Chance encounters
Jenny Joseph’s poem brought to life…
Shedstack
A stack of shed stories
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Patching and making-do
Composing the poem of our own existence. A fascinating post from David Knowles…
Imitation
is the sincerest form of flattery…
…as the tightened brakes took hold,
there swelled / A sense of falling…*
The only thing that approaches the satisfaction…
… of finishing a poem is completing a sweater.*
Come out, come out! beneath the shed
You croaking toad*
The machinery of grace
The machinery of grace is always simple…* as Michael Donaghy wrote in his poem ‘Machines’.
War-poetry-gaming
Dulce et decorum est pro patria ludere
Are you alive?
Cold water poems – latest in the series…
They’re only vegetables.
…especially if you’re growing new poems in your poetry allotment shed!