Proper Poetry

Which is poems of modern ideas in traditional poetry forms, rhyming poems and rhythmic poems plus some less proper items, jokes, epigrams, etc.

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Tantalising

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That Tantalus had an easy time with merely grapes beyond his reach and grabbing them not a possible crime. But how would he handle a ripe...

42 ?

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Ignoring sex and politics, religion, education, art, literature and economics, music, nature, science, sport; disdaining class and soci...
Thursday, 21 February 2013

Kyrgyrstan

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The summer plains bake in desert heat while distant mountains tempt with white ice cream. The solemn peaks pour sparkling water over tumbl...
Friday, 28 December 2012

Indecision

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Do I really need to move my car or shall I take a chance and risk it? Portslade might be a bit too far and I might end up with a ticket. I...

Crows

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They know the slow solemnity of earth ungainly labouring to pace across the ground and feed. They strain to flap escape from passing homi...
Saturday, 24 November 2012

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No need to worry. You can do it. If everyone else can, so can you. It won't be easy getting through it but it's certainly somethi...
Monday, 19 November 2012

Who is Maurice?

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Mid-summer solstice, Highdown Hill, with sunshine fading the worn blue hem of the crinoline sky and tired trees shading the spreading st...
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