05 Thursday Sep 2013
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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, butterflies, grief, happenstance, longing, loss, memories, moonbeams, poetry, UK poet, Uk poetry, Yorkshire poet
So what perchance
made you like her,
with rainbow shoes
and butterfly hair,
gold treacle voice
and moonbeam eyes;
was it a plan, or
happenstance?
© Happenstance 05.09.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Butterfly flying free from cupped hands (Photo credit: Beverly & Pack)
31 Saturday Aug 2013
Posted in Poetry, Publications
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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Kindle, Lulu, poetry, Tipping Sheep, Tipping Sheep (the right way), UK poet, Uk poetry, writing, Yorkshire poet
Hello!
Finally – I have my first anthology available on Kindle. I apologise for the delay, it has taken me a long time due to work commitments and my tardiness in grasping the skills of creating e-books!
Below are the links for the Kindle version, for both UK and US Amazon. If you prefer the paperback version they are available on either Lulu or Amazon – or – contact me directly for a copy.
I would be delighted if you would like to leave a review on Amazon or Lulu – Happy Reading 🙂
Tipping Sheep (the right way) for Kindle avaialble at:
or
available in paperback from
or, contact me directly for a copy at, worldlywinds@mail.com
24 Saturday Aug 2013
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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Buddhism, butterflies, contentment, enlightenment, poetry, simplicity, stillness, sun, UK poet, Uk poetry, Yorkshire poet
just as the butterfly
settles on a flower
and spreads her wings
in reverence to the sun
so
let our minds
still, and feast
on the nectar
of this sublime
life
© Stillness 20.08.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Der Schmetterlingsjäger (The butterfly hunter) by Carl Spitzweg (1840), a depiction from the era of butterfly collection. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
08 Thursday Aug 2013
Posted in Poetry, Publications
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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Tipping Sheep, Tipping Sheep (the right way), UK poet, Uk poetry, Worldly Winds, Yorkshire poet, Yorkshire poetry
To order your copy, simply click on the picture 🙂
If you already have a copy – then I would be delighted if you would like to leave a review 😀
07 Wednesday Aug 2013
Posted in Children's poetry, Humour, Poetry
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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Faery, Fairy, humour, pagan, poetry, tooth fairy, UK poet, Wicca, Yorkshire poet
Never trust a faerie,
‘tho pretty they may seem,
for when you are not looking,
they swear, and spit, and scream.
Do not be fooled by faerie’s,
their legendry looks well known,
they are not sweet, like in the books,
so please do not be thrown.
Depicted as the sweetest sight,
with wings that flitter and flutter,
dresses made of gossamer,
they melt your heart like butter.
It’s little known that faeries bite,
or that they would cause harm;
please don’t blame the insects,
for that nip upon your arm.
With golden curls that tumble down,
around their tiny frame,
with mischief and with sabotage,
the faeries are to blame.
When things go wrong around the house,
you know they are at play,
they wreck your plans, and break your things,
and ruin a good day.
You may think it is admirable,
they collect teeth from your mouth,
but how do you think they get so loose?
They punch the milk teeth out!
Never trust a faerie,
they are evil, sour, and bitter.
Do not be fooled by how they look,
an angry dragon’s sweeter!
© Never Trust a Faerie 2012
By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Prince Arthur and the Fairy Queen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
05 Monday Aug 2013
Posted in Children's poetry, Humour, Poetry
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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, humour, milk tooth, poetry, tooth, tooth fairy, UK poet, writing, Yorkshire poet
I’ve been playing with some ideas for children’s poems and verses. Ironically I finished this one yesterday just before a large chunk of my tooth fell out.
I’m now nervously waiting for the dentist to tell me tomorrow if it can be saved – Oh well on the bright side, the tooth fairy may well be generous?
I’m a little bit worried
to tell you the truth,
last night I discovered
a wobbly tooth.
I wiggled it this way,
and wobbled it that,
it started to hurt,
my gum feels quite fat.
I then ate an apple,
and that did the trick,
out came my tooth,
it didn’t hurt a bit!
The hole felt enormous,
the size of a pea,
I looked in the mirror,
’twas the size of a flea.
Now that it’s out,
it’s not quite so scary,
so it’s under the pillow,
for the bedtime tooth-fairy.
© Wobbly Tooth 05.08.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
04 Sunday Aug 2013
Posted in Anger, Heartbreak, Loss, Love, Poetry
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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Cupid, Eros, heartbreak, Libertine, love, poetry, UK poet, Valentino, Villain, Yorkshire poet
Oh man of mystery,
you are not,
a libertine
in a chaser shot.
A twirling rake
in a black top hat,
a villainous snake,
and a lovelorn rat.
Valentino
would’ve wept,
void of dreams,
whilst you slept.
Cupid screams,
words too blue,
as Eros flees,
from the sight of you.
© My Libertine 04.08.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
English: A stereotypical caricature of a villain (i.e. generic melodrama villain stock character, with handlebar moustache and black top-hat). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
03 Saturday Aug 2013
Posted in Children's poetry, Poetry
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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, birds, dance, flight, flock, murmuration, nature, poetry, Starling, summer, UK poet, writing, Yorkshire poet
As I lay upon the grass
and gaze into the sky,
I see a flock of starlings
scoot and flit on by.
Starlings are a noisy bunch,
it’s true they cannot sing;
but they are, oh so graceful,
as they dance upon the wing.
As I lay upon the grass,
they swoop and glide on by.
I see a flock of starlings,
have a disco in the sky.
© Murmuration 03.08.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Starlings forming fascinating formations over Tøndermarsken, south-west Jutland, Denmark. Image from http://www.pdfnet.dk. Material is in Public Domain. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
28 Sunday Jul 2013
Posted in Poetry
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.
© Knitting couplets 16.01.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
A little dexterity is helpful in working with knitting needles (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
14 Sunday Jul 2013
I fill the world with words
so you can’t find me
in a tangle of text
hiding in lex-
-ical tom
foolery
silently
spoken, yet
shards in the heart
worlds far apart from
where I retreat to sanctuary
© Tomfooleries 14.07.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
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