The bridge to nowhere My only escape Pervasive landscape While my heartbreaks Only a conduit Filtering my screams Holding and protecting all my dreams Safe from those erosive streams I balance above Exterior rust Inside lined, with layers of trust Barrier remains intact. Feels just I run along Landscape bleak Seeing a sign, miseries defeat… Continue reading Conduit of hope
Category: Change
The sign
Dark days become nights the stars don’t align in this nightmare world of retrograde time Stare into the cosmos look for a sign Spiral out of control, lost lifes design You were my anchor now gone such a crime Dark days become nights the stars don’t align Need to find a new path draw out… Continue reading The sign
The Trijan poetry form
Trijan Refrain The Trijan Refrain, created by Jan Turner, consists of three 9-line stanzas, for a total of 27 lines. Line 1 is the same in all three stanzas, although a variation of the form is not to repeat the same line at the beginning of each stanza. In other words, the beginning line of… Continue reading The Trijan poetry form
Letter to my ex.
Dear one time lover, What ifs, past regrets Peevish feelings, let’s forget, If today l am feeling blue, Why wish you, miserable too, (Although in my heart. Maybe I do!) When you left, without regret, With no thought for my distress, Taking of course the easy way, You found more, compliant prey (I expect,… Continue reading Letter to my ex.
The sun
The sun rises, the sun sets A constant in our days lest we forget Blue sky or cloudy grey The sun is shining adding warmth in the day Summer or winter the sun is there Adding the light for us to share The sun rises, the sun sets A constant in our days lest we… Continue reading The sun
The loop poem.
Loop Poem Loosely, a loop poem can pertain to any type of poem, there is no rules on length or rhyme or meter, only that for each stanza or verse, the last word of a line becomes the first word of the next line and the last word of that line becomes the first word… Continue reading The loop poem.
Lines in poetry and found poems!
Poetry is made up of lines and stanzas….in prose it would be sentences and paragraphs. So what is the difference between the poetry and prose variations? Don’t they do the same job? ….Well not exactly The line is a unit of words typically written to have a specific effect…such as a line break …a pause,… Continue reading Lines in poetry and found poems!
First Lipogram
Yesterday was the first time I had ever heard of a lipogram when I was challenged to write one using only one vowel in all the words. I will have to practice wayyy to go! But here is the furst attempt Rocky Moon Downtown noon Cotton Gown Common brown Blooms too soon Cloth cocoon Body… Continue reading First Lipogram
Dead dreams Live Dreams
Today my dream seems set to rust Think it’s past it, reduced to dust Gossamer threads colour my day Looking at a horizon layered in grey Sure the dark is pulling me in. Hold my dreams, in my hand Sifting their hues, there’s a bright strand Hold that strand towards the light Twinkling green, then… Continue reading Dead dreams Live Dreams
Looking for you
I spent my life looking for you Now I have found you,am happy but blue It’s too late for you to be my mate Wasted years, parlous state Too many miles travelled Too many locks to unravel Could I be selfish and go with my heart Whilst breaking many others,would just be the start Now… Continue reading Looking for you
Converging Lives. Sounds, Silence and Imagery 