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Weather forecast
Today’s Daily Create asks for a poem about weather forecasts. I look at many weather maps of Scotland, then write a haiku. October forecast: Rain, followed by rain, then rain Good weather for ducks “Ducks” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under … Continue reading
Eagles and Doves
Today’s Daily Create asks us to Look out of your actual window and then open a nature webcam from somewhere in the world. (here is the home of nature webcams via the US National Park Service) Write a poem that bridges … Continue reading
Posted in DailyCreate, DS106, Garden, Photos, Poetry, Scotland
Tagged #DS106, #WriteOut, bald eagles, birds, collared doves
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Ducks and Fuchsias
I don’t believe in God, the afterlife, or supernatural forces. I do believe in coincidence, in seeing patterns in nature and finding meaning when you look for it. Mum loved ducks – there are ducks throughout her house. Pictures of … Continue reading
Ode to Father Time
Today’s Daily Create is to write an ode to Father Time O silent keeper of all things, You move unseen through shadows cast, With footsteps soft, yet never still. The stars align, the tides obey, All yield to you—relentless, vast. … Continue reading
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Tagged #DS106, #WriteOut, Father Time, ode, poem, time
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Mum
“Take something to remind you of her”, they suggest. “I already have”, I say. In the cookbooks you gave me, the marks of my cooking throughout their pages, In the jugs and vases dotted around the house, the result of … Continue reading
Ode to Mother Earth
Today’s Daily Create is to write an ode to Mother Earth. Oh gentle Earth, beneath our feet, Your patient pulse, your rhythmic beat, In verdant fields and oceans wide, You cradle all in arms so wide. From mountain peak to … Continue reading
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Tagged #DS106, #WriteOut, mother earth, ode, poetry
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Silent Sunday
“285 Ducks at Tebay” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
On death
She slips away gradually Retreating from the trivia of everyday life The daily paper resting, unread, upon her lap – Sometimes she notices and is surprised to find it still unopened – No more Suduko, no more politics (This latter … Continue reading
Silent Sunday
Posted in Photos, Scotland, Silent Sunday, University
Tagged engraving, Glasgow University
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N+ Sonnet
Today’s Daily Create asks us to share a poem in celebration of National Poetry Day, with this year’s theme being counting. I chose a Shakespeare Sonnet: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more … Continue reading
Posted in DailyCreate, DS106, Remix, Writing
Tagged #DS106, Daily Create, N+ poem, National Poetry Day, poetry, remix
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