Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

The Last Flight

Oh my ! I can fly This is it When you die Up high Play I-Spy There's my house ! Speed on by Friends cry Family sigh Cannot stop Wave bye-bye
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Pride Before The Fall

In Paris in 1912 a man was convinced that his new invention would allow him to fly.
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Refugee

Refugee Like a butterfly I am caught between the fly-screen and glass door through a veil of tears I see freedom but cling to the bars and want more...

hindsight-insight …-ight

He had a fight, and then, in fright quickly took flight, but then despite consequent plight he saw the light – how trite (though disagreement right)...
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Flight of the Flightless

It came from the sky; silence shattered as it fell. A domino unknowingly set by persons no longer present. Tense silence followed in its wake. Waves...

Between the Gold and Blue

From the clifftop they soar The rocks and ocean below At least Icarus tried Never too high nor too low Expectations a cooling updraft Melted wings...
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Don't lose your cheer

Have you lost your cheer? Oh dear! Because of what you think is near? Well I bear good news that you must hear, and I aim to make it very clear. That...
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Poem of the week

What a Waist

Eating food is a reason to be cheerful, and the pleasure I get from it is something I’ve attempted to celebrate here in the style of Ian Dury and The Blockheads. If you know their work you could perhaps sing along with my words.
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Being Cheerful because ….

Signs of spring, beauty emerging … but … so … and still be cheered by …
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Since April

The mockingbird on the gutter has been running through his list since before the sun came up. He does not stop for traffic. He does not stop for me...