Tag: #couplets

• #098: teal yoga mat

  

  having my back since 2016 biodegradable mat with little frays at the seams the tiger-striped teal followed me undeterred from lively London to loveable Luxembourg a mirror disguised in padded opaque rubber for hands to grip, for feet to flutter upside down, then on the ground the breath sighs, it sings as this wild thing…

  leona allen

  August 12, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #2016, #couplets, #poetry, #rhymingcouplets, #wildthing, #yoga, #yogamat, #yogapractice

• #089: it’s time to reassess

  when your top 50 “priorities” become a ball of rubber bands a colour-coded cat’s cradle entangling your zeal as well as your hands

  leona allen

  August 3, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #couplets, #poetry

• #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

• #057: Sulking Room Pink

  with all the angst of an autumn’s eve with skin as sensitive as those changing trees with wistful walls of a well known room with as much function as a well-loved broom with all the queries her heart could contain these walls held witness without shame or blame.

  leona allen

  July 2, 2021

  #100repchallenge, poetry

  #100repchallenge, #campnanowrimo, #couplets, #poetry, #retreat, #saferoom