Category Archives: Poetry

Cinquain

A cinquain is a five-line poem. Line one has one word and is the title. Line two describes the title in two words. Line three uses three words to express action. Line four uses four words to express a feeling. … Continue reading

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Geranium Haibun

July weather is unpredictable, from sweltering heatwaves to torrential rain. I take my chances where I can and step outside to enjoy my garden. At the moment my geraniums are glorious – shaded from the worst of the heat by … Continue reading

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A poem about punctuation

For today’s TDC I take a pause To wash my paws As my human sighs At the length and size Of the nonsense she writes About all of the rites Around pauses and sizes of writing An ode to a … Continue reading

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When life gives you sunshine

Cotton wool clouds flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license When life gives you sunshine … Stand outside and drink it in Breathe it deep into your lungs And bask in the warmth of … Continue reading

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Sock in a loch

For today’s TDC There once was a little striped sock Who went for a swim in a loch It swam and it swam To the edge of the dam That brave little sock in a loch Oona socks flickr photo … Continue reading

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Just now the lilac is in bloom, All before my little room 123/365 Just now the lilac is in bloom flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

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Alphabet Story

August: Belinda Caught Dogs Eating Firewood. Gosh! How Irritating Just Krackers! Let’s Make Next October Party time. Queue Responsibly, Somebody Took Umbrage, Very Weird, Xtremely Yellow. Zounds!

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Today’s TDC is about earthquakes. Here’s my response The world shakes At the mess man makes Earthquakes flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

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Poem Portrait

For todays TDC I headed over to Google’s Poem Portraits, as the prompt suggested, and gave it the word breakfast. I let it take my photo while it generated this poem. Our breakfast stems were drowned with the stars, My … Continue reading

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I live my life as a …?

I am busy this week, and wishing I could switch off all of my work notifications and hide. So here’s my response to today’s TDC. I live my life as a …? If I lived my life as a cat … Continue reading

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