The clogyrnach (klawg-ur-NAWK’) is one of the 24 traditional Welsh poetry forms. It is a stanzaic, syllabic and rhymed form. Each stanza consists of 32 syllables and two rhymes. It can be written three different ways, in 6, 5, or 4 lines, as described below. This is not a difficult form to craft, but if… Continue reading Bridge….. a Clogyrnach
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Lines in Poetry
What are the things that make you choose the length of your lines in your poetry if you are not using a set classical form? What do you know about using lines to enhance your poem? Here are somethings I have learned. Can you add to my knowledge Always read your poem aloud to understand… Continue reading Lines in Poetry
Riding the Storm
The air feels heavy with foreboding as colour leaches out of the daylight greyness turns coppery and progresses to near darkness Lightening flares and strobes across the sky as thunder rolls like cannonades the jagged spears tear open the sky the world is phosophorus illuminated then fades back to near darkness The storm… Continue reading Riding the Storm
Distraction….An interlocking Rubaiyat
Distraction Long empty days I look for distraction Life is too short to live with abstraction Can love fill the gap like words in a song Would it be real or fatal attraction Can’t sit and wait for the chance to be strong Need to find happiness a place to belong Follow the footsteps run… Continue reading Distraction….An interlocking Rubaiyat
Anthology Askew Communications
Tomorrow sees the launch of the fourth anthology published by Rheteroric Askew. Its full of short stories, flash fiction and poetry. I have some pieces of flssh fiction in the book. It is available on kindle or amazon print.
Butterfly Love
Floating high floating free Floating high floating free Abundant beauty for eyes to see Abundant beauty for eyes to see To see beauty, for eyes – free floating Floating high – abundant Gracious butterfly fill me with wonder Gracious butterfly fill me with wonder Remind me of the beauty love Remind me of the… Continue reading Butterfly Love
Escape
Escape I shut out the dark cloud of words. circling like birds above my head reverberating penetrating piercing like swords, injury by harsh sounds cruel intent … Continue reading Escape
I am the curse I am the legend
This is a Terzanelle with a rhyme pattern of ABA¹, bCB, cDC, dED, eFE, fFAA¹ The water ripples dancing silvered Joining and flowing to become the sea I am the river rushing tempered If you listen hard you can hear my plea I am the curse I am the legend Joining and flowing to become… Continue reading I am the curse I am the legend
Lay your head on my heart
Lay your head on my heart Feel the beats stop and start Our mind pictures blending the feelings we are tending feel the warmth of my skin it must be win win Reach out to me Feel the beats stop and start describe your feelings in this time we are stealing a time free to… Continue reading Lay your head on my heart
Converging Lives. Sounds, Silence and Imagery 