General poetic ramblings of inspiration or poignancy

Fame and Poetry

07 Friday Feb 2014

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Dear Edwina, Thankyou for last night. I hope it was as good for you as it was for me. #bigbenefitsrow

04 Tuesday Feb 2014

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Good points well made – I’m glad people are saying it like it is.

COOKING ON A BOOTSTRAP

Dear Edwina;

It’s 9 o clock on Tuesday, the morning after the night before, where we were both on a panel on The Big Benefits Row on Channel 5. I haven’t watched it back, I was there, and know what I look like when I’m angry.

I need to get this out – because it’s everything I wanted to say last night but couldn’t, as I kept being rudely shouted over by you. Honestly, my three year old behaves better than that. At least he knows that when Mummy does her ‘will you just be QUIET and LISTEN to me’ then the best thing to do is to stop running your mouth and let Mummy say her piece.

But you didn’t. Because you were terrified of what I had to say.

I wanted to say, when asked by Matthew Wright, that poverty is almost indescribable to someone as blinkered as…

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Ballads

01 Saturday Feb 2014

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Another new publication from Dagda Publishing

I one of my poems included in this anthology. Some of the money from the sale goes to two worthy charities – Scope, and Shelter.

Please consider buying a copy to support charity and to read some fabulous poetry too!!

Click on the book below to take you to the Amazon shop 🙂 Go on… treat yourself 😀

Passages

01 Saturday Feb 2014

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm poet, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm poetry, Dagda Publishing, Passages anthology, poetry, UK poet, Uk poetry, writing, Yorkshire poet

New publication from Dagda Publishing

I have some of my poetry included in this anthology. Some of the money from the sale goes to two worthy charities – Scope, and Shelter.

Please consider buying a copy to support charity and to read some fabulous poetry too!!

Click on the book below to take you to the Amazon shop 🙂 Go on… treat yourself 😀

Cliche

29 Wednesday Jan 2014

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, sex, shame, UK poet, Uk poetry, Yorkshire poet

last night

a clichéd mistake

you asleep

me awake

the same old song

guiltless blame

wrapped in sheets

of sweat and shame

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Spike

28 Tuesday Jan 2014

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, dog, humour, love, pets, poetry, puppy, Spike, UK poet, Uk poetry, Yorkshire poet

Small and scruffy,

brown and woofy,

Spikey Spike dog,

is my puppy.

Scared of cats,

sniffs the breeze,

barks the birds,

to the trees.

Sits and begs,

for a treat,

always savoury,

never sweet.

Longs for noodles,

shivers for cheese,

dog snot windows,

covered in sneeze.

Paws all a twitch,

Whoops delight,

dreams of walkies,

in the night.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Knitting Couplets

26 Sunday Jan 2014

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Worldly Winds

Knitting with syllables

pen and purl

lexical needles

pattern unfurls

pencils slip stitches

pens purl clichés

scheming skeins

unpicking dreams

slip stitch sibilance

cast off vigilance

trying hard again

to crochet a cardigan

No – not me

I prefer

knitting poems.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

A little dexterity is helpful in working with knitting needles (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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I Believe

23 Thursday Jan 2014

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an old poem that made me smile 🙂

Worldly Winds

Shall I tell you what I believe?

It changes daily with the breeze.

Reflect and pause,

pause and think…

Believe nothing.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

A tawny owl (Strix aluco). Français : Une chouette hulotte (Strix aluco). Русский: Серая или обыкновенная неясыть (Strix aluco). Türkçe: boyu 37-39 cm, kanat açıklığı 94-104 cm olan Alaca baykuş (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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