Attempting to repair: a word-list sonnet for Poetry in the ‘Boro

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The truculent are galloping about

and launching extraordinary fights

disputing who or what is amply stout

and finally high-fiving seeming flights.

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The friendly calmly smile and walk abroad

and gladly seek to better what they see,

attempting to repair what they find flawed

and ( Read more... )

haiku written March 2023 by Robert Stone

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On occasion show

what makeup will do for you

but not every day.

- Wednesday, 1 March 2023

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Future will be bright

if future generations

are our care and work.

- Wednesday, 1 March 2023

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Where is the justice

when we pardon criminal

and jail warrior.

- Wednesday, 1 March 2023

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One of the speakers

made his ( Read more... )

To cultivate the seasonals: a word-list sonnet for Poetry in the Boro

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I want more Empire apples tart and firm,

I was enraptured when I ate my first.

Short shelf-life means supply is but short term,

so get now, later cannot be coerced.

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When night is dark and seems penultimate

to final ending where all turns to slime,

another day will dawn to ( Read more... )

Water helps maintain: a sonnet in remembrance of Clara Ellis

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Our bodies are a lot of water held

together by this magick we call life.

at birth the waters break, new life expelled,

at death the waters wash, the end of strife.

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In gentle drops or forced through nozzles tight

the range of feeling seems to have no stop;

from narrow stream we jump ( Read more... )

haiku written February 2023 by Robert Stone

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Full moon to the west

is a special good morning

but sun always east.

- Wednesday, 1 February 2023

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Every day we choose

to make our day a great day

or to squander it.

- Wednesday, 1 February 2023

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Fear that song that makes

you long to return to place

you have never been.

- Wednesday, 1 February 2023

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I will try to stop myself: a word-list poem for Poetry in the Boro

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I wrestle when my words misunderstood

bring condemnation in bright scarlet sneer,

those who reply appear to have one goal,

all those with other viewpoints to besmear.

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Investigate, explore, decipher hide

the truth because they only seek to find,

the slogans that support their ( Read more... )

Would that I knew: a sonnet for the birthday of Clara Elizabeth Ellis (1932-2015)

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Would that I knew the songs you loved to hear,

the puzzles that you worked, the books you read,

instructions that were clear and those unclear,

the times all went as planned, the times misled.

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Would that I knew the paths you loved to walk,

tne ease of level and ( Read more... )

Your best to each in need: a birthday sonnet for myself reflecting on a remark by Carol Dalglish

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Was eating birthday lunch with friend who asked

so which achievement was your greatest one

and then all answers seemed to be well masked

so nothing came to mind to choose which done.

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Companion then said this is what I think,

the way I saw you treat ( Read more... )

haiku written January 2023 by Robert Stone

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Proud of handiwork,

old car shining as if new,

ready for showing.

- Sunday, 1 January 2023

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Learning, gift and skill

but without the willingness

no learning happens.

- Sunday, 1 January 2023

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After doing play,

one is interested in

how others do it.

- Sunday, 1 January 2023

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Nominees express

desire for ( Read more... )

So pride comes not across: a sonnet for the birthday of Lisa Comperry

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Same hands that reach for photographic tools,

with gentle touch will care for those in need.

Past learning formal and informal rules

make outcomes that set standards will exceed

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Same eyes that search for stimulating views,

without delay know those who suffer loss.

Old skills ( Read more... )