| Poetry Showcase |
| Other |
Images
one than sticks... |
08 Apr 2008 |
1 review |
| Other |
Straight to Heaven
Whatever |
08 Apr 2008 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
May Plays Away
? |
02 Apr 2008 |
9 reviews |
| Other |
Baremboim
From an article in Friday's paper. |
21 Jan 2008 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Sorry Anony
The sincerest form of flattery |
04 Jan 2008 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
It's Not Supposed to Happen
Life, the universe... |
04 Jan 2008 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Vapours
An oldie I don't think I've published here before |
02 Jan 2008 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
We are not qualified
true |
04 Dec 2007 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
I Wish I Was
Just an animal poem |
19 Oct 2007 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
Giraffe
Formerly 'Quiet'. |
19 Oct 2007 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
One Shot
Unofficially flashing |
28 Sep 2007 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Tinted With Gilt
Musing on a sunny afternoon |
24 Sep 2007 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Rode The Mountain
Four cyclists took on the Pyrenees and I was lucky enough to share the first half of the trip. |
24 Sep 2007 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
The Art of Travel
Travelling with Alain de Botton's book of the same name inspired this touch of melancholy |
17 Sep 2007 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
Each Time
Why? |
30 Aug 2007 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
The Spinning Blades Do Bite
This one seemed ready to tell its own story, growing out of one image, one line. |
28 Aug 2007 |
1 review |
| Other |
Cabernet Sauvignon
Philistine |
05 Aug 2007 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
This New Lovellian Age
Written for the Jodrell Bank Celebrations |
05 Aug 2007 |
1 review |
| Other |
Spontaneous
it is |
29 Jul 2007 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Regime Change
fun, actually |
10 Jun 2007 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
As Good as Simon Armitage
I wish |
10 Jun 2007 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Hiatus
Looking back |
09 Jun 2007 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
I Want it to Be
Musing on my reaction to Andmymare's latest. |
29 May 2007 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Shaving Rather Hastily
I cut myself |
13 May 2007 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Once a Month, Or Thereabouts
it seems that way |
11 May 2007 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
As Tony Harrison Remarked
Written very quickly after reading a review of his latest collections. |
07 Apr 2007 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Stephen Fry
just a silly rhyme |
04 Mar 2007 |
9 reviews |
| Other |
I Felt My Angel Leave
Violetta's memory is better than mine... |
16 Feb 2007 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Barcelona
regrets - I've had a few |
16 Feb 2007 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Leap!
wasted talents |
13 Feb 2007 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
A Valentine
Some things are more lasting, if more brief! |
12 Feb 2007 |
8 reviews |
| Other |
A Poem That Repeats
A villanelle |
31 Jan 2007 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Leaver
...still brooding over Andmymare's epic... |
29 Jan 2007 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Vacuous
probably |
24 Jan 2007 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
Walk With Me
Overdue for its annual outing, but I was waiting for some snow :) |
10 Jan 2007 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
Pictures
Then, not now, if that matters. |
07 Dec 2006 |
8 reviews |
| Other |
I Took a Trip
and turned around |
30 Nov 2006 |
8 reviews |
| Other |
Gurgle
some found poetry |
23 Nov 2006 |
1 review |
| Other |
Scattering
Like Rayleigh, for example |
13 Nov 2006 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Leafless
? |
01 Nov 2006 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Ghost
seeing beyond the paint? |
01 Nov 2006 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Too Young For Feeling Old
A slightly expanded re-write of 'And Yet' |
23 Oct 2006 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
And Yet
I wrote this in response to one of Peter Dixon's a few weeks ago. This is a slightly edited version I posted on my blog. |
17 Oct 2006 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Like The Beatles
this might grow... |
15 Oct 2006 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Those days
In due deference to Andmymare's epic, with which this bears no comparison whatever. |
12 Oct 2006 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Song
From a wonderful painting on www.scrambolo.blogspot.com a poem that barely does it justice. |
11 Oct 2006 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Oak
from the Italian |
02 Oct 2006 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
A Tale Re-Signified |
29 Sep 2006 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
War Games |
25 Sep 2006 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
A Country Road
'It was a country road, tarred very blue' - |
23 Sep 2006 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Outthought
reflections of a nearly man |
21 Sep 2006 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
If it Wasn't For the Autumn
Taking a breather and the chance to listen. |
20 Sep 2006 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
She Teaches Me Anatomy
erm |
13 Sep 2006 |
9 reviews |
| Other |
Otto
Infernal combustion |
12 Sep 2006 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
From
an image, nothing more |
12 Sep 2006 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
Small Ad
Inspired by a recent quickmuse challenge. |
08 Sep 2006 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Clouds Were Riding Bicycles
apparently |
05 Sep 2006 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Southwold - or The End of That
apologies to the memory of J B, but if he could write about Felixtowe... |
01 Sep 2006 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Oxygen |
29 Aug 2006 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Tourniquet |
28 Aug 2006 |
1 review |
| Other |
No Platitudes Today
What I might have said. |
27 Aug 2006 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Einstein via Bohr (the Numbers Call)
from a fascinating article in New Scientist |
27 Aug 2006 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
I Wrote a Sonnet
or two... |
17 Aug 2006 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
