Sunday, May 27, 2012

Twilight

After a week of unusually hot weather for an English maytime, when I saw today's Edward Hopper prompt from Tess at Mag 119, with its lingering, golden warmth,  I couldn't wait to cool it!  I've also slewed this section of the image to make the viewer feel small, underlining the fact that we are all at the mercy of the elements.

And here's the shadorma I wrote to complete the picture.- if you see what I mean!

Burning orb
retreats as moonlight
douses sun,
silvers sky,
and revives flagging spirits.
The world breathes easy.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Thanks To Beccs

My Jelly Bean poem has at last met its match in this delightful illustration by Beccy Blake. Just shows what working in tandem can do! I hope we can produce more of the same...Fingers crossed, eh?

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Behind The Mask

We are all players
wearing masks. Both light and dark
combine for balance.

Written for Haiku Heights , where the prompt was 'Mask'.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Fantasia

The stream
unravels views
till imagination
ripples across the mind's canvas,
dreaming.

Colours,
in gaudy dance,
sway to silent music
sung by invisible makers
of songs.

And time
flows between worlds,
linking past and present,
fact and fantasy; old and new,
reborn.


Written and created in response to Mag #116, also linked to dVerse  and Open Link Monday on IGWRT

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Clouds Have More Than Silver Linings

Imac suggested I take a look here at his clouds - and the one above  soon turned into this...










 And finally this....
I told Imac his photo was so bright, I had to pull the blinds to look at it! He said he hoped I'd post it some time - so now I have, with many thanks for his kind permission to do so.

Another Attack Of The Blues

Inspired by Mag #115, where Tess gave us an image by Manu Pombrol - guess you could say it blew my mind- or at least, the top of my head off! :)

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Bath For A Laugh

When taking a leisurely bath,
do not be tempted to laugh,
for a wide open maw
could mean trouble's in store.


With waves up to your chin
you might risk a big grin.

But...
if they're over your jaw,
the water could pour
into your gullet;
you'd drown like a mullet,
and then you'd be heard of no more.


Tess gave us a watery Mag prompt by Alex Stoddard today, which I have Jinksied, as above.

For Haiku Heights 22 April

Graphic by Jinksy
I stand still
as the world awakes;
peace beckons.

Click HERE for more offerings.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

For Haiku Heights 21st April

Graphic by Jinksy
Serendipity
is making the most of now;
a new love blossoms.

Click HERE for more of today's offerings

Friday, April 20, 2012

Old Tree, New Picture

Sunlight
filters throughout
an old tree's canopy,
bringing to life a brand new day
for all.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Sprite

Soon this became a Unicorn Alone....
Day dreaming
changes perspective;
magic reigns.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Memory Of Spring


In limbo
between two seasons,
she hovers.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Friday, March 23, 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Anyone's Guess...

Web Of Dreams

Feel free to use the image to start your imagination flowing, if you so wish... Then leave a comment so I can come and see!

Graphic by Jinksy

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Continuing with a red theme...

 Here are 160 characters of a somewhat dubious kind, to accompany a flight of fancy inspired by the Mag photo this week, thanks to Tess, and her image by Robert and Shana Parke-Harrison.


Molten rock spewed from the tunnel mouth. A hideous, winged fiend clawed its way along the inhospitable terrain.  
There would be no place to hide from its jaws.

Of course, a less colourful option is still intriguing, suggesting as it does the birth of a new phoenix, perhaps...

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Red In Tooth And Claw


Inspired by Mag108 image: Uzengia Aleksander Nedic

And here as a BOGOF special, are 140 characters for Grandma's Goulash:-

Mister Raccoon
stomped past the broom.
"This yard's a tip.
I think I'll quit
nosing around such a location.
Hello starvation.
Botheration!"