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WORDS OF THE WEEK – POEM – Twitter, Short but Tweet by ECvW
Twitter, Short but Tweet. Twitter The great transmitter The one-forty character emitter For the bitter, or non-quitter The casino spent-up-to-the-limit fritter The political heavy hitter —Going-off-the-rails skitter ——–With a pipe fitter or home knitter To the quiet sitter Recycling word … Continue reading
PRIZE WINNING POEM: SUTTON HOO SANDMAN BY Coral Durham
Sutton Hoo Sandman So .. scrape softly, slowly, beneath my arms. Lovingly, gently, scoop the sanded hills and dips around my planes and bones. Remember me? This is the face you loved and stroked beneath your warm fingered hunger; oh, … Continue reading
POETRY COMPETITIONS FOR SONNETTING SERMONIZERS & LYRICAL LECTORS ALIKE!
These listed with humble thanks to the Poetry Can Website. Mslexia Women’s Poetry Competition 2014 (deadline 16th June) London Magazine International Poetry Competition 2014 (deadline 30th June) Battered Moons Poetry Competition 2014 (deadline 30th June) Ledbury Poetry Festival 2014 Competition … Continue reading
WORDS OF THE WEEK – POEM – Normandy June 2014.
NORMANDY JUNE 2014 Here stones stand rigidly to attention, Row upon row, pristine, off-white; Measured, each to the same height, All equidistance apart. Each stone carefully engraved the same: Number, rank and name of fallen comrade, Someone’s son, lover, husband, … Continue reading
POETIC CHALLENGE SET BY HAY FESTIVAL CAR PARK
A quick poem in reply to a challenge set by Hay Festival Car Park Crew!! Hay Festival Car Park – AKA The Field of Dreams. Upon the Field of Dreams they larked Puzzling cars to get them parked Much to … Continue reading
HAY FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE – TOMORROW!!!
Don’t forget our slot at Hay Festival 2014! Event 425 • Sunday 1 June 2014, 9am • Venue: The Oxfam Moot A free but ticketed event with our writers performing their own pieces. All the work will be either specially written for the festival or recent prize winning … Continue reading
WORDS OF THE WEEK : POEM -Tail Slide by ECvW
Tail Slide Tail slide the sidewalk sidewinder. Some boy on a board, This girl catching air. I’ll stop you in your office tracks; Turn quick, tic-tac While you just stare. I’m the flip side. The trick on track. A backwards … Continue reading
WORDS OF THE WEEK – GETTING LOST -A short story by Trudie Wingfield
Getting Lost by Trudie Wingfield Spatial awareness is definitely not my strong point. As you can imagine, this can make driving to new places a bit of a nightmare and so I rely heavily on my SATNAV. Mind you, even with the SATNAV, I can get hopelessly lost. For instance, I was travelling back from London to Abergavenny on the M4 recently, and somehow mistook the signs saying “South West” for “South Wales”, almost ending up in Weston Super Mare. I added over an hour on to my journey and although my husband laughed when I got home, I didn’t! Another time, I was driving from my home in Surrey to Cambridge. It was early on a Saturday morning and I seemed to be doing well until I reached North London when my SATNAV asked me to turn left. I immediately obeyed, but soon realised something was afoot, as there seemed to be an awful lot of men walking around in very tall black hats, with curly bangs and black suits. Ofcourse I realised later that I’d turned left too soon and had subsequently ended up in Golders Green, a heavily populated Jewish area of London on the Sabbath. Since I was back on track within fifteen minutes, I was able to laugh that time – eventually! But I suppose my favourite “getting lost” experience, was around 7 years ago, when I’d just got a new puppy called Ferdie. He was eight weeks old and I had to take him to the Vets’ to have his vaccinations. Until he had these, he wasn’t allowed to go outside in case of infection, so I had to put him in his cage. Now, I don’t know if you’ve ever tried carrying one of these, but they’re actually rather heavy once your pet’s inside, (even though Ferdie probably weighed less than a bag of potatoes at the time). More importantly, they’re cumbersome and difficult to walk with, as the cage keeps bumping into your leg with every wobbly step. That’s why I ordered a cab (I was still learning to drive at the time). On route, I kept speaking in soothing tones to my now whining puppy, the point being, I wasn’t watching … Continue reading
Words of the Week – Haikus and Tankas
Haiku Sequence by Lynn Trowbridge. She sits on a swing No use to advise Idly swaying to and fro they already know it all from … Continue reading
FREE LIVE PERFORMANCES THIS TUESDAY IN HAY-ON-WYE!!
*DIARY DATE* – Tuesday 25th February 2014 from 10.00am ‘til 12.30pm. UPSTAIRS @ THE GRANARY – Broad St., Hay-on-Wye. http://www.granaryathay.co.uk/ The Hay and District Writers’ Circle will be holding an open meeting and reading new work submitted to their Fiction Short Story Competition. The winning stories will be performed … Continue reading