me sane throughout what turned out to be a very …
Hurried Exchange/ Day 29
Almost there, folks, almost there... You're one day closer to the end of my lyrical spamming... [EDIT] This poem can now be read in an edited version over at the wonderful Eunoia Review.
Purple/ Day 28
Today's prompt was to write a 'colour poem'; I had lots of fun doing this last year too, playing with my favourite colour, blue. This tome round, I decided to fixate on purple - I looked up synonyms, derivatives, secondary meanings. The result was rather gruesome (as one might expect, knowing me), but still a …
Mothers/ Day 27
Almost there... Don't ask where this one came from, because I honestly don't know. [Poem currently under submission.]
Aeons/ Day 26
Today's NaPoWriMo prompt sounded like a lot of fun: And now, the (optional) prompt. This one’s a bit tricky, but I’ve used it to good effect in the past — and it’s the sort of thing you can do over and over again. Back in 1977, the poet Ronald Johnson first published RADI OS, an …
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