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Continue reading →: Poem – The WriterThe writer hunched down, by an ocean of hope And let go of the anchoring rope, seaworthy words, that his spilled soul splashed, into a bottomless trope A launching, without a champagne bottle smash, A ripple bob in a still pond, Poetical dinghies, seeking a home, after dismal days in…
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Continue reading →: Poetry challenge complete!!WELL, didn’t get many responses to this poetry challenge but some really interesting words thrown in from followers which was really inspiring, got me thinking about the process of writing and led to the poem below. Again love to hear your comments and thoughts. I have another idea for a…
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Continue reading →: Imperfectly Valentines – a poemBe still my beating heart overwhelmed with your loving offering A fish supper, shared, A half bottle of Lambrini, The afterthought of garage flowers, wilting And your indifferent company It was imperfectly Valentines For the last time
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Continue reading →: Poem – The sun still shines over Wigan PierThe sun still shines over Wigan Pier, occasionally, They say it’s grim up north But I say it’s grin up, Chin up north first and foremost, Our chatter and inflections, are the cold air echoing round our skinny bones, Theres a million shades of grey In our skies, Theres a…
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Continue reading →: Poetry experiment reminderA couple of days ago I posted about this. There’s still time to add your favourite weird and wonderful phrase that you wold like to see in a rhyming poem. I am going to collate all the comments and create a new piece that includes all of them. Get your…
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