Category Archives: Life & Emotion

Elysia

Posted on February 24, 2016 by ShirleyB

Elysia it was a strange awakening glass sharp. we rode tandem through the blur of an old film she breathed promises on the back of my neck laughing the air tingled with sepia summerness drifting bon-fire smoke cut grass. hushed … Continue reading →

Posted in d'verse Prompts, Life & Emotion, Love & Romance, Poems In Text | Tagged , , , , , , , | 24 Comments

The Fast Brood Joint

Posted on February 12, 2016 by ShirleyB

I never intended to stop that day. It was just a sudden urge. Some sort of latent longing, maybe, I just had to purge. How could I resist? I saw that huge B, yellow and towering above the shop, beckoning … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Life & Emotion, Poems In Text | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Your Ship Came In

Posted on February 12, 2016 by ShirleyB

You lingered in a deep and restless sea, Ostensibly, a man content to be Untethered by the bonds of wedded bliss; Resistant to the charms of every Miss. Simplistic in your chosen way of life, Hard-fast, you vowed to never … Continue reading →

Posted in Life & Emotion, Poems In Text | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

My Glorious Wedding Day

Posted on February 9, 2016 by ShirleyB

Oh, what a day! The vicar – nodding, smiling said, ‘If any person have a reason why they can’t be wed…’. From near the back a woman said, ‘Damn right, he’s wed to me’. A dreadful lull consumed the church. … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, d'verse Prompts, Life & Emotion, Poems In Text | Tagged , | 16 Comments

A Villanelle for Anne

Posted on February 6, 2016 by ShirleyB

A Villanelle for Anne They failed to filch her fine and noble mien when Anne Boleyn endured the bloody stand. Poor Queen! So swift the sword on Tower Green. Fifteen thirty three could not foresee this heinous act by Cromwell’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical, Life & Emotion, Poems In Text, The Villanelle | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Would I Return

Posted on February 3, 2016 by ShirleyB

A prompt by Adhra for d’verse – poets pub So today I ask this question to you – do you want to reborn as who you are? Do you think you could come back like a bird? What would you … Continue reading →

Posted in d'verse Prompts, Life & Emotion, Poems In Text, Spiritual | 26 Comments

The Bridge

Posted on February 2, 2016 by ShirleyB

Today is Haibun Monday at dVerse.  A haibun is a Japanese form that combines prose with haiku. Photography courtesy of gabriella. It had been an unrelenting journey. We’d cowered from the savage rage of milky-topped mountains; endured the critical eye of … Continue reading →

Posted in d'verse Prompts, Life & Emotion, Poems In Text, Spiritual, The Haibun | 30 Comments

Truth

Posted on January 29, 2016 by ShirleyB

    Reason or rhyme ambiguous Dark fading to light obscure Head definitely off

Posted in Historical, Life & Emotion, Poems In Text | 22 Comments

They Should Never Have Stuffed My Grand-Dad

Posted on January 27, 2016 by ShirleyB

They should never have stuffed my Grand-dad. He didn’t deserve it, you see. He served twenty years in the Navy, though very near caused world war three. He married my Gran in a lifeboat. They bobbed up and down with … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Life & Emotion, Poems In Text | Tagged , , , , | 11 Comments

Man Musing

Posted on January 20, 2016 by ShirleyB

I was inspired to write this poem after encountering one of the most smug, arrogant and adoration hungry men of my life – purely through cyber-space, luckily! He wrote perfectly formed ditties, immaculate metre and rhyme, and it was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Life & Emotion, Poems In Text | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment