-
On the Beach
Plenty of pebbles Sunset glints and hints at one That soon warms in palm . CLP 07/05/2020 →
-
Gyrismó
Purple bougainvillea tumbling from baskets decorated our wayIn those hours without shade in the hottest heatWe found a route to that other bay soon enoughWith its crumbling Crusader castle cut from a cleft in the high valleyGuarding over the café, squared-off with bleached tarpaulinsSitting like a brig roped to the quay, its skeleton crew manning →
-
The Sun’s Set – A Review
So much consistent applause for this show It seems almost clichéd to join in But this is one that faultlessly runs day into night Night after night Responding fearlessly to the high pressure Of repeat performances With magical lighting Sound effects delightful Words cannot capture the exquisite beauty Her Infinite variety of displays Fearless artistic →
-
Present Tense
This brittle air in sun so low Glints off flints flash hard To retain the joy of childhood As manners evolve in new-formed slow queues Found on familiar streets Beside the sign, Stay Home, don’t be SHelfish Outside the closed café that specialised in crab sandwiches, That H added by hand, by night Lightens this dull conspiracy of →
-
No haga flexiones depués de gachas
They found him face down in his kitchen Previously the fittest sixty year old they’d ever known Lifeless as a rock He’d been warned But sadly, as a professor of literature At the finest university in Cantabria He’d conceived of so many different interpretations That he’d brushed over the literal . As they say in →
-
Crossing Over
Thirty two days now I’ve been out walking What have I found and what have I seen? A spotted catfish curled up on the shore A hedgehog sent to sleep in the road A wide-eyed bird lying on the verge, so small I hid it in my hand A piece of fibre-glass hull, jetsam from →
-
Sayoran in 8 Syllables (Message to Self)
Forfucksakegetabloodygripppppppppppp . www.napowrimo.net Day 16 Prompt: Effusive praise. This is off prompt, but is prompted by the Day 16 post. CLP 16th April, 2020 →
-
on the line
The year’s first swallow is here Just the one Balanced quite comfortably On the telephone wire A bright summery note on a four line stave Flown in on the warm south wind It sits, calling for the others It can’t eat all these midges and mosquitos alone . Christopher Perry 15th April, 2020 →
-
On Cliché
antagonise sensibilities. unhinge complacency. hang subtlety . n.b. www.napowrimo.net Day 10 challenge: use 6 words in a 1-2-3 words per line format to say something poetic, or pathétique. As writers we face the constant challenge of avoiding the ‘lazy dog” of cliché. Bonne chance, mes braves! Christopher Perry 10th April 2020 →
-
Day 18
A clear, still night and a tawny owl’s calls are distinctly audible at 2 a.m. The three-quarter moon casts silver light on the bedroom wall through a gap in the curtains. Day comes with sunshine accompanied, at last, by warmth. I spent a couple of hours soaking up sunbeams stretched out on a bench; birdsong →
Journey of Words 