As I was re-reading some of my old poems, I stumbled upon one that was based on a photograph. I enjoyed the poem so much, that I thought I’d write today’s poem based on a different photograph. Disclaimer, it was much harder than I thought. The sunset caught my eyes at first Its beauty aContinue reading “Photograph Poem”
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Beyond my window lies…
To commence day two of my poetry challenge, I set an alarm on my phone to remember to write the poem. At the allotted time, I looked out of my window in hope of inspiration. However, the words of the Newscaster from the night before echoed in my mind, “the number of domestic violence [internet]Continue reading “Beyond my window lies…”
Poetry Challenge
I recently noticed that it has been a while since I last published a poem on my blog. Therefore, I have decided to do a 7 days poetry challenge staring from today. To kick things off, I thought I’d start with a poem regarding our current situation. Conversation through telephone lines, giving us Opportunities toContinue reading “Poetry Challenge”
Red Sky
“Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning” Well it was not only red, but yellow and purple I was not warned but looked at it kindly I saw the colours and dreamt of delight I sought for comfort and ignored the omen The sky was right, it always is It knew the week that laidContinue reading “Red Sky”
Happy Valentine’s Day
For today’s post, I thought I’d share one of my favourite love poems. It’s by the wonderful William Shakespeare, Sonnet 130. I love Sonnet 130 because he describes his mistress in the most realistic way, without exaggerating her beauty, but by writing her as she is. I think this is perfect because we live inContinue reading “Happy Valentine’s Day”
