This poem was written in response to Sue Vincent’s Thursday photo prompt Use the image below to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT) Wednesday 8th March and link back to Sue’s post with a pingback. If I were a rock… If I were aContinue reading “Thursday photo prompt: #Spring #writephoto #amwriting #poetry”
Category Archives: My Poems
#SaturdayInspiration The March Puddle #poem #WeekendBlogShare
I love rainy winter weekends, because I have the perfect excuse to stay at home by the fireplace, or in my study, and read and write all day long… The March Puddle March is the month in between. Spring’s not arrived, Winter’s not left. Birds are busy storing twigs, And buds are peeking their tinyContinue reading “#SaturdayInspiration The March Puddle #poem #WeekendBlogShare”
#3lineThursday & #NationalPoetryDay ‘Drops of Light’
This post was written in response to the picture prompt at Three Line Thursday. It’s a simple and creative writing challenge: One picture. Your response. Three lines. Maximum thirty words. More information here DROPS A drop of your soul Gushed into my heart Flooding the world with our tide. **** National PoetryContinue reading “#3lineThursday & #NationalPoetryDay ‘Drops of Light’”
Unhappy Birthday
You would have been 51 today. I would have phoned. You would have said ‘Hi, Lil!’ We would have chatted, And laughed, and gossiped. Hours later, ‘I would have said, ‘Bye, El!’ It would have been so special. Nobody else would have understood Our private jokes, Our childhood fears, Our secret dreams… I wouldn’t haveContinue reading “Unhappy Birthday”
Liquid Sky
Liquid sky. Indigo melting Quietly, sinking into the Underworld. Colourless Ink, Dissolving air into Soft steel, Kisses the sand. You in my mind. There are summer evenings when the sky and the sea dissolve into one. The horizon blurs. Air and liquid melt into a calm steel sea. It’s mesmerizing. My eyes and thoughts areContinue reading “Liquid Sky”
Sleepless Moonlit Night
I can’t sleep tonight, but I don’t mind, at all. I’m sitting in my terrace overlooking the beach, sipping a glass of wine, and listening to the sea swishing against the pebbled shore, while the moon playfully tickles the slippery surface with her cheeky, silvery smile. I don’t want to sleep, because I don’t wantContinue reading “Sleepless Moonlit Night”
Desdemona’s Rebirth: A Poem.
On my way back from my niece’s wedding in Madrid, this morning, I was so mesmerised by the beautiful summer sky, dotted with suggestive clouds, that I wrote a poem. Don’t ask me why I heard Desdemona’s name in the clouds, but Desdemona Reborn is a tribute to all the wonderful women who have inspiredContinue reading “Desdemona’s Rebirth: A Poem.”
Rereading Jane Eyre 