26 Feb 2021 1 Comment
in Life, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sedoka, wordsmith Tags: Friday, Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, relax, Sedoka, verse, weekends, wordsmith, writing poetry
I long for Friday
as when it arrives each week
I can relax into the
knowledge that for the
next two days time slows right down
and all of this time is mine
I yearn for Friday
for with it comes confidence
offered freely with weekends
for freedom and zest
Two days and family and me
are all that is important
I feel for Friday
almost as a living thing
as the week slip-slides away
and here cathartic
a relaxation washes
quite completely over me
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
31 Dec 2020 1 Comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Sedoka, wordsmith Tags: hope, Jemverse, New Year's Eve, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Sedoka, wordsmith, writing poetry
So we wave goodbye
avoiding use of ‘farewell’
words for this year now passing
Welcome to the new
with this eve for promised hope
here’s to a brighter future
©Jemverse
Picture – Yoshida Toshi (1911 – 1995) – ‘Half Moon Bridge’ – Woodcut on paper (1940)
[Sedoka is a Japanese poetic form comprising 38 syllables in a sequence of 5, 7, 7, 5, 7, 7.]
22 Oct 2020 1 Comment
in Autumn, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Sedoka, wordsmith Tags: Autumn, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Sedoka, wordsmith, writing poetry
As autumn takes hold
Summer fades to memory
with a tinge of sadness there
Yet with the autumn
the golden treasure returns
And we are richer for that
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
[Jemverse orginally published ‘Autumn‘ on 11 October 2015]
14 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Sedoka, wordsmith Tags: Japanese, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Sedoka, wordsmith, writing poetry
And so for this week
a return to form I think
today with a ‘sedoka’
to help set the scene
Japanese poetic form
inspiring you the reader
©Jemverse
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
Photo – ‘Half Moon Bridge’ (1940) by Yoshida Toshi (1911-1995
11 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Sedoka, wordsmith Tags: Japanese, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Sedoka, wordsmith, writing poetry
And so Saturday
ending this Sedoka week
allowing me the writer here
one more verse to speak
For it’s only with my words
that I can paint my pictures
©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
10 Apr 2020 1 Comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Sedoka, wordsmith Tags: comfort, hope, Japanese, Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, promise, Sedoka, wordsmith, writing poetry
Remaining steadfast
we look to hope to save us
with its enduring promise
For it is comfort
a solace to have and hold
for reassurance today
©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
09 Apr 2020 Leave a comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, Sedoka, Spring, wordsmith Tags: Japanese, Jemverse, laughter, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, Sedoka, Springtime, wordsmith, writing poetry
Shouting to the world
laughter grows and gathers pace
to turn back the growing tide
Softened by Springtime
Gentleness and comfort spreads
there with a warming embrace
©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
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
