Buddha Day

26 Sunday May 2013

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Buddha, Buddhism, enlightenment, poetry, UK poet, Wesak, Yorkshire poet

Buddha mind

Burning bright

Searing serenity

Luminous light.

Buddha eyes

Warrior’s way

Diamond depth

Gentle gaze.

Buddha nature

Human heart

Sangha sings

Compassionate.

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Wesak

26 Sunday May 2013

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Windows to the Soul

25 Saturday May 2013

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, muse, poet, poetry, soul, UK poet, writing, Yorkshire poet

Do you see into the poet’s soul?

Your stare puts me on edge.

I’m sat before you naked;

you write on my blank page.

I saw you, I know you,

and it took me by surprise.

I really didn’t think that,

you’d see into this poet’s eyes.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Pantheon Masquerade (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Make Do and Mend

24 Friday May 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Grief, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, confidence, keep calm and carry on, make do and mend, mantra, memories, mental health, pain, poetry, sorrow, tears, UK poet, Yorkshire poet

Please don’t be nice to me,

I don’t think I would cope,

I’d burst into tears,

and lose all my hope.

I’m back of the queue,

I’ve placed myself there,

I won’t move forward,

with my tunic of hair.

Throw me some praise,

and I’ll colour up puce,

I’ll duck and I’ll dive,

and it’s really no use.

I have my own mantra,

of make do and mend,

keep calm and get on,

I’m so good at pretend.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

English: Original copy of the Keep Calm And Carry On poster, in Barter Books, Alnwick, Northumberland (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Crescendo

23 Thursday May 2013

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, concerto, crescendo, love, music, passion, poetry, sex, UK poet, violin, Yorkshire poet

You feel it in her gut

she never frets

deep mahogany throat

as you gently squeeze

your fingers around

her long slender neck

lasciviously relishing

her undulating back

feeling her taught

resistance to mastery

drawing back and forth

in self absorbed passion

playing out your fantasy

your will, your thrill

as the concerto peaks

at crescendo

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Tailpiece and bridge of violin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Big changes to Dagda Publishing coming in the next few weeks – read on.

20 Monday May 2013

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Exciting news – watch this space…

Dagda Publishing

Hello all, we have a few big things to share with you. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we shall begin.

First up, for those of you not connected to our Facebook page (go on – its on the left there), we can finally announce the release date of our anthology “Western Haiku: A Collection”, and some more details on it.

This collection of Haiku and non-traditional “Western” Haiku will be released on the 4th of June, and it will be available as a paperback copy on Lulu for £4.99 and as an eBook on Amazon (and hopefully other sites) for £2.99. With a great, crisp, clean cover design by A D Warr, and edited by our editors Reg Davey and Elena Hulme, it includes poetry by some of our regularly featured writers and new writers who you will want to check out.

With proceeds from the sale of the anthology…

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