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Lost in Lethargy
Lost in Lethargy Tired and wearyFrom a melancholyI can’t quite nameOr readily describe,I find myself outsideWandering aimlesslyThis humdrum afternoon,No destination in mind,Just eager to indulgeIn momentary distractionFrom my fuzzy problems-At least, that’s the intention… My shuffling feetFirst amble listlesslyBefore being carriedTo healing greenery –Even now, betweenSummer’s gradual endingAnd…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 30 - 'Goodbye'
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 30 – ‘Goodbye’
Day 30’s prompt: Write a goodbye poem Goodbye to caringAbout pointless thingsFarewell to frettingOver middling worries,So long to stressingUntil point of explosion,Hello now to absorbingEverything slowly-Not lackadaisically,Just focused and sensibly. Like this poem? Read more in my first poetry collection, ‘The Awakening’, available NOW!Paperback…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 29 - 'Snatching the Evenings'
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 29 – ‘Snatching the Evenings’
Day 29’s prompt: Write an evening poem ‘Snatching the Evenings’ We’re always stealingTime back in the evenings-Hours to indulge inOur true passionsThat wretched daylightCruelly denies us. Time to excitedly pour intoCherished little projectsOr the ambitious novelChipped away at occasionally,Or even just simplyIdly watching another’s story. However there is a flawIn this rebellious seizingOf…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 28 - 'Finding the Peace Again'
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 28 – ‘Finding the Peace Again’
Day 28’s prompt: Write a remix poem (This poem is assembled from taking certain words/phrases from all 27 poems I have written for this month so far) Finding the Peace Again He scrolls through an ancient databaseOf cherished faces,And himself, younger,Full of eccentric energyBefore being struck by the little maladyOf world-weary cynicism. Now, he’s in a numbing spiralOf half-baked…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 27 - 'Don't Believe the Hype' (catch up)
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 27 – ‘Don’t Believe the Hype’ (catch up)
Day 27’s prompt: Write a believe and/or a don’t believe poem ‘Don’t Believe the Hype’ When you’ve been aroundLong enough to developA sensible cynicism,You can generally tellWhat will truly beTremendous and life-changingAnd, conversely,What may well seemBombastic on the surface,But sadly, underneathA fizzling disappointmentUpon merciless dissectionAnd crushing closer inspection. You’ll…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 26 - 'Waiting World' (catch up)
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 26 – ‘Waiting World’ (catch up)
Day 26’s prompt: Take the phrase “(blank) World,” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. ‘Waiting World’ Even when You’re in Deepest pain Or a malaise You can’t explain The world will still Be waiting For you to engage And explore When well again- The universe itself Is the one constant In this muddled existence- So…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 25 - 'Expanding Errant Thoughts'
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 25 – ‘Expanding Errant Thoughts’
Day 25’s prompt: Write a thought poem ‘Expanding Errant Thoughts’ A passing thoughtGiven time to brewAnd marinateFor a little whileCould createAn epic taleSpanning generationsAnd fantastical locations,All born from a musingLasting less than a minute… So often these snippetsPut a frustrated writerDrained of ideasBack on course again-Frantically scribbledBefore they disappear-This is the creative…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 24 - 'Who am I?' (catch up)
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 24 – ‘Who am I?’ (catch up)
Day 24’s prompt: Write a question poem ‘Who am I?’ Who am I now, I find myself wondering- The same suggestible soul So keen to please all I was several years ago? Or have I morphed Into something more cynical- Jaded and cautiously wary To save needless worry? Either way, I’m wiser Having now realised What is worth my time And what can be left behind To make this life truly mine… Like this poem?…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 23 - 'Late Appointments'
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 23 – ‘Late Appointments’
