Turquoise Monster

One raw Wopo poem Creativity burns Within A fire Inspiration lit Skill built Fuelled by ideas Sending concepts To the stars

This is the web-badge for WoPoWriMo and yes it is one of my drawings 🙂 I am still trying to write my poem so you may well be getting it tomorrow – I have decided to post something on here each day during the challenge but obviously this means the poems are going to be […]

I am once again taking part in the February poetry writing challenge WoPoWriMo. After a successful MoP in January I am hopeful for this challenge but I am also running the site for them again this year so may find it a bit of a stretch! Unlike MoP I am going to be sticking to […]

I have about 40 poems based on science subjects and images plus a few political ones to throw into the mix. So that is more editing but I found that just out of poems that are already in existence I have enough to release a booklet of 10 Space specific poems and once this lot […]

Jupiter Sitting there Protector Shielding us from rocky storms Or Sinister betrayer Sling-shoting armageddon Towards us A Projectile wraith For your rocky brethren Nestled near the sun What will the maths show Which way will the simulation swing Gaseous Giants – Benevolent gods Or Destroyers of Worlds Wrapped in jealousy That their own embryonic systems […]

How I have started – I have dug out all the science/nature mags I can find – this is harder than it sounds as I have just moved house. But I now have a big stack – I am now attempting to read as many as I can – after day five I shall start […]

February is here again and that means it is a month of poetry writing – I’m afraid I am locked into writing stuff for kids at the moment and the odd adult performance piece. Last year I focused on my childrens’ rhymes and then in April did song writing – I feel like doing something […]

Things I want to achieve this year: 1) Get The Little Book of Festive Poetry released in print, audio and e-book 2) Do the same for The Little Book of Olympic Poetry but before the Olympics actually start 3) Do poetry challenges: – Month of Poetry (Jan) MoP – World Poetry Writing Month (Feb) WoPo […]

I completed the WoPoWriMo challenge and came out of February with a more like 40 poems 🙂 I am thinking that I do now have so many poems that I may well start submitting more – the last few things I’ve submitted have been published which is encouraging. Still not sure if I really want […]

Purple prose bruised and dowdy Awaiting its glory By bleeding out the joy White fluffy prose Of sugar spun lace Melting on the tongue Insubstantial and unsatisfying Making you fat and hungry for more Green prose Innocently jealous Wanting what will smother The voice Young and tender sap Rising to the stars