Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my friends, followers, readers, sneak peekers! More poetry to arrive in 2012. I am currently working on an e-book for you to read about my sojourn & writer's residency in Ireland (produced by ISSUU). The e-book will contain poetry, photography and art. Stay tuned! Recently we found a stray kitten (only 5 weeks old) and...

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Poem for the Day - My Tao Name

My Tao Name    What do you think of my name, Joyous Lake,  I asked my daughter over the phone,  when I had finished deleting   another sex site on my Twitter account.  A loud burst of laughter followed. It  descended down the line, over the waterfowl  paddling the lilies and into the rivers beyond.  Further still from the poems I had created with the  Chinese I-Ching, an ancient...

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Poem for the Day - Fireworks

  Fireworks They slumber in their corners, In soft light, till the wind lifts Till a first spark propels them away. Into the new century or year They rise half blown, exploding sombreros, Wide-brimmed hats, ribbons of colour. Fireworks, caught in the moment, Pulled into voluminous splays Of fire, handwriting the night. Adorned by the...

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Poem for the Day - Repainting the Scream

Repainting the Scream How pretty fine it is to be born under a blue sky.  To watch garden roses unfolding  their 'double delight'. The ones  crimping out their pink skirts,  giggling in the wind ─   their cream undies showing.  How terrible, then, an expression on a face,  standing on a bridge, swirl of dark...

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