Tag: #campnanowrimo

• #063: Clouds left to their own devices

  Clouds watching themselves Then peaking below to find #humansthatlooklikethings

  leona allen

  July 8, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #campnanowrimo, #clouds, #cloudwatching, #haiku, #peoplewatching, #poetry

• #062: Englyn Milwr Practice

  Of the future Placated in promises Sketched actions, mere hypothesis Made by hopeful novices . They tested their theories twice Would story survive the vice Would they need to sacrifice . Attention, money and space Wedding cards smothered in lace Their young hearts quickened in pace

  leona allen

  July 7, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #campnanowrimo, #englynmilwr, #form, #newpoetryform, #poetry, #tercet, #welshpoetryform, #welshtercetform

• #061: Mother through play

  

  Draw the curtains Draw your mother Mother the plants Mother each other Other is laughing Other is living Living in New York, Paris, Belfast Living anywhere but the past Past go, now I can collect my cash Past 4pm, feel like the day is done Done and dusted Done is better than perfect? Perfect prefects…

  leona allen

  July 6, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #blitzpoem, #campnanowrimo, #form, #growingup, #mother, #newform, #play, #poetry, #survival

• #060: Cat-mates, circa 2017

  

  My house cats They go rat a tat tat Either sleeping on the sofa Or fighting with the doormat . Bringing rowdy friends home From they streets they did roam “More food” they roar “more food” Cat-whispering their groans . They stay up for Project Runway Side-eye slide out when it’s Scandal One measley box…

  leona allen

  July 5, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #2017, #campnanowrimo, #catpoems, #cats, #catsitting, #nightin, #poetry, #projectrunway, #quatrains, #scandal

• #059: 4th July

  we glided across those globe-wide american roads from JFK to Londium accent switch with brand new idioms from Cinnamon Toast Crunch to Weetabix from salt-butter popcorn to cinema sweet fix unlunchable rice puddin citrine custard with the skin in boxy cars and grey linen rounders games and “beef” brimmin culture shock, new g-shock watch Atomic…

  leona allen

  July 4, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #campnanowrimo, #couplets, #fourthofjuly, #poetry, #rhymingcouplets