Temperate rain forest
Whispering, sparkling Cascade of drops from black rocks Greening the soft moss. : : Photo: Moss, Lake District, UK.
The clock strikes
The theme “The Clock Strikes” just had to trigger thoughts of the Cinderella fairy story, still one of the most popular for pantomimes. This was the first of my re-workings of Cinderella, which owes a lot to the 1930s country house crime novels of Agatha Christie. : THE CLOCK STRIKES Ella was getting nervous. “When … Read more
Sunflowers
Petals gold with cheer Face that feeds a hundred birds Long, strong stem swaying. : : : Photo: Detail from Sunflowers T-shirt from the National Gallery, London, UK. From the painting “Sunflowers” by Vincent van Gogh.
T.S. Eliot
June 2023 As a child in the 1960s, I loved the humorous poems about cats in Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by a poet called T.S. Eliot. From these brief lines, you can get a flavour of the delightful images conjured up for children: “Jellicle Cats wash behind their ears,Jellicle dry between their toes.” … Read more
It’s Hard to Hear
Pardon? What? Sorry? Reach into my muffled world. Share my loneliness. : : : First published (as E Rogers) in Petals of Haiku: An Anthology of Haiku, edited by Gabriela Marie Milton, Published by Literary Revelations LLC ISBN 979-8-9875548-9-0
Tewkesbury
Carefree blood-fed grassAncient murders fester deepChildren play. Ghosts weep. : : : Photo: The site of the bloody Battle of Tewkesbury which took place in 1471 in the War of the Roses.
