I am winter blue
Born to December, I chill
to iron cold bone
I am winter blue
To brittle January
icy fingers spread
I am winter blue
But with yellow I will change
to the green of Spring
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Photo – Jempics
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Tri-Haiku XI (winter blue)
10 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in haiku, photo, poem, Poet, Poetry, Winter Tags: 3 lines, haiku, Jemverse, poem, poet, poetic, Poetry, poetry blog, winter, wordsmith, writing poetry
The Word
09 Dec 2018 5 Comments
in Creative Writing, poem, Poet, Poetry, words Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, power, rhyme, verse, words, wordsmith, writing poetry
I found a word
It was quite small
In fact it wasn’t
much at all
But when I added
it to others
It blossomed with
it’s new found brothers
And suddenly
this little word
turned into something
Lines were blurred
And it became
just like a flower
Blossoming to
a thing with power
©Jemverse
Photo – Jempics
Saying Something
08 Dec 2018 1 Comment
in poem, Poet, Poetry, words Tags: Jemverse, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, small caps, upper case, verse, visual, writing poetry
CAPITAL LETTERS THEN
WHAT’S THAT ABOUT?
SOME SAY IT IS RUDE
AND AKIN TO A SHOUT
BUT SOMETIMES THEY AID
TO SOMETHING I WANT TO SAY
SMALL CAPS AID TO VISUAL
IN A PARTICULAR WAY
©Jemverse
Photo & artwork – from #Jemverse on Instagram – Jempics
From the silence
07 Dec 2018 1 Comment
in Life, poem, Poet, Poetry Tags: Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, writing, writing poetry
There’s an element here
in these words with an essence
as I capture my thoughts
from the past and the present
For me it’s an outlet
A poetic license
to say what I feel
with a voice from the silence
©Jemverse
Photo – from #Jemverse on instagram – Jempics
Finding words
06 Dec 2018 1 Comment
in Life, poem, Poet, Poetry Tags: Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
This pen will find words
every day without fail
Whether I’m well
or whether I ail
For there’s always a nuance
I’ll want to portray
Of the life that’s around me
day after day
©Jemverse
Photo – from #Jemverse on instagram, December 2018
Aintree
05 Dec 2018 1 Comment
in Humour, Life, poem, Poet, Poetry Tags: Aintree, horse racing, Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wordsmith, writing poetry
It’s raining up on Merseyside
Aintree in the rain
Where I’ve come up from Liverpool
on an early train
There’s not much going on here
unless you are a horse
For here’s when the Grand National
is run on this racecourse
©Jemverse
Photo – original entrance to Aintree racecourse, Merseyside, UK
Tri-Tanka I (tanka)
04 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in Life, poem, Poet, Poetry, tanka Tags: 5lines, bright moments, Jemverse, life, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, tanka, wordcraft, words, wordsmith, writing poetry
To start this series
in thirty-one syllables
Japanese Tanka
A short song to bring you joy
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So here are first lines
Crafted by the poet’s hand
Found and captured here
To form and syntax structured
Voicing life in five short lines
And I play with words
Crafting here my poetry
for you the reader
To take, ponder and reflect
for life’s many bright moments
©Jemverse
Photo – Google images
Tanka – Japanese 31 syllable poem of 5 lines with a syllabic sequence of 5-7-5-7-7
