Shake off the folly of trying to make it, Take off the shame of trying to fake it, Trade off the part you persist to partake in, Remake a world we want...
Smile, Mona Lisa – Napowrimo 14
I was born Andrea and when I was six months old my name was changed to Lisa. At school I had various nicknames, one of the least creative was Moany Lisa, and...
Blake’s Albion – Napowrimo 12
I absolutely love this image of Blake’s Albion. It expresses such optimism and freedom. That is why I was so pleased to find this prompt from napowrimo.net, using a Classical dictionary and...
Writing to my Faery Fetch – Napowrimo 11
A Faery Fetch is a part of your soul nature that lives in the Realm of Fae. It may show itself in various forms, but since it is a part of you,...
Dreaming of Kath Hope – Napowrimo 8
Poetry prompt, a monologue in the words of someone who has died. This is for a dear friend who lived in our garden. Kath Hope. This is part of my Lockdown Breakout...
Lockdown Expanded – Napowrimo 7
Today’s prompt. The Fib. A six-line form. The syllable count is based off the Fibonacci sequence of 1/1/2/3/5/8. You can link multiple Fibs together into a multi-stanza poem, or even start going...
Playful Shadows – Napowrimo 6
(Upon my Bedroom Ceiling as a Child.) There was a Shadow of a rocking chair in the corner of the room.It was high up on the ceiling and sometimes it would move.No...
In Between – Napowrimo 4
Awen. It appears I am always in between, somewhere I’m going and somewhere I’ve been. Between sunrise and sunset. Between birth and death. In the liminal Twilight, where no one forgets. Twixt...
Love and Rage – Napowrimo 3
When fire is used to protest this nonsense, And love and rage are the words on the street. When the whole world has entered an age of endarkenment, Remember the story is...
On the Path of Tam Lin – Napowrimo 2
The poet only saw two roads, One less travelled and one untook. The third, to him was quite unknown. The winding path that Tam Lin roamed, Through elven Glade and faery nook....
Lockdown Breakout – Napowrimo 1
30 Poems in 30 Days This is the first day of NaPoWriMo 2021 and my Lockdown Breakout Tour. I am writing new poems and performing them every day for the whole of...
Djinn and the Bard
Arriving in Meknes. It was our first morning in Meknes and I hadn’t even considered the Djinn. We had a crazy journey on the bus from Fes to Moulay Idris and spent...