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My poem ‘Water-logged Boots, was published at FREE VERSE REVOLUTION, in November 2019, and thank you to the editor Kristiana for her kind consideration of my piece… And today on Weekly Prompts the Weekend Challenge is: Boots . Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking >> Here . Appropriately in response to their prompt, I have reposted this poem from 3 years ago.
Water-logged Boots
Yes, I am small in this overburdened world
But I flutter freely when unfurled
I could be a family picture collage
Or a tiny squirrel amongst the foliage
On his journey of ups and downs
Collecting and storing his acorns
The trick is to enjoy the ups
While the floodgates are shut
Sometimes I did nearly drown
Other times I floated upside down
During the many seasonal rains
I wondered if I would ever swim again
So then I pretended to write a biblical book
Ignorantly thinking no-one would ever look
Afterwards, I thought I could walk on water
Then my boots became water-logged
And if you need to walk a mile in my shoes
You will have to learn how to swim and sing the blues
In my computer files, this poem was is recorded as being from June 2018, but the original piece was from years earlier, when my poems were stored in cardboard boxes on the bottom shelf of my bookcase.
I am pleased and proud to announce that my poem, “Vultures Tell No Lies” is published in the Positive Words Magazine, March Issue, and thank you to the Editor, Sandra, for selecting my poem… For further information about this fabulous Australian magazine, visit their site via this link > https://positivewordsmagazine.wordpress.com/ Attached below, I have scanned the poems directly from my copy of the Magazine
Hello dear readers and followers, as you may know, I now write for “Coffee House Writers” magazine on a fortnightly basis, and my poem “Red Lilies Under Broken Ground”, is in this weeks edition of Coffee House Writers Magazine.… please click on the link below to read my poem, at Coffee House Writers >> https://coffeehousewriters.com/red-lilies-under-broken-ground/
Naked I stand before Him Stripped of common decency Debased, I kneel crying Sad words fall like rain Tanks are still rolling Over the Ukraine My Tanka’s are scrolling Down their bloody drains
Tanka #1. Sad Sky
False words smudge old clouds Gray clouds hang under sad sky The sad sky decries “Children are our butterflies And please stop the warring lies”
Tanka #2. Broken Biscuits
Life is imperfect Like broken war-time biscuits Re-connection waits Reconciliation stops Life’s sweet shortbread’s unopened
Tanka #3. Abandoned
May the stormy winds Calmly abate in Europe And bring peace quickly Do not forget the children We cannot abandon them
Epilogue
Cover me Give me beauty Inspire me Calm me Save me From that deadly bee Above the Black Sea
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Welcome toPromote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to postonelink to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below.
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