Category Archives: natural world

Improved ‘Warrior’ octain and one more

Posted on May 17, 2011 by SallyJ

Thank you Caudia for helping me to sort the octain I wrote for One Stop Poetry’s Monday Form. I have added a syllable to the first/last lines and changed the 5th line to put the internal rhyme in the correct … Continue reading →

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Another poem, inspired by a Rosa Frei photo

Posted on May 3, 2011 by SallyJ

In this sand I see  the world, pattern too large to comprehend, too small to understand, each grain unwittingly playing its part. In this sand I see the world, spilt blood absorbed, often unremarked, storms whipped up to cloud the … Continue reading →

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Revision of The Doe

Posted on April 29, 2011 by SallyJ

Following some really helpful comments on this poem when I posted it for One Shot Wednesday, I have slightly revised it. I would love to hear whether I have improved it, made it worse or just not made any discernible … Continue reading →

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One Shot Wednesday

Posted on April 27, 2011 by SallyJ

This is a work in progress and I would appreciate any comments that will help me knock it in to shape so I am posting it for One-Shot Wednesday. No horizon, Low clouds meld With stricken meadow, Distant silver birch, … Continue reading →

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Minor key

Posted on April 25, 2011 by SallyJ

Today’s thoughts arrive in minor key – laments, quiet songs, a prayer. Clogged by atmosphere Sultry thunder beats my ears. I’m stalked by nameless fear. Oppressive air heavy, still – asthmatic breath asphyxiates. Pollen hang glides mini-thermals, tightening lungs jam … Continue reading →

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Tiny miracles

Posted on April 23, 2011 by SallyJ

Sun strikes cobweb strands to shine like silk. Beautiful in their intricacy, I leave them where they are, ducking to avoid ruining them. Dust sails on streams of light shining through the grimy window. Delighted, I watch the show for … Continue reading →

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Lullaby

Posted on March 27, 2011 by SallyJ

This lullaby is my effort for One Shot Sunday Spirit of water wash over me and with each returning sigh lift me, drift me further from my fears; balance me deftly in your salty arms; spin me, spin me round … Continue reading →

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Christmas trees out of the house at last!

Posted on March 23, 2011 by SallyJ

The saga of the Christmas trees is over at last. I didn’t want to spend inordinate amounts of money on a tree last Christmas, even one with roots. I did however want to decorate a tree of some sort. I … Continue reading →

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Sunday picture prompt

Posted on March 20, 2011 by SallyJ

Photo by James Rainsford The poem does not do it justice in any way, but I enjoyed playing! Stone Heart and the Gull Well worth the wait my friend, though often I gave up on you and feared the worst. … Continue reading →

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Walk with me – this one’s for you D…

Posted on March 19, 2011 by SallyJ

The day is so beautiful we had to go for a walk, though Nellie, now sixteen years old was less enthusiastic than the rest of us. With much barking and excitement we piled out into the sunlit garden. The forsythia … Continue reading →

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