Rhythms may infect you soon:
Haiku found within!
It appears that April is International Poetry Month (which I discovered via Ren and Trinity). Consequently, I will be from time to time during the month posting new and old poetry that I've written, and maybe some of my song lyrics presented as poetry.
To start with, a few dribs and drabs from a while ago:
This one is about a village hall, and the apparent priorities of the people who used it:
Simple memories
Adorn a hidden room's wall
Others brought out in full view
Was the map more important than
The records of Great War soldiers
Or the long-lived school centenary?
This one is a haiku that is self-explanatory:
Bright moon on campsite
I pick my way to a bed
'Neath canvas like blossom
(Okay, I cheated slightly on the last line)
This haiku came from the radio commentary of the play-off final between Brighton and Bristol playing for promotion to the Championship (which back then was still Division 1, I think). It is an exact quotation of the commentator, who I guess didn't realise he was making a haiku because he messed up the last line. I was happy to fix it for him! The playoffs were at Cardiff because it was before the new Wembley had been completed.
"Brighton go to Leeds
Bristol go to Doncaster!"
Seagulls at Cardiff.
Finally, a poem that expressed feelings about - well, I'll let it speak for itself:
Words in a waiting room
Wanting to be spoken
But not belonging here
Silence that could be broken
But is a shield
Between strangers.
More to come later in the month.
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