Monday’s Poetry Stretch challenge at Miss Rumphius Effect this week is to write a tritina which is a: 10-line poem made of three, 3-line stanzas and a 1-line envoi. There is no rhyme scheme but rather an end word scheme. Mine ended up as a haiku-tritina, I hope they are happy bedfellows. A Tentative Tritina [...]
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Monday’s Poetry Stretch – A tritina
Posted in Quelimane on April 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Wordless Wednesday – 29 April 2009
Posted in Photos on April 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Wordless Wednessday
One Single Impression – Word
Posted in poems, Quelimane on April 26, 2009 | 14 Comments »
“How do you spell teacher?” she asked. T-E-A-C-H-E-R She’s dropped devil I notice. “I called her devil teacher” she’d said. The teacher that taped their mouths for talking and required a kiss to get to the bathroom. I’m glad I’ve helped redeem such an important word. For the past two weeks I have included the [...]
Poetry Friday – The Baobab Tree
Posted in Photos, poems on April 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »
These photo’s taken on a recent trip to Malawi inspired a hunt for a poem about the Baobab Tree which I found here Come with me, to the Baobab tree, To the Baobab tree, where eyes will shine, And hearts will leap And feet will dance And hands will touch In one-two time. Come with [...]
Monday Poetry Stretch – Outside my window
Posted in Mozambique, poems, Quelimane on April 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I have had very limited internet access this week, both because I’m homeschooling on full throttle again with the presence of a friends child, and because my broadband connection’s slogan of the week has been, ‘limited connectivity’. However I quickly popped in to check out this week’s challenge for Monday Poetry Stretch. And it’s to [...]
Skywatch Friday
Posted in Photos on April 23, 2009 | 16 Comments »
Skywatch Friday
One Single Impression – One Word
Posted in one single impression, poems on April 19, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The prompt at One Single Impression this week, thanks to Jess, is One Word. Omnipresent Neverending Embracing Wonderful Obedient Redeeming Deity In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
Saturday Scribes – Listen
Posted in Prose on April 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Strumming the senses with seven strings Close your eyes breath deeply. place the shell against your ear what do you hear? with our ears we hear Open your eyes breath deeply. observe the shell what do you see? with our eyes we see With your finger tips touch the fence like ridge along it’s serrated [...]
Monday Poetry Train
Posted in poems on April 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Here’s my first post for the Poetry Train, departing Monday – a Haiku inspired by a journey across central Mozambique and Southern Malawi to a Lake. Been on a journey re-found some lost perspective horizon gazing. Go enjoy the poetry ride at Monday Poetry Train.
C.O.R.A – Diversity Role Call
Posted in poems on April 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
B-E Susan at Color Online has challenged me again. Here goes. My poem is by South African poet Lindiwe Mabuza called To Quincy. I chose it primarily because sadly (perhaps disgracefully) my bookshelf is bare of poetry by South African women, so I had to google. I like it for the imagery of its first [...]
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