Category Archives: poetry

At last

Posted on April 10, 2011 by SallyJ

Today was the handing over ceremony from 16 Air Assault Brigade to 3 Commando – the baton has been handed on and D is on his way home from Helmand. The sun is shining and K and I are lying … Continue reading →

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The New Look (Dior 1949)

Posted on April 9, 2011 by SallyJ

The New Look See – look at me, see me twirl my velvet skirt swirl. Watch as my hair traps golden sun; my suede high heeled shoes beat sexy tattoo; my satin gloved hands signal, ‘come on’. See the glint … Continue reading →

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Aspirations of armadillos

Posted on April 8, 2011 by SallyJ

I just listened to Elizabeth Bishop reading her poem ‘The Armadillo’ at http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15214. and it made me yearn to write good poetry. Her words are natural, her images not overdone, the rhythm gentle, unforced and the rhyme present in the background, … Continue reading →

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Tail End Charlie – again

Posted on April 6, 2011 by SallyJ

We call our blue, long haired, miniature Dachsund ‘tail end charlie’ because he insists on being last in line on a walk – and I mean insists, to the extent of walking in circles until our patience gives out and … Continue reading →

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More ‘Random’ thoughts

Posted on April 5, 2011 by SallyJ

Setting up this very small event, the book signing, at Waterstones has had many more aspects than I imagined. Setting the date and time was the easy part – persuading them to stock the book a little harder. The volume … Continue reading →

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Anapestically Over Exposed

Posted on April 4, 2011 by SallyJ

I know I need to be more disciplined in my poetry – take more time to refine and hone what I write. I must also stop dodging the issue of metre and the self talk that has led me to … Continue reading →

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Untitled poem

Posted on April 1, 2011 by SallyJ

We lurch from paucity to plenty; from ahimsa to inhumane; great charity to brutality; our world – so full of strife and pain swings, in wide and outspread arc and yet its balance can maintain and not stumble in time … Continue reading →

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Take a repetitive task…

Posted on March 31, 2011 by SallyJ

This week’s exercise for one of the writing groups I attend is to take a repetitive but rhythmic task and make it into poetry…my list of repetitive tasks so far is less than inspiring: hoovering the floor mowing the lawn, … Continue reading →

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How much can be imagination?

Posted on March 30, 2011 by SallyJ

As I posted my poem on One Shot Wednesday on One Stop Poetry.com  I wondered yet again how much it is allowable to embellish what started out as ‘life writing’. My poem (https://sallyjblackmore.co.uk/other-poems/the-heather-tweed-cable-knit-jumper/) started out as an exercise to write ‘in … Continue reading →

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Things I noticed before lunch time today!

Posted on March 29, 2011 by SallyJ

  When it’s raining, the dogs all walk in different directions when they come in with wet paws, the better to spread as much mud around the floor as possible. A little wren was having a wonderful shower as she … Continue reading →

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