Poetry

Its hard when you sit in your chair in the night

Its hard when you sit on your chair in the night Wrapped in the duvet so warm, but not right The bed it is calling a siren song I snuggled in once, but the coughing was too strong I decamped to the lounge, to the reclining chair I am sitting here wheezing and coughing, notContinue reading “Its hard when you sit in your chair in the night”

Events from the past

Frozen in time, behind windows of glass, In the museum of the mind Events from the past, in crystal clear clarity The memories are stored, allowing recall first class. But how clean are those windows? From the thoughts we revive, When we dredge deep in the recesses, for treasures or lines, Have some of theContinue reading “Events from the past”

Values

What did I want from this life? Did I understand as I stumbled through? Planning. No, more like serendipity With no direction, what have I missed? With reaction, rather than considered action What crass decisions have I made? How have those decisions rolled out across the the cosmos? How have those ripples impacted on others?Continue reading “Values”

Flying…cutting edge design

Cutting edge design? If so it’s a crime I get, the need to streamline To make everything compact To reduce weight, that’s a fact I understand that, first class gets the whizz The smaller the space, the more the design should fizz So why,in lower classes, on planes Do I feel a maniac holdsContinue reading “Flying…cutting edge design”

Flying

Washed up on an island paradise Needing to leave,this land of rum and spice Four thousand miles at least to travel How to fix, its a conundrum, to unravel From the Carib sea so lush and blue To the grey cold world of the North Sea true Sailing in a boat would take too long Continue reading “Flying”

Mass transportation

Mass transportation has its place It moves around the human race Not with comfort style and grace But with expediency that we can trace A definate boon, an interface Moving us long distances in hours not days Space and comfort a premium, that money pays The juddering jet, held up by spells The ferryContinue reading “Mass transportation”

The stresses on words and the rythmn of poetry

The best way to read poetry is aloud. The choice of words the amount of syllables and the arrangement of lines will dictate the rhythm The time taken to say the word will depend on the amount of syllables and where the stress lies. Punctuation affects rhythmn . Line stops or the running of twoContinue reading “The stresses on words and the rythmn of poetry”

Poetry An imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning ,rhythmn and language choices to create an emotional experience. Meaning and emotion through words Poetry is innate because of the way we learn language which is through sound and repetition before we can read or write… Its innate because if the natural rythms within our body. Continue reading “Poetry”

Devices used by poets. 1.

Poets use a range of musical and figurative devices to achieve their effects. Some of these effects relate to the rhythm and metre ( meter) of the words. In poetry, the meter (or metre) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse. The study of the rhythm, stress, and pitch (or intonation) of speech isContinue reading “Devices used by poets. 1. “

Mystic schemes

Mystic schemes Precious dreams You are there Buyer beware Syntillating thoughts But a row of noughts Wishful thinking Hopes long sinking You are chasing the new Leaving me to rue Mystic schemes Precious dreams Maybe really nightmare screams Smash them all to smithereens Find a way to recreate Precious dreams not parlous state.