I love the way that today we shucked off routine and went outside to look at the sky. At De Montfort University, staff, students, passers-by stood looking through ‘free with the Leicester Mercury’ goggles, through ‘phone cameras, through pinholes in card, through colanders ( thank you Brian Cox), and, for the students whose Law lecturer…
The Art of Recklessness
It’s been a strange sad few weeks. I’m about to re-enter so called ‘normal’ life but nothing’s normal. I’ve re-evaluated many things. I can’t tell you EXACTLY how, but I can tell you that I am even less tolerant now of the irrelevant, the petty, the boring, the inconsequential, the energy-sapping, the ego-driven, in all…
Drying Her Prayers
My amazing mum, Mildred, passed away on Thursday evening. I am so sad, and, in the midst of all the necessary bureaucratic acts, have been reflecting on my memories of her. She was my inspiration, an ex-State-Registered Nurse,then a Nursing Sister, bright, and even in her nineties, had a memory that put mine to shame….
A Throw of the Dice-and it’s still January
It’s the time of the year, isn’t it, when January seems an endless tunnel -wind, rain tunnel – of grey. We are not yet quite mid-way through and I find myself yearning for spring, just the early promise of it when the air begins to soften and you can smell the earth breathing-yes, I think…
Happy New Year and the resolutions are…
Happy New Year! I wish everyone a creative and safe 2015 and that your resolutions are full of, well, resolve. Mine on here are all poetry-based and the first is to write more posts on here. My blog statistics for 2014 tell me that I wrote one post all year! One post. I couldn’t quite…
The Book of Sand
Hello, it’s been far too long. I deliberately decided not to do NaPoWri Mo this year as, from the start, I knew I’d fail in posting a poem a day, yet alone a poem and an image. Instead, let me draw attention to this jewel of a new publication, The Book of Sand, published and…
In Defence of a Nightwatchman
I’ve had a few lapses with my writing a poem a day but maybe can catch up near the end of the month. I’m reading a few poets in translation at present and this poem is influenced by a poem by Dutch poet, Ester Naomi Perquin, ‘In Defence of a Nightwatchman’. from her collection, ‘Napkins…
On
On This watch is automatically aligned to the body movements of the wearer, meaning when that person lies down its hands close together at twelve o’clock, three o’clock and nine are brought on by sitting in opposite directions, and five and seven mean feet up, two, bent over, ten, bent back. In sleep, watch becomes…
Dewi Danur -Goddess of the Lake
Dewi Danu is a Balinese goddess who lives on Mount Batur and controls the crops. She hangs outside my bedroom with her ‘sister’ and a red dragon. I like to think she brings luck. Dewi Danu Like a figurehead, but longer and not fixed to any ship, she hangs outside my room, out of her…
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