NaPoWriMo – Page 5

From a Mother

NaPoWriMo Day 23 and today’s poem is called From a Mother From a Mother Do not be afraid to walk in this world: you have already earned your place and it is full of possibilities.

NaPoWriMo Day 22. Today’s poem is inspired by a prompt by NaPoWriMo on day 18 which was to try to write a ruba’i which is a four-line stanza, with a rhyme scheme of AABA. Robert Frost’s famous poem Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening uses this rhyme scheme. Not sure how successful it is but itContinue reading “The Lady of the Moor”

My Magic Box

NaPoWriMo Day 21 and today’s poem is called My Magic Box, after Kit Wright’s The Magic Box. I wrote this some time ago but have reworked it a little so I think I can count it in project NaPoWriMo 2014. My Magic Box I will put into the box the stuff that disappointments are made from,Continue reading “My Magic Box”

The Garden

NaPoWriMo Day 20 and today’s poem is called The Garden The Garden Today I saw children playing in the garden, the one I see as my train pulls into the station; the one that looks empty but not quite abandoned;

Sleepless

NaPoWriMo Day 19 and today’s poem is called Sleepless, actually written at roughly three-thirty this morning. Is the NaPoWriMo thing beginning to get to me I wonder? Sleepless It’s one-thirty in the morning and I’m lying here eyes open trying not to think about things I shouldn’t think about two-thirty in the morning and theContinue reading “Sleepless”

Loan Sharks.

NaPoWriMo Day 18 and today’s poem is called Loan Sharks. Loan Sharks Sharks swim in the ocean eating fishes in the sea. So why are there sharks biting you and me?

Manhood

NaPoWriMo Day 17 and today’s poem is called Manhood. Manhood Begrudgingly, you allow a peck. I squeeze your giant frame and we both feel discomfort. Me because I miss that small, vulnerable being who placed his hand in mine and walked with me through magic worlds;

Gentle Spring

NaPoWriMo Day 16. Over the half way mark now. Today’s poem is called Gentle Spring. I thought I’d write something inspired by the lovely weather we’re having at the moment. Although I’m not much of a gardener I do love the sight of spring flowers, the first butterflies and the big fat bumble bees when theyContinue reading “Gentle Spring”

Commuters

NaPoWriMo Day 15. Today’s poem is called Commuters and was inspired by my trip to London today. Commuters We sit across tables hunched over screens tippy tap, tippy tap

Two Cuppas.

NaPoWriMo Day 14. Today’s poem is called Two Cuppas. It’s a sort of story in a poem and it’s written after after Roddy Doyle’s, Two Pints which is a very funny book about the conversations had between two men who meet regularly for a pint in a Dublin pub. Two Cuppas Did you hear about Christina’s eldest? WhichContinue reading “Two Cuppas.”