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Lightly Felt Tips (Republished)
LIGHTLY FELT TIPS
When you learn to distinguish
between what is truly good in poetry
(especially your own)
and what is – shall we say – not so good
then you are almost there.
The rest is just practice, daring,
risk taking and self confidence.
Satisfying yourself is the foundation.
Rules are there to follow or break;
pleasing others a welcome bonus.
So leave the back door wide open
and invite the Musey Lady in for a brew.
She loves to take a load off.
If she’s silent, it’s only ‘cos she’s thinking.
She’s just observing, sipping her tea.
The Writer’s Code
THE WRITER’S CODE
Unflinchingly support
All those who soldier on
Striving against the tide
Building a sane future
Wavingnweaving
WAVINGNWEAVING
Waving to weavers
While weaving while wondering
Why weave and why why
While weaving while wandering
Wondering, weaving, waving
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This is dedicated to all readers who are also writers, and especially those who may be called – by themselves or by others – poets.
Iambic I Am
IAMBIC I AM
I lie awake
(Hopefully)
Within iambic
I spring (Yeah right)
To wakefulness
Within iambic
The poet’s life
Spread forward like a map
I am therefore iambic
Anthology (30a)
ANTHOLOGY
Gathered here
Layers of one’s life
Sliced sidewise
Unexposed
Sundry interpretations
One for each poem
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Spellmeister (21b)
SPELLMEISTER
Lets go words
Lets go images
String quartets
Pirouettes
Drops intent, spins and teases
Patterns from chaos
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The Wee Hours (20a)
THE WEE HOURS
Three o’clock
Bells ring and all’s well
Up early
Early start
And it’s shoulder to the wheel
Keeping life at bay
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Less Is More (5b)
LESS IS MORE
Shadorma
A poetic form
At its best
Singular
Or so I have decided
Experimenting
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Margaret III
MARGARET III
Someone once
(pontificating)
Announced that all my poems
Were merely songs
But then
She was ridden by demons so I
(mostly)
forgave her
