I'm delighted to have one of my poems - Life and Death #13 - featured online at the wonderful Spillwords. The poem is one of my Seventeen Syllable free verse pieces and I'm quite delighted to have it appear there. Check it out, hit the like button (if you do) and take a look around. … Continue reading A Seventeen at Spillwords
#SeventeenSyllablePoetry
bad habits (of a dragon)
Just one more drawing, via Mathew Lin’s workshops. A dragon with bad habits.

excuse me
while I smoke
a little
such
a creature
of bad habits
~
With thanks to Mathew Lin.
the hound (of a typography)
A little typography exercise (in Seventeen SYllables!)

where
is my horse
and where
my hound . . .
especially
I wish
for my hound
~
when we goggle (we fly)
#ClunesBooktown
#BronzeHarpies
#Steampunk

when we
motor
we fly
goggles
hat
harpie and I
in a picture
~
basking (golden)
From the Canberra Botanic Gardens.

and I
who have found
the sun
will remain
basking in
her golden light
~
wild (in dark)
Today’s #SeventeenSyllablePoetry poem.

do you
wild
in darkness . . .
do you
wild?
sometimes
night is more
than weather
~
dreadful (your glory)
Storm Poetry from Mt Pilot, Victoria.
Today’s #SeventeenSyllablePoetry poem.

yeah
dry lightning
rides
the storm
yeah
smite me
with all
with dreadful glory
~
some (rising)
Here is today’s #SeventeenSyllablePoetry poem.

we all begin . . .
as
we begin
some of us
may rise
yes
some
of us
~
just (passing)
Today’s #SeventeenSyllablePoetry poem.

after all
we are
just painted
against
the sky
just pastels
passing
~
guards guard (your heart)
Today’s #SeventeenSyllablePoetry poem.

guard
your heart
stand
tall and strong
who knows
what may try
today
to claim it
~