23 Tuesday Apr 2013
Posted in Poetry
I know my flaws,
so, hold your tongue,
do not hector,
at my wrongs.
I am aware,
my gentle meekness,
can be mistook,
as greatest weakness.
Peck at me,
just like a worm,
but watch your back,
as tables turn.
What you give out,
receive thrice fold,
this old folk lore,
has been foretold.
© Fool’s Gold 23.04.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Full Moon over Margarita (Photo credit: bilbord99)
22 Monday Apr 2013
Spider on the ceiling,
I wonder how you’re feeling,
is the world
down-side up for you,
and tell me are you reeling?
© Spider 22.04.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
A cartoon drawing of a spider. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
19 Friday Apr 2013
I’m off on retreat for the weekend! Yay!
See you all when I return 🙂
It is finally here!!
Here is your opportunity to buy my first anthology – Tipping Sheep (the right way)
It is as ‘cheap as chips’ – well… as cheap as an Easter Egg – Go on treat yourself!!
(The Kindle version is still in progress – I will paste the links for the e-book version soon. Apologies for the delay in this – I am struggling with this one a bit!!)
‘Tipping Sheep (the right way)’ is the first anthology from new author Alexandra Carr-Malcolm. This is an intriguing compilation of poems, spanning over a ten year period of collected works. ‘Tipping Sheep’ will take you on a journey of highs and lows, exploring life, death, and many aspects of the human predicament. From the depths of ‘Bittersweet’ despair, to the humour of ‘Tipping Sheep’ and the musing of ‘Knitting Couplets’. Alex has a unique style of word play and…
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18 Thursday Apr 2013
Posted in Deep Stuff!, Heartbreak, Loss, Love, Poetry
Tags
Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, heartbreak, last love song, longing, loss, love, poetry, separation, UK poet, Yorkshire poet
I wonder if you think of me
and of things we used to do,
of all the times we laughed and cried;
this is my last love song to you.
I wanted to hold your heart someday
and stroll on sunset shores,
I’ve dreamed of resting in your arms,
whilst watching shooting stars.
It feels much like a lifetime,
that I’ve waited ‘round for you;
I’ve hung on every meagre word,
with tear stained eyes wet through.
You’ve held my heart within a vice
of neglect and nonchalance,
I’ve watched you from a distance,
did you think of me – just once?
I’m moving on and leaving you
back in the past where you should be,
this is my very last love song,
to a distant, cautious memory.
You’re not a man of mystery,
a lover, nor a friend,
you have no right to break my heart,
but I’ll love you ‘til the end.
©Finale 18.04.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
English: Two candles in love. The flame is inverted heart shape. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
17 Wednesday Apr 2013
Tags
Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, humour, muse, poems, poetry, UK poet, writing, Yorkshire poet
I’m in a tangle
I’m in a muddle
I have two poems
mixed up in a fuddle
I cannot part them
I try but they don’t
I tease and I prune
they simply just won’t
I’ve tried all that I can
I admit that alas
they’re conjoined forever
they’re really stuck fast
© Fuddle 17.04.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
kittentastic (Photo credit: Alicakes*)
16 Tuesday Apr 2013
Posted in Death, Deep Stuff!, Grief, Heartbreak, Loss, NaPoWriMo, Poetry
When you sipped champagne,
to celebrate the slipping of your life,
what did I have?
He was a chancer,
Romancer,
much the same as you.
I did it on my own,
no help,
no love,
Just me,
and a will to survive,
to feel alive,
and to hope.
Sometimes,
all we have,
is
hope.
© Hope 16.04.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
15 Monday Apr 2013
Posted in Poetry
An un-love poem isn’t a poem of hate, exactly — that might be a bit too shrill or boring. It’s more like a poem of sarcastic dislike. This is a good time to get in a good dig at people who chew with their mouth open, or always take the last oreo. If there’s no person you feel comfortable un-loving, maybe there’s a phenomenon? Like squirrels that eat your tomatoes.
I love thee,
as the dog loves the flea,
as the horse loves the tick,
you make me sick!
© Un-Love Poem 15.04.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
15 Monday Apr 2013
Posted in Heartbreak, Poetry
Today’s challenge is to write a tanka. This, like the “American” cinquain, is a poem based on syllables, with the pattern being 5-7-5-7-7. They work best when those final two 7-syllable lines contain a sort of turn or surprise that the first three lines might not wholly anticipate. You can string a bunch of them together to make a multi-stanza poem, or just write one!
Gazing in your eyes,
memories softly playing,
gently I whisper,
you have the key to my heart,
alas… I have changed the locks.
Tanka 15.04.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
15 Monday Apr 2013
Posted in Heartbreak, Longing & Waiting, Loss, Love, NaPoWriMo, Poetry
Tags
Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, heartbreak, loss, love, pantoum, pantun, parting, poetry, UK poet, winter, Yorkshire poet
The pantun is a traditional Malay form, a style of which was later adapted into French and then English as the pantoum. A pantun consists of rhymed quatrains (abab), with 8-12 syllables per line. The first two lines of each quatrain aren’t meant to have a formal, logical link to the second two lines, although the two halves of each quatrain are supposed to have an imaginative or imagistic connection.
I love you
but I let you go
I see through
the winter’s snow
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
15.04.2013
English: A snowdrop. Svenska: En snödroppe. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
14 Sunday Apr 2013
Posted in Poetry, Publications
Tags
Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, anthology, poetry, Tipping Sheep, Tipping Sheep (the right way), UK poet, Yorkshire poet
It is finally here!!
Here is your opportunity to buy my first anthology – Tipping Sheep (the right way)
It is as ‘cheap as chips’ – well… as cheap as an Easter Egg – Go on treat yourself!!
(The Kindle version is still in progress – I will paste the links for the e-book version soon. Apologies for the delay in this – I am struggling with this one a bit!!)
‘Tipping Sheep (the right way)’ is the first anthology from new author Alexandra Carr-Malcolm. This is an intriguing compilation of poems, spanning over a ten year period of collected works. ‘Tipping Sheep’ will take you on a journey of highs and lows, exploring life, death, and many aspects of the human predicament. From the depths of ‘Bittersweet’ despair, to the humour of ‘Tipping Sheep’ and the musing of ‘Knitting Couplets’. Alex has a unique style of word play and cadence within the lines woven with wit and wisdom.
Click on the links below to take you to the page where you can purchase a copy 🙂
Worldly Winds 