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Posted on October 24, 2020
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Waking Up Sick Every sniffle and cough is the same: “Is this it? Have I caught it Should I isolate?” But until now, Symptoms didn’t quite match Today was different My foible is An over sensitive nose Driving my guts to distraction With the… Continue Reading “Waking Up Sick”
Category: health, poetryTags: Coronavirus, Covid test, covid-19, health, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, self-isolation, writing
Posted on October 23, 2020
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I’m not watering the plants I’m reaching out into twilight Touching the dusk Not dusting; dusking Swimming in impossible blue Under the wary red eye Of Mars Silhouette trees a startling shadow play Against spreading spilt ink Dripping like the water From my tiny… Continue Reading “Reaching into Twilight”
Posted on August 21, 2020
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Do you know a child who is a budding young poet? If they can write a poem on the subject of: Moon and Stars Animals Weather Woodland, trees and forests Magic and mythology Then get them to put pen to paper (or fingers to… Continue Reading “Calling Young Poets!”
Category: childhood, pagan, parenting, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: kids poetry, pagan, pagan federation, pagan poetry, paganism, poems, Poet, poetry, poetry for kids, poetry submissions, writing, young poets
Posted on August 1, 2020
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Wishing you all a wonderful first harvest weekend, whether you celebrate Lúnasa, Lammas or Yorkshire Day! All three have meaning for me, but Lúnasa is the festival I celebrate most. Click the link for a poem named for Samildánach, one of Lugh’s epithets. https://mabhsavage.com/2018/08/01/samildanach/
Category: Nature, pagan, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: 1st August, August, lammas, Lúnasa, Lugh, lughnasadh, pagan, pagan festivals, poetry, samildanach, yorkshire day
Posted on July 9, 2020
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A little look at how the fair folk’s influence seems to have sunk its teeth into modern politics. …we learned to hang iron, throw salt, leave out butter and cream… Don’t you want the clink clank of gold…? This poem is available in full… Continue Reading “New poem for my Patrons”
Category: health, poetryTags: Coronavirus, covid-19, health, lockdown, patreon, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, politics, quarantine, writing
Posted on June 28, 2020
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I go to bed in daytime now The night is so passé The songbirds are my lullaby The sunrise lights my way To sleep, perchance to dream, I hope Though not of recent times Of angst and shopping trips gone mad Of social distance… Continue Reading “Daytime”
Category: health, mental health, poetry, PoliticsTags: british beaches, Coronavirus, covid-19, Dominic Cummings, dreams, insomnia, lockdown, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, second wave, sleep, social distancing, stay home stay safe
Posted on June 23, 2020
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There’s a page on the Internet Says your stuff’ll go missing Sharp things underfoot Pens and tacks and pins Favourite earrings Special trinkets Bills and dockets Gone for good But I know That sometimes a lost item Is simply lost Misplaced Forgotten Because humans… Continue Reading “Kinda Good”
Posted on April 30, 2020
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I got behind… again I got distracted… again There was other stuff going on… again Like last year When I didn’t finish And the year before When I barely finished So why This year of all years When there is more reason than ever… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 22: NaPoWriMo Blues”
Category: health, mental health, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: 2020, Coronavirus, covid-19, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2020, inspiration, lockdown, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, quarantine, writer’s block, writing
Posted on April 30, 2020
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It almost seems Pathetic To complain When we have a roof A house Money coming in- less, mind So much less And no help from on high Thanks to creeping criteria And tape not so much red As blue-blood coloured Fuck the Tories Fuck… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 21: Lockdown Blues”
Category: health, mental health, parenting, poetry, UncategorizedTags: Coronavirus, covid-19, crisis schooling, Depression, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2020, home education, lockdown, mental health, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, quarantine, school, self-isolation, social distancing
Posted on April 30, 2020
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My nine year old wrote Of the pale moon gracefully Riding stallion clouds. I begged him for it That magical phrase, just to Say how proud I am.
Category: childhood, poetry, UncategorizedTags: GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2020, kids, kids poetry, kids writing, moon, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, national peotry writing month, national poetry month, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets
