He led us to a table, his nose in the air then as we sat he presented menus...
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Fine Dining
Category: Autonomous Poetry
Getting It Right
Before she can speak those words ...
Little Black Dress
In the early hours of a dark winter morning I asked ...
Glosa Notes
The Spanish Glosa is known as a mote or retruecano, closely related to the cantiga. In its strict form, it is a poem consisting of a cabeza or texte line or short stanza that states the theme of the poem and followed by one stanza for each line of the cabeza explaining or glossing that … Continue reading Glosa Notes
Free Verse Notes
As the title suggests there are no particular rules to writing Free verse, it is open to the interpretation of the poet. There are still line breaks placed at the poet’s discretion. However, the poet has plenty of poetic tools at their disposal, including assonance, consonance, metaphor, allusion, even rhyme and meter. Free Verse is … Continue reading Free Verse Notes
Forgiving Self
To myself I write before the dark thoughts claim my mind –...
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – A Little Foresight
Cards, runes, and crystal ball open my eyes...
Writephoto – Into the Trees
Running into the darkness of trees I hear her voice calling me...
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Willow by the Stream
Not so far away you wait for me...
Between Friends
Old movies flicker on the TV screen echoes of spitfires chasing the war...
Scent of Erotica
His scent carries her into liquidity of meeting without thinking...
La Dama in Rosso
She is Elegance poised ...
New Dress, Old Money
A ha’penny here and a farthing there soon a penny or thereabouts...
Red Flags
Rose-tinted lenses disguising red flags ...
Romancing with the Romantics
Beloved, speak to me again of love tell me again....
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Destination Unknown
He sat there a pink bandana on his head...
Memory Drizzles
Empty cupboards remain And the kitchen stands cold...
Letter to a Girl
I never hated you but I am sorry sorry for making you lie...
Jeans
In my teens and 20s I wanted to fit in wanted to be normal...
Ekprhasis Notes
The Ekprhasis is more about the content of the poem than specific rhyme and meter stylistics. It is poetry written on and/or about other pieces of art Example Majestic Gaze by Jez Farmer Poised, an Arcadian goddessAdorned in luxury and styleBeauty bursting from her bodiceArtist entranced within a smileOutside, a returning empireRestoring imperial daysAs paint … Continue reading Ekprhasis Notes
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – One Foggy Night
Lamps glow amber on the city streets dim hues of orange framed by rolling fog...
Unravelled String
Romantic desire and images of sensual lust entwined in muddles like tangled string...
Love not War
Your fingers grazing my skin As senses explode like mines...
Cruel to Be Kind
Where am I blocking my own love from myself?
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Landlocked Pirate
Toes dipping and dangling into clear blue sunshine ripples reflecting like glass...
#Writephoto – Cupid in Lockdown
Mischievous child flying the wings of love watch where you shoot those arrows...
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Thin Line
I fear it that existence on the otherside....
The Day She Died
It reappeared in the heat of summer When rage was frazzled in overcrowded airports...
Heart of Belief
Shot in the dark shot in the heart...
#Writephoto – I Am Not Dad
Before my journey to me I carried you sweet child ...
Turning It Around
After years of therapy I know the self-hate comes from my youth and I think self-hate is saying I am unworthy of my own love, isn’t it? ...
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Waterlilies
Serenity in brushstrokes of paint when all we see is images of war on the screen...
Hidden Potential
Feelings hidden beneath a smile in answer to the well-meaning concerns...
Daddy and Me
It’s in our blood he has his father’s eyes...
Like Fine Wine
The wisdom of age brings an awareness to the heart...
Gentle Caress
I cried to sleep last night my heart broken like a compass ...
#Writephote – Cup of Tea
Last night from the top of a mushroom...
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Running Out of Juice
Wake-up alarm time to do Thoughts still lost in a dream...
The Poet and Her on a Winter Walk
As long nights draw in the poet writes images of the fields blanketed in white...
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Scrappage
An old man sits on an old park bench watching the lake ...
Work In Prog
‘You’re so brave’ ‘You’re clever’...
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Where Destiny Begins
Where is this place where destiny begins And the end echoes it’s too late...
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – Jingle Jangle
A jingle jangle echoes over dark waters like dim and distant church bells...
Bio Poem Notes
A Bio poem is written about a person from life or fiction with the contents of its eleven lines describing the individual’s actions, feelings, emotions, personality, etc. Line 1: The character's first nameLine 2: Four words that describe the characterLine 3: Brother or sister of…Line 4: Lover of…(three ideas or people)Line 5: Who feels…(three ideas)Line … Continue reading Bio Poem Notes
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Love’s Portico
That night I held your tears that wept from your shattered heart...
Heading Home
The platform stands waiting empty and silent...
What the Hell Was I Thinking
Yet again I have let my self-confidence be torn apart trying to conform to ideologies that are not my own. I don’t even know why I do that....
I Have Done My Duty
Horatio Well-known and prosperous...
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Love In the Missing
In those moments of delusional thinking when I felt your presence embracing me....
Not Theirs
Let them stare with confused eyes as chaos and mayhem rule within me...
About the Jez of It 