Θ Poetry

TakingOpening all outSplitting a cloud like candy flossBreaking air apartAn atom-smasherBlaster. Other wordsPretendBut do not understand the flowThrough all connectionsNo rejectionsNo sorry. Not partNot apartNot even one strong sense of innocenceWould be enoughTo split sidesMake asidesNot see. Even whenThe words are spentThe spoken sounds are louder than the heardThe things I sayAre not the sameAs … Read more

I mentioned recently that I was due to give a reading at our local poetry group on the first Thursday in July. There were about 60 people gathered for the evening. It was the same day as the bombings in London, so there was an air of sadness and shock hanging over the audience. Earlier … Read more

I am due to give a poetry reading at a local poetry group at the end of next week, so I am busy choosing poems to fill the 10 minute slot which I have available. I’m going to take the selection from “avenues of in between”. Here is one which I intend to use: I … Read more

Mike Snider’s Formal Blog and Sonnetarium The link above takes you to Mike Snider’s Formal Blog and Sonnetarium, a place I visit regularly to read his comments, poems etc. It seems that Mike has been doing a little late spring cleaning, and come across some poetry booklets which I sent him a while back. I … Read more

A few days ago someone posted a poem as a comment to this post . I say, someone, because I followed the link to their own blogger profile and found a host of names and aliases. I think he is Desmond Swords – but not for certain! He is also Scalljah, Sloppy Bob, and Jan … Read more

Fresh from the keyboard – words that make the first cut of a poem: Words drip down like stains I Wordsdrip down like stains on the side of the soulwhen the meaning that you sent was clear as heartsand all that was spent Don’t remember everything then – that’s all at sightand I will regret … Read more

and here is the remix of the 20th poem… 21 – classic deviation Thursday 3rd February 2005 What it became Before the slipping Emotion Never meant to be Pushing all back to A reflection of What it once was Now devout World with a With a speckled mirror Of being And ever shall be Or … Read more

The 30 poems in 30 days sequence continues to develop. Here is the 20th poem, written last week: 20 – classic devotion Wednesday 2nd February 2005 Emotion Never meant to be What it became Before the slipping Of being With a speckled mirror Pushing all back to A reflection of What it once was And … Read more

I’m in the middle of a creative splurge at the moment. A flood of poems appearing, generated by the 30 poems in 30 days exercise. It’s a fantastic way to clear away writer’s block. Here’s another – they’ll all go through drafts, but here are the first rough sketches… 25 – make it last forever, … Read more