Can you imagine my surprise to receive an invite to a college exhibition where my poem ‘Compline’ had inspired 200 year 8 students? So glad I made the effort to attend and a huge Thankyou to their teacher at Eggbuckland Community College. I taught Cheryll 33 years ago and she was inspired by my praiseContinue reading “Art inspired by My Poem ‘Compline‘”
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Chasing the clouds
Chasing the clouds To the edge of the veilWorth every minuteSun drenched and dryA few hours to breathe the clean airFrom within.
Finding Meaning
Impossible taskStretched across the tableIn a ball of woolBound by lack of skillAnd diminishing hope A fragmented memory serves to teasePockets of knowledge outWhich below the cortex sit(Like the cat from under the bed) Just out of viewEffort and frustration combine To hit a wall of blackAnd whiteThe instructions on the pageFade and blurBefore myContinue reading “Finding Meaning”
Of Watchful Eyes
When I look across at Southwestern hillsThe sky is drawn- A grey line against white;A seam to divide and conquer;Furtive, are the calls of woodland birds That signal premature erasure of light;Here the winding woodland path Descends through dense and deepening foliageOf covert growth In near darknessThe grass here still wet;A heavy earthinessCloaks the airContinue reading “Of Watchful Eyes”
We were warned the Forecast said…
We were warned the forecast said …Yet there’s always a chance – a hope That they’re wrong; Weekends-Held high over five days of graftA goal pursued;Plans? Not really But garden themed-To be out in the light – free to choose, to plant or weed – Connect with the soilI don’t ask for sun – I’mContinue reading “We were warned the Forecast said…”
Haiku -Unfurling
Delighted my poem appears today on Pure Haiku . Unfurling by Elisa Ang Written for Pure Haiku http://www.purehaiku.wordpress.com Unfurling Beyond the fernery The window blurred and marbled Mottled fungal spores. Blurred edged and seamless The frond plays with dappled light Dust motes are dancing. Kaleidoscopic Jewels and beads thread easily Stitched on cotton cloth. Tie-dyedContinue reading “Haiku -Unfurling”
Seclusion at Dawn
Secluded, appears the garden at the Breath of dawnSpun haze of lightest threadsBrush the skin webbedBetween pendulous leaves of towering summer growth,their arches Framing Secret entries into hidden rooms;Muted,the roses pop pastel dots like bunting draped with dropped confetti beneath, Spilling over the abundance of fern green;Statuesque,spires of hazy blue Stand sentinel drawn throughHerbaceous plantsContinue reading “Seclusion at Dawn”
Mirrored the Surface
Mirrored the surface with stories to tell; Play of light in marbled hues of blue;Snake-line the glassy ground;Cut clean lines over hidden currents That shift in secretUnder the bend in the estuary mouth-Devil’s PointSeparating the country from the Great seafaring city Of maritime fame,With sinister depths and strange Divisions of water churning, Spiralling under;No hintContinue reading “Mirrored the Surface”
Radiance at end of Day
Radiance at end of day The earth she sighs In respite of a day of torrent Drawn by wind and swathes of rain The gauntlet laid down Mercurial glow Transcendent and jewelledDroplets fadeStream of light Under the sombre sky.
Driven from the Sky
Driven from the sky,the midsummer sunUnder the deep stratus line Belying the date of Midsummer Equinox- The longest day and a latent heatAs the jet- stream dips A cooling air and veil of rainDescendsAnd a sombre view prevailsTo tune of the steady drip and Splashes on the pondAnd sodden grassThe die is castFor the summerContinue reading “Driven from the Sky”
Ruth Partridge 