This weeks Poetry Thursday prompt is “Rivers.” I wrote this particular poem some time ago. Rivers have a strong association with journeys. Some of those journeys are for pleasure, and some for commerce. And then…
Date Archives May 2007
dying in my tv chair (read)
I’ve been playing around with Mac’s GarageBand to lay down some backing music to perform one of my poems to. It took me a couple of hours to figure it all out and here’s the…
climbing ladders
My life is one big airport at the moment flying to and from Scotland. And when you have a 2 and half hour delay to your flight, you get plenty of time to think. I’ve…
mountain spirit
I spent the weekend in Snowdonia leading another group through the Ascent program. — Mountain Spirit I move in the presence Of Mount Snowdon Feeling The weight of its ancient pull A challenge, a summons,…
on the way to posnan
I’m in Scotland this week. The hotel I am staying at is tuck away in a quiet place. Perfect for writing. I’m Just filtering through my notes from my Poland trip to see what comes…
coffee
Coffee the black magic warms my heart, soothes my soul takes me on journeys near and far in cups. – c.lowe
self-portrait poem
I picked the idea of creating a self-portrait poem from incinq. She laid down the writing prompt to pen a self-portrait poem using the cinquain. A traditional cinquain has the following structure: 1st line: 2…
early morning inspiration
up and about at dawn I stretch and yawn my head still groggy soggy from another late night but i’m eager to write so I say it’s okay and pick up my pen relax into…
open mic night at Bambu
I performed a couple of poems last night at Word open mic poetry night at Bambu in Leicester. I did “and the dead poets go” and also a new one which I don’t have a…