08 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Sedoka, Smile, wordsmith Tags: Japanese, Jemverse, laughter, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Sedoka, smile, wordsmith, writing poetry
Holding close that thought
the curl of a smile takes hold
and turns into laughter loud
there in the face of
menacing adversity
I stand proud and tall and firm
©Jemverse
Photo – ‘Painter by Ferryboat’ – woodcut on paper – Yamada Basuke (©1930)
Sedoka is a japanese poetry form comprising 38 syllables spread over 6 non-rhyming lines with a syllabic sequence of 5,7,7, 5,7,7
07 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Sedoka, wordsmith Tags: Japanese, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Sedoka, wordsmith, writing poetry
And for these moments
I am so very grateful
For they keep my sanity
intact and wholesome
in the knowledge that hope brings
that all this will see an end
©Jemverse
Photo – ‘Painter by Ferryboat’ – woodcut on paper – Yamada Basuke (©1930)
Sedoka is a japanese poetry form comprising 38 syllables spread over 6 non-rhyming lines with a syllabic sequence of 5,7,7, 5,7,7
06 Apr 2020 3 Comments
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Sedoka, wordsmith Tags: Japanese, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Sedoka, Springtime, sunshine, wordsmith, writing poetry
For life continues
still in these uncertain days
Springtime comes and sun still shines
and mornings still dawn
for days when bright moments can
now be seized, captured and held
©Jemverse
Photo – ‘Painter by Ferryboat’ – woodcut on paper – Yamada Basuke (©1930)
Sedoka is a japanese poetry form comprising 38 syllables spread over 6 non-rhyming lines with a syllabic sequence of 5,7,7, 5,7,7
05 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Sedoka, wordsmith Tags: Japanese, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Sedoka, worsdsmith, writing poetry
Waxing lyrical
It is now with Sedoka
for more flexibility
With these crafted words
that in these next seven days
I will capture parts of life
©Jemverse
Photo – ‘Painter by Ferryboat’ – woodcut on paper – Yamada Basuke (©1930)
Sedoka is a japanese poetry form comprising 38 syllables spread over 6 non-rhyming lines with a syllabic sequence of 5,7,7, 5,7,7
04 Apr 2020 3 Comments
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Spring, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, spring, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry, yellow
There are little yellow flowers
I don’t know what they are
but they always come around this time
and are quite spectacular
Vibrant in the sunshine
they raise their heads and sing
appearing at the end of March
just before the Spring
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
03 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in garden, Happiness, poem, Poet, Poetry, sun, wordsmith Tags: garden, Happiness, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sunshine, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
I sat outside and sunned myself
at the end of March
it was warm out in the sunshine
underneath the larch
It was a little windy
but I didn’t mind a bit
‘Cos I was in my element
and enjoying all of it
So I sat there with the birdsong
up in the nearby trees
whilst the ever stronger sunshine
shone there warming me
and composed this little ditty
waxing lyrical out here
as it brought an inspiration
which filled my heart with cheer
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
02 Apr 2020 1 Comment
in garden, Happiness, poem, Poet, Poetry, sun, wordsmith Tags: garden, happy, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sunshine, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
Sunshine’s out there bright and high
warm and always shining
So, resolute, I’m joining it and
stopping all the whining
As safely in my garden I can
keep at social distance
yet be outside enjoying life
and sunshine at this instance
So that is what I’m going to do
today and make it snappy
tidying up the garden and
as always keeping happy
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
