The challenge this week at Poetry sketch, was to write in macaronic verse, a form which includes two or more languages. I enjoyed doing this but I’m not sure it will make sense to anyone else. It includes two languages from South Africa, Zulu and Afrikaans, and the official language of Mozambique where I live, [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Poetry Sketch
Posted in poems on February 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
One Single Impression – Twilight
Posted in poems on February 22, 2009 | 12 Comments »
It’s Twilight Time in Quelimane “The best of times, the worst of times?” perhaps, The fierce sun, it’s anger spent, has gone to the other side Crepuscular bats, killer mosquitoes and those ubiquitous rats abound. Disabled beggars, neglected street dogs and rotting garbage – retreat from sight if not from mind. The as yet ethereal [...]
BLOGGING ABOUT
Posted in Photos on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My blog is now about two weeks old, and has grown out of it’s old clothes – labeled Praise, Poetry and Parenting. My blog’s new header is a photo of part of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, taken when we visited Malawi at New Year. “Africa’s Great Rift Valley is a 6,000-mile crack (fissure) in the [...]
Monday’s Poetry Stretch
Posted in poems on February 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here goes my attempt at a sijo, as explained at The Miss Rumphius Effect HOMESCHOOL A family of four crowded together on one big bed – with cat It’s early in the morning, yet the sun is up – full blast Excited voices, crumpled sheets – two children doing schoolwork. This morning, at about 6.00am, [...]
One Single Impression
Posted in poems on February 15, 2009 | 10 Comments »
SPECTRAL Awake at 6 – hot I am evaporating what mark will I leave? MY SIX YEAR OLD Looking like a ghost malaria in her blood she is solid joy. The prompt last week at One Single Impression was movement. But as broadband was not allowing much movement last week I’m doing it now. WHIRLPOOL [...]
Monday’s Poetry Stretch
Posted in poems on February 10, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The prompt at the Monday Poetry Stretch for this week at Miss Rumphius is to write a “love poem you write cannot include any terms of endearment or words of adoration”. Here goes. LOVE “Look, Mama, look!” “That’s lovely” I say peering up from a book for the gazillionth time today. Why do I find this [...]
Image of the Week
Posted in Images of the week on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First Week of February 2009 The birds are back It’s raining and I am swimming my 1km in the Mediterranean- sea – green ex-municipal pool. It’s a wonderful counterpoint to the humid heat and my general ‘down- in -the –dumps -ishness’ . I can feel the joy buried deep within my soul somewhere tentatively extending [...]
Singing on Saturday
Posted in Praise on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And I will trust in thee alone, and I will trust in thee alone for thy endless mercy follows me Thy goodness will lead me home. The Choirboys – The Lord\’s my Shephard
Very New!!
Posted in poems on February 4, 2009 | 6 Comments »
One Single Impression This weeks prompt at One Single Impression is the adverb ‘slowly’. SLOWLY Slowly, slowly I emerge Beneath the weight of heat. Is hope still out there? Love and faith…. On these I do await. Monday’s Poetry Sketch – diminishing rhyme Today, even though it’s not Monday, I am doing Monday’s Poetry Stretch. [...]
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