Day 23’s prompt: Write an appointment poem ‘Late Appointments’ They rush you in,Hurriedly spinHalf-baked pleasantries,Don the appearanceOf actually listening,But more likelyBarely paying attention. But what do you expectWhen their bursting scheduleIs so laughably behind already?To be treated like an individualAnd handled accordingly?You must be joking,Or extremely optimistic… Admittedly the…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 22 - 'Natural Healing'
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 22 – ‘Natural Healing’
Day 21’s prompt: Write a nature poem ‘Natural Healing’ I feel the wind Healing me gradually My soul at peace In field of green All of my anxiety Slowly dwindling As I can finally see The joy in everything If I just stop and breathe In these verdant surroundings… Like this poem? Read more in my first poetry collection, ‘The Awakening’, available NOW!Paperback…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 21 - 'Bear with Me'
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 21 – ‘Bear with Me’
Day 21’s prompt: Take the phrase “(blank) Me,” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. ‘Bear with Me’ Bear with me please,I don’t always perceiveEverything clearly,I might be distractedBy infinite possibilitiesInstead of what’s standingRight there in front of me. I assure you there’s generallyLegitimate worriesSpinning and…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 20 - 'Holding onto Love' (catch up)
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 20 – ‘Holding onto Love’ (catch up)
Day 20’s prompt: Write a love and/or anti-love poem ‘Holding onto Love’ Love keeps us goingWhen the worldInfuses hate in us;A simple reminderThat saves usFrom self-destruction.Without it we’d fallInto a numbing spiral,It catches and soothes usDespite it all,That’s why we clutch it tightAnd cherish it every night. Like this poem? Read more in my first poetry collection, ‘The Awakening’,…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 19 - 'Way of the Weasel'
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 19 – ‘Way of the Weasel’
Day 19’s prompt: Write a poem with an animal in the title ‘Way of the Weasel’ They slink away rudely,Make pitiful excusesTo avoid anythingToo time consumingOr supposedly demanding. They’ll snicker in corners,Spin wicked storiesAbout peers and colleagues,And then to their face, smileRight through deceitful teeth. They scheme and plotTo come out and top,Trick and fool anybodyIn the way of their…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 18 - 'Olive Trees'
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 18 – ‘Olive Trees’
Day 18’s prompt: Write an ekphrastic poem (a poem based on another work of art, whether that’s a painting, photograph, sculpture, mixed media, or other piece of art) The work of Van Gogh is usually my go-to for prompts like this, so I opted to write a poem based on his painting, Olive Trees (1889). I hope I’ve done it justice… ‘Olive Trees’ This forest is sombre,A whirl of branchesGnarled and…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 17 - 'Waiting for Normality'(catch up)
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 17 – ‘Waiting for Normality'(catch up)
Day 17’s prompt: Write a ‘waiting’ poem ‘Waiting for Normality’ We’re all tensely waiting For the triumph and return Of what we call ‘normality’ (Or at the very least, Some neutered version of it), Twiddling our thumbs In a stupefied trance, Convinced we can’t go on Without our precious gyms and pubs. Perhaps if some of us Would grow a personality Or another reason for being, We’d be able to…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 16 - 'Cyber City'
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 16 – ‘Cyber City’
Day 16’s prompt: Write a city poem ‘Cyber City’ Acid rain dripsOn to cold, unfeeling groundGarish flashing neonReflected in puddlesMakes its incessant buzzWell into the small hours. This is a city controlledAnd dominated by machines-Used for banal conveniencesOr implanted in unwitting skin-All life here is a screenFiltered by the corporations. Citizens shuffle aimlesslyThrough each grimy…
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2021 April PAD Challenge Day 15 - 'Sides of the Story'
2021 April PAD Challenge Day 15 – ‘Sides of the Story’
Day 15’s prompt: Take the phrase “(blank) Story,” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. ‘Sides of the Story’ Everyone has their own spinOn the same events;An often preposterous versionWhere they are the noble heroAnd all rivals are the villain;Where they said their pieceIn brave, unwavering clarity(As opposed to the likely…
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