Day: December 20, 2016

Love shall be our song

 

 

English: Buttercup meadow The shorter creeping...

English: Buttercup meadow The shorter creeping buttercups (Ranunculus repens) are most popular in this field however patches of the much taller meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris) are abundant. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Underneath the deep sky,Johnny ,
You  were  the right one.
You were with me in the dark
When all the rest were gone.

When the trees grew their green leaves,
I’d love you all night long.
When the flowers filled up the cornfields
Love  was   the   right song.

Poppies red.and linseed blue
Did decorate my dress.
You  held me in your arms  at night
While we our love confessed

Meadows filled with buttercups
Fill my inner eye.
I love the scent of minty leaves
When my mind is all awry.

I see the sun through closed eye lids
And rose scent’s in the air.
Wherever summer joy comes from….
We  did had our share

No man needs me now to sieve his beer.

Make a roux of melted butter,flour
Stir it   round the pan without a pause
Then  pour  in the milk  a  glorious shower
And stir and stir  to break up lumps and flaws

All at once the wheat cracks and up swells
The  grainy sauce  should looks like velvet smooth
This   my secret pleasure I now tell.
For feeding men, my cooking ‘s a  mere ruse.

For in exchange for macaroni cheese
They’ll gently pour me sherry and red wine
And so it suits us women to believe
That most men are unadept without crime

So now I’ve shared my secret knowledge here
No man needs me now  to sieve his beer.

A torrid love, a fatal unthought glance.

War  starts when  the   rulers each believe
By spying,watching ,calculating chance
They ‘ll gain  more wealth  or land than now received

Can we humans  give or get relief,
Or must we gain  our damned revenge  at once?
Will we gain  more gold  than now received?

The working men  obediently deceived
Or took excessive joy from polished lance
They too from promised payments were  bereaved

The  leaders think that honour  heals all grief
They see no more of trenches than a glance
They   often gain  more   wealth   than  humble thieves

The soldiers who  hang back are  felled  like leaves
The generals  have that overbearing stance
They   from   final payments aren’t  bereaved

An accident,a shot, unhappy chance;
A torrid love, a fatal unthought glance.
War  can start when  rulers   force belief
They ‘ll take another’s goodness  unbereaved

But now post-truth we wander far from Troy

War and cities grew up hand in hand
This is a fact that pacifists  all know.
Each city wanted others’ wealth and land

Excuses   cited ,open doors were slammed.
To steal another’s goods made cities grow
War and cities grew up hand in hand

Criminal in truth were their  commands
Strong and vicious acts were  never slow
Each city wanted others’ wealth and land

Too, beauty in a woman  made demands
The suitors gathered with her husband ‘s foes
War and cities grew up hand in hand

And science    gained  opponents’ libraries crammed.
This is how we stole what we now know
Each city wanted women,wealth and land

In modern  times we made some rules  for war
But now post-truth we wander  around  Troy
Warhorses  and weapons  new,  undammed
As cities  tried to steal  the other’s  wealth and land

Jam tarts

My husband likes jam tarts and pies
He appeals to me with his blue eyes.
So I give in to desire
I am no liar
But sometimes I have screamed a white sigh.

 

My husband likes me  to roast joints of beef
The gravy at first caused me  grief
But now I’m a pro
And sauce is no  more
An anxiety  than reading a leaf.

If you can’t cook for yourself what do you need to know?

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Margaret Drabble describes making macaroni cheese in one of her novels.Better to use Delia Smith’s cook books or a Jewish cookbook

Buy some pans and casserole dishes.

You can buy a cheese grater or use a mini  food processor

Also you  can buy an electric egg boiler… silly maybe but I have burned 7 pans in the last year!

 

0.Open a tin of soup.

1.Boil eggs

2.Boil/roast vegetables and baking /roasting potatoes

3.Make white or cheese sauce

4. Make a  simple stew

5 Cook pasta and rice…. you can buy a sauce.

6.Grill bacon and sausages.You can get non=pork ones

7 Roast a joint of beef or lamb

You can buy yoghurts and fresh fruit in a shop or market for puddings.

Don’t buy a cookbook:Basic recipes 1.cheese sauce

1.     http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/32223/foolproof-cornflour-cheese-sauce.aspx

2.http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/11950/sara-s-cheese-sauce.aspx?o_ln=SimRecipes_Photo_1&o_is=Similar2.

 

The red chair makes a holy space for dreams

A red chair decorates my sitting room
Coral red,as if  from  deep sea bed
My  sweet poinsettia  tolerates my gloom

I  turn on radio 3 for   Schubert’s  themes
While this remains, he never will be dead
The red chair speaks salvation from  our doom

To read  of  politicians and their schemes
Makes a noise like thunder in my head
My  poinsettia  aids me  with  post Brexit gloom

Yet is it right to shine a like a sunbeam
While  refugees   trudge silently ,unfed?
The red chair makes a   holy space  for dreams

The rich   plot  death and wealth by legal means
Jesus   hangs alone forever,  dead.
Do churches turn their  vision from this scene?

I observe  my loaves of seeded wholemeal bread.
While  children of this world  starve underfed
The   chair    I write from in my  dreaming room,
With a  red poinsettia, haunt my  dreams

 

 

 

 

The skill of creating poetry

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How to Improve Your Poetry Skills

 

  1. Read poetry: Too many young and new poets don’t read poetry. I get it. A lot of the poems you come across don’t grab your attention. The stuff you read in school was unwieldy. But if you look hard enough, you will discover good poetry that you will fall in love with. Go on a personal quest to find it. In order to grow as a writer, and especially as a poet, it’s imperative to familiarize yourself with the canon, which has already proven to resonate with readers. By seeking out established poets whose work you admire, you will build a roster of mentors. Try reading poems aloud. Keep a notebook or journal in which you can write your thoughts and responses to various works, and jot down your favorite excerpts. Bonus tip: you can also watch or listen to recorded or live poetry.

Writing poetry-some tips

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Mike Flemming

 

36 Poetry Writing Tips

 

  1. Support poets and poetry by buying books and magazines that feature poetry.
  2. Write with honesty. Don’t back away from your thoughts or feelings. Express them!
  3. Don’t be afraid to experiment. Mix art and music with your poetry. Perform it and publish it.
  4. Eliminate all unnecessary words, phrases, and lines. Make every word count.
  5. Write a poem every single day.
  6. Read a poem every single day.