Monthly Archives: June 2020

Frenzy Rocket Song

Posted on 27 June 2020 by Linda Marshall

Come to see Drakkula! But Mamma I can’t, I’m suffering from jaundice, And I’ve bought a nuclear plant. I’m belting out volcanic punk, Spiked with grit and gore. I’m wedded hard to my guitar, And there’s dancing on the floor. … Continue reading →

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Aubade haiku

Posted on 24 June 2020 by Rosie Cantrell

Break in, bright daybreak through dark windows, take my hand on my dawn dancefloor Rosie Cantrell

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Postcard to myself

Posted on 24 June 2020 by Linda Marshall

Dear Linda, I’m having a fine old time in The Land of Nod – so many places to visit, mighty palaces and cathedrals, cities shrouded in mist, fortresses with zigzag castellations and rivers where the tide is forever ebbing. At … Continue reading →

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Sunlit Interiors

Posted on 21 June 2020 by Linda Marshall

Tiny orb of light that in my hand grows, I chide you as if you were a child, You come with lynx-and-eagle eyes To help me summer-clean my house. You burn inside my head with freezing fire, And though I … Continue reading →

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World Music

Posted on 21 June 2020 by Cate Anderson

I will go to Spain – the heat won’t worry me – to sit in cantinas with gypsies playing frenetic guitars. The clap and stamp of their hands and heels will make frills and flounces flash and flick. I’ll ache … Continue reading →

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Choices

Posted on 19 June 2020 by Eileen Neil

The trees sway flowing loosely where the wind carries them Me, I dig my feet in against the gale till it snaps me asunder So I land like a dead leaf or an acorn ready to rot, or to germinate. … Continue reading →

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Below the Moon

Posted on 19 June 2020 by Eileen Neil

Below the great gleaming Roundel of the moon Tonight I see my shadow Encircled By light Eileen Neil

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Aubade – Dawn Sky

Posted on 19 June 2020 by Eileen Neil

Aubade – an acrostic Doubting not the day will come And rebirth the green garden you still Wonder at the vanishing stars of the Night sky, the emerging lilac Shifting to rosy pink Knowing each moment marks the turning of … Continue reading →

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The Truth Game

Posted on 19 June 2020 by Jim Mallin

Only time will tell Only for show Show as it is Show what will happen Happen will be Happen can’t stop Stop never Stop start Start where it begins Start this way Way beyond the horizon Way forward Forward to … Continue reading →

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Envy

Posted on 18 June 2020 by Myrna Moore

My skin prickles, my eyes glisten Turning my head, following its trajectory crab-like it crawls towards the door following its slithery tail Out of reach but glinting still Disappearing round the door Outside the smack of the sun glares Unable … Continue reading →

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