From the Limestone Coast
or 'From the New World', except that's been done |
15 Aug 2006 |
1 review |
| Other |
Musing on a Greek Urn |
14 Aug 2006 |
1 review |
| Other |
To Islands
this has been brewing for a while, but it's still not quite as I imagined |
10 Aug 2006 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
I Learned Once
from a postcard |
08 Aug 2006 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Old Legends
A low sun casts long shadows |
07 Aug 2006 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Ending at the Harbour Wall |
05 Jul 2006 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Trying to Define... |
04 Jul 2006 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Mere Abstraction
at the point where conscious meets non-conscious, do we find the uncensored truth? |
24 Feb 2006 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
When Last I Turned My Gaze |
16 Feb 2006 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Furthermore
pertaining to our previous exchanges... |
15 Feb 2006 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
This Love
time I wrote a Valentine's |
14 Feb 2006 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
She listens |
14 Feb 2006 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
Awesomely, Awfully
anyway... |
12 Jan 2006 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
As I Enjoy My Fiftieth Year
Byron stopped at 36... |
10 Jan 2006 |
9 reviews |
| Other |
Eternal Life - A Passion Play
borrowing a metaphor or two |
10 Jan 2006 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
When Winter's Sprung |
09 Jan 2006 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
I Bounced Along the Bottom
in the swim |
06 Jan 2006 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
Seasons
erm |
04 Jan 2006 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
Flashing Tails
passing thoughts |
04 Jan 2006 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
This
any explanation would be longer than the poem |
22 Dec 2005 |
9 reviews |
| Other |
Oh, Look! 
ml dared me |
22 Dec 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Gestation |
21 Dec 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Twenty Miles
geography, topography, biography. |
19 Dec 2005 |
11 reviews |
| Other |
A Planted Hedge
imagine |
14 Dec 2005 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
A Sonnet to My Lover |
14 Dec 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Old Friends' Book Ends
Sometimes it just does |
26 Nov 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
I Read Your Body
like braille |
26 Nov 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Going Shopping
what's the world of poetry coming to? |
26 Nov 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
I Could See Much Further |
26 Nov 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
One Is, As One Must Always Be
singular or plural? |
25 Nov 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
A Sonnet This December |
24 Nov 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
A Worm |
15 Nov 2005 |
9 reviews |
| Other |
Inner Space
and face, grace, place, etc. |
14 Nov 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
This is Too |
13 Nov 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
It's Easy This
a bit of fun |
13 Nov 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
I Think I Remember
Falling in love - at eleven. |
10 Nov 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Whether |
09 Nov 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
It's Said It Is By Scent
Pheromones and DNA |
09 Nov 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Post and Rail
A truth that became a fiction that tells a truth. A poetic truth, anyway. |
09 Nov 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
A Portrait of the Moon
Allegory farm, maybe? |
07 Nov 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Urbane and Unexplained
Should it say something? Discuss |
04 Nov 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
This Is Where They Buried The Jeep
Fiction, but poetic truth, I hope |
04 Nov 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
How Apt That Fine October |
01 Nov 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
If Poetry is Art |
01 Nov 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
Casting Pebbles
like memories |
28 Oct 2005 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
Rejoice in Death
just for a moment...
verse two was better than this, but explorer crashed :( |
27 Oct 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
A Studied Silhouette |
26 Oct 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
What I Did Mean to Say |
25 Oct 2005 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
How Ancient, Suddenly |
25 Oct 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Dawn to Dusk |
21 Oct 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
He Shouted, Like the Sound of Rain
Nearly done |
20 Oct 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Pity Was Like Putty
triggered by a typo
(to thrill once meant to pierce, as in 'drill') |
19 Oct 2005 |
1 review |
| Other |
Let Me Speak |
19 Oct 2005 |
10 reviews |
| Other |
The End is Nigh
some said... |
17 Oct 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
Healed
But still protest too much? I think not. |
13 Oct 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Truth and Beauty |
12 Oct 2005 |
1 review |
| Other |
Symbols |
12 Oct 2005 |
1 review |
| Other |
You, I, us
there are present plans and there is the present and there is the connecting link |
12 Oct 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
Autumn Poem
As published! |
05 Oct 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Mountain Memories |
30 Sep 2005 |
1 review |
| Other |
The Obvious Word
TSE and me |
27 Sep 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
My House |
27 Sep 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Admonishment and Approbation |
26 Sep 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
The Petal that Fell from the Flower
probably doesn't do her justice, but I'd appreciate any comments before I pass this on |
22 Sep 2005 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
The Curlew Tolls
if I read more carefully this need never have happened |
20 Sep 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
You Purse Your Lips
well, a little |
20 Sep 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Serengeti |
19 Sep 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Giveaway Haiku
there is a gift to taking as well as to giving |
17 Sep 2005 |
8 reviews |
| Other |
Bearing Mercy
Expermental for me - my stepfather |
