Make Do and Mend

24 Friday May 2013

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English: Original copy of the Keep Calm And Ca...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

© Make Do and Mend 24.05.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

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

 

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Crescendo

23 Thursday May 2013

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Tailpiece and bridge of violin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

© Crescendo 23.05.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

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

 

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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…

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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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Juliet’s Blight

18 Saturday May 2013

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Juliet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holograph clouds

hang in a

blue riband sky

splintered memories

scudding fly

clear cobalt mind

troubled by

those left behind

cogitating

precipitating

Indian summers

that never come

loves lived and lost

but never won

twilight transcends

stargazing nights

Juliet’s blight

heartbreak

crowns

the

air

 

© Juliet’s Blight 18.05.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Juliet (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Even When…

17 Friday May 2013

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English: Sunset at Porto Covo, west coast of P...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even when…

you’re with her,

she’s all alone.

Even when…

you dream of her,

she’s gone.

Even when…

you kiss her,

you’re not the one.

 

© Even When… 17.05.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

English: Sunset at Porto Covo, west coast of Portugal (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Lost Property

11 Saturday May 2013

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Red Cross Parcel

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abandoned in lost property,

heart’s custodian

labelled – return to sender.

 

Lost Property 11.05.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Red Cross Parcel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Competition!!!

06 Monday May 2013

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For a chance to win a copy of my book ‘Tipping Sheep (the right way)’

Please visit,

https://www.facebook.com/AlexandraCarrMalcolm
and follow the instructions!

I will collect all the names and draw two winner’s names out of a hat next Saturday 18th May. I have two books to give away.

Good Luck!!

Fledglings

05 Sunday May 2013

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English: Moorhen Nest and Chicks On the Serpen...

 

 

 

 

 

The nest a cold tomb,

my heavy heart a hollow stone,

my chicks have all flown.

 

© Fledglings 05.05.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

English: Moorhen Nest and Chicks On the Serpentine Lake at Hardwick Hall. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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Serendipity

04 Saturday May 2013

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Serendipity beach

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slowly, silently,

now the moon,

eclipses all but you,

reclining in serendipity’s arms,

as diamonds glinting

eyes of stars,

fledglings nesting

in my heart,

and nought can

sever souls

apart

 

Serendipity 04.05.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

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Acolyte

03 Friday May 2013

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Engraving of Ann Eliza Bleecker, a socialite a...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leave

the Kings in their Kingdoms

and the Emperors in their Empires

Bring

the Poets and their portents

to the realms of desire

Scorn prophetic Prophets

with their commanding ire

Sing

jubilation for the mundane Messiah

and courting Celebrity

Mankind misfires

 

© Acolyte 02.05.2013

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Engraving of Ann Eliza Bleecker, a socialite and noted poet of New York, United States during the 18th century (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

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