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dear april

In letters on 30 April 2008 with 7 comments

dearest april,

please take a moment to sit back, rest and reflect. you have such a way about you filled with drama and soft moments of quiet and this year you really shone like only you can shine. you brought record highs of heat and allowed us to revel in the sunshine but you couldn’t let [...]

poetry

In poetry on 30 April 2008 with 14 comments

“Writing a poem is discovering” (robert frost)

april brings spring showers
or snow storm’s blizzard
paths blazed across a fire
demon’s slayed in corners
of dust
introspection and thought
tears falling across dirt
and suddenly an explosion
grand and furious
green buds revealed
a month of words
formed across a page
inked into soft skin
echoed in thoughts
stretched and pulled
drawn out in colour
revealing
hidden
lost
found
defining a month of heartbreak
living days of [...]

home

In poetry on 29 April 2008 with 11 comments

“home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to” (john ed pearce)

ruffled feathers perched high
a shrill shriek of laughter
scorn and drama
love and misty eyed beaks
the walls seem too crowded
worm wiggles just out of reach
blue sky beckons promises
of dreams fulfilled
soar in bright skies away
lost in the world [...]