low murmur
of slowing wings
beating less as chills approach
low murmur
of the final cutting of lawns

For #fragmentsfriday from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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Here’s my response to the prompt #dead for #vss365

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Here’s my response to the prompt #bravery - thanks to our host of #vss365 David @Davidcs_AW

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Back on home turf after Catalonian wanderings, here's a response for the theme of #pool #reflections @TopTweetTuesday. Photo my own.

Thanks for hosting to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social

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Havenpool #Harbour—
where be Frome and Piddle from?
I prize a fine port.

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Ill feelings #harboured—
like the man who nicked my skiff.
I despise that guy.

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Here’s my response to the prompt #reprieve - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social

Image by Hermanus Backpackers - Great White Shark Cage Diving, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

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Here's a response for the #autumn theme @TopTweetTuesday. Thanks for hosting to EIC @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social
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Here’s my response to the prompt #purify - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social

The painting is ‘Gather ye rosebuds while ye may’ (1909) by John William Waterhouse.

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Here’s my response to the prompt #purify - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social

The painting is ‘Gather ye rosebuds while ye may’ (1909) by John William Waterhouse.

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Here’s my response to the prompt #renounce - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social

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Nurture? Rut, run!

Here’s my response to the prompt #nurture - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social

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Feed a fever,
starve a cold;
#nurture an ague
from malarial marsh mould.

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Here’s a #triolet for the prompt #reckon - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social

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For #fragmentsfriday from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social
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Thanks to Paul Short @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for last night’s workshop - some great prompts. I learnt about writing with the #Fibonacci form and how to reverse it. Photo my own.

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Here’s my response to the prompt #hunger - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social

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Here’s a #PetrarchanSonnet for the prompt #passion - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

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Here’s my response to the prompt #embark - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems.bsky.social

The painting is ‘Coign of Vantage’ (1895) by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1895-1912)

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Here’s a #triolet for the prompt #stormy - thanks to our host of #vss365 Whispers @whisperingpoems

Photo my own

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