15 Sep 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
In a Book I Read |
14 Sep 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Beer and Circuses
and 1984, or something |
13 Sep 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
To Watch and to Wait |
13 Sep 2005 |
1 review |
| Other |
If I Had Lions' Loins |
12 Sep 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Mother-of-Pearl |
08 Sep 2005 |
1 review |
| Other |
Empty Air |
08 Sep 2005 |
1 review |
| Other |
The Word |
07 Sep 2005 |
1 review |
| Other |
On The Sky The Cold Stars Lie |
07 Sep 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
As Good a Time as Any |
05 Sep 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
The Old Stilled Hands |
05 Sep 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
If I Could Call |
25 Aug 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
The Earth, She Cools So Quickly
or quirkily |
24 Aug 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
Wiser than Wallflowers |
23 Aug 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
The Cure |
23 Aug 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
That Enigmatic Smile
etc - a little bit adult |
22 Aug 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
This
is not a nature poem |
18 Aug 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Past Autumns |
18 Aug 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
At The Ocean's Edge |
16 Aug 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Hemispheres |
16 Aug 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
How Broadly Strode The Sun |
11 Aug 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
In-Between |
10 Aug 2005 |
1 review |
| Other |
As... |
10 Aug 2005 |
1 review |
| Other |
One Does |
09 Aug 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Something to be Said
3 legs a week - not a Beatles song... |
08 Aug 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Nothing to be Said |
04 Aug 2005 |
8 reviews |
| Other |
My Muse Took Leave |
02 Aug 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
The Sea |
01 Aug 2005 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
Solitary Stars |
01 Aug 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
Homeward Flew |
27 Jul 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
When We Are |
26 Jul 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Maybe Fifty-Two
I'm really not sure - if it offends, I'll remove it. |
14 Jul 2005 |
9 reviews |
| Other |
He Fumbles with Laces |
11 Jul 2005 |
9 reviews |
| Other |
On and Off and On Again |
10 Jul 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Lovestruck Romeo
Inspired by Yeats and Dire Straits... |
05 Jul 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
One, Two, Three... |
30 Jun 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Redemption
or is it forgiveness? |
20 Jun 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Je Suis Chaud |
20 Jun 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Undying Love
and other tosh.... |
20 Jun 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Once More (with feeling) |
11 Jun 2005 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
Once More (2)
...and again... |
10 Jun 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Once More
same old story.... |
10 Jun 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
On the Gran Via |
09 Jun 2005 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
Between Notes
started as one thing, became something else, as these things do |
01 Jun 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Trust Me
if you think you should |
29 May 2005 |
10 reviews |
| Other |
Sempiternal
some feelings one cannot shake |
28 May 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Looking
Hey Ma! Look at me! (he modestly declaimed) |
26 May 2005 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
I wish
from a quote I heard, erm, quoted |
24 May 2005 |
10 reviews |
| Other |
Stars Scraped Around |
24 May 2005 |
1 review |
| Other |
Through Woven Fingers |
22 May 2005 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
How Softly Fell
hmmm...first go at a paradelle |
21 May 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Receiver |
20 May 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Tough |
20 May 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Will Someone Please
I have to explain it, too? |
20 May 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Afterwards |
19 May 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
Hymns Ancient and Modern
nothing to do with religion |
19 May 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Another three lines |
19 May 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
Were I to Wander |
19 May 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
Clear |
18 May 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Immortal
Redford or Newman, or any of a hundred others |
18 May 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
What Triumph
what chance? |
17 May 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Storms and Wrecks
An oldie revised |
17 May 2005 |
1 review |
| Other |
My Centre of Gravity |
17 May 2005 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
Passing-by Air
it goes on |
14 May 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Other |
In Vermont
I'd try most things |
14 May 2005 |
5 reviews |
| Other |
Relatively Speaking
'some distant objects can retreat at greater than the speed of light' - report |
14 May 2005 |
3 reviews |
| Other |
Dwellings |
14 May 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Tides
Sometimes we'd like the horizon to be nearer |
13 May 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
Cushioned Corners
a simple sound triggers a memory |
12 May 2005 |
9 reviews |
| Other |
Us
I sense a theme this morning. It must be the sunshine... |
12 May 2005 |
7 reviews |
| Other |
The Sun Shone
Twee title - flash poem, about Bury Cathedral Tower etc. |
11 May 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
dreams
probably not ready yet |
09 May 2005 |
4 reviews |
| Other |
I think I found it!
eureka! |
08 May 2005 |
8 reviews |
| Other |
Forwarding
nothing to add |
07 May 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
At the door |
05 May 2005 |
2 reviews |
| Erotica |
Vaulted
quite tame really, but for want of a better category... |
04 May 2005 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
The Softest Kiss
what goes around.... an oldie revived |
04 May 2005 |
9 reviews |
| Short fiction |
| Metaphysical |
Not Much Held Her Back
Well, I was thinking metaphysical. Whether that comes across is another matter. |
04 Dec 2007 |
6 reviews |
| Other |
It Pays to Advertise
It might even be true |
30 Aug 2007 |
4 reviews |
