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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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Inspiration – at last

Posted on April 18, 2011 by SallyJ

This is my first post for two days, but I did manage three poems, ‘Love Eternal’,  ‘Isabella and Irena Wianiawski – eternally waiting in Surrey’ and ‘The Wall’. The latter was in response to a great photo prompt on One … Continue reading →

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Too Stubborn for my Own Good

Posted on April 15, 2011 by SallyJ

I really thought the ME had zapped the migraines. In the last six years, the time I have had  ME,  I certainly have not been plagued by them until recently. In the last few weeks I have had five, three … Continue reading →

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The Necropolis

Posted on April 14, 2011 by SallyJ

Where does Dennis Wheatley rub shoulders with the writer and illustrator of the Rupert Bear cartoon, or with John Singer Sargeant? Where do hanged women murderers – or suspected murderers – lie side by side with Ladies of the Realm; … 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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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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I place my heart

Posted on March 24, 2011 by SallyJ

Finish the Poem.com provided the first line for this poem, and while I was considering it I was hearing of increased bombing in Libya and the death of two more soldiers in Afghanistan. I place my heart in the hands … Continue reading →

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Waterstones here I come…

Posted on March 21, 2011 by SallyJ

I really don’t know what came over me today, but I found the courage to sell my book to Waterstones, in the face of a little hesitance on their part because it has no ISBN number. Buying a parcel of … 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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