Pantun

15 Monday Apr 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Heartbreak, Longing & Waiting, Loss, Love, NaPoWriMo, Poetry

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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)

Calculating Cuddles

05 Friday Apr 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Daily life, Humour, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, humour, love, mathematical equations, maths, napowrimo, poetry, UK poet, Yorkshire poet

Cuddling you,

is like a mathematical equation.

All elbows and angles,

spoonerisms and square brackets.

Just as a

parent he sis-

te-math-ically

square routes,

and exponentially

asterisks the mattress,

to become algebra

beyond my comprehension;

yet squared and integrated,

your obtuse, hypotenuse,

is surely a sine

that we can tessellate,

calculate and co-ordinate,

affirmative action,

and solve

an alternative angle,

between curves.

The geometry of

cardinal em-braces,

satisfies the

conjugated,

conjugal,

bed.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

The Grand Challenge Equations: San Diego Supercomputer Center (Photo credit: dullhunk)

Where Did January Go?

11 Monday Mar 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Nature, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, frost, love, months, poetry, seasons, snow, summer, UK poet, Weather, Yorkshire poet

Where did January go?

Bleak stormed nights

shrouded in snow

February breezed in

without a hello

wearing cloak of frost

and refused to go

until marched out

by the April fools

who cast a clout

breaking all the rules

then come what may

June soon came

and played her part

to warm the heart

of birds and bees

and summer

trees

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Sunrise over Stonehenge on the summer solstice, 21 June 2005 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Beyond Cinderella

01 Friday Feb 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Longing & Waiting, Loss, Love, Poetry, Waiting and Longing

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Cinderella, fairytale, heartbreak, love, poetry, UK poet, Yorkshire poet

As she whispers to herself,

her shouts become shadows,

and heartbeats chime thirteen;

the pain in her chest is not surpassed,

by the memory of just before midnight.

Why did she stay? When all about said,

run, flee, escape, (or) you’ll rue the day.

Holding a bouquet of disdain,

she will mourn the bride,

and hide the pain.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Illustration for Charles Perrault’s Cinderella from Histoires ou Contes du Temps passé: Les Contes de ma Mère l’Oye(1697). Gustave Doré’s illustrations appear in an 1867 edition

Dare You!

18 Friday Jan 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Longing & Waiting, Loss, Love, Poetry, Waiting and Longing

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, daring, hope, longing, loss, love, poetry

Dare you stroll

down Memory Lane?

Can you step out

with me?

I will,

if you will.

Will you walk

into the unknown?

I will,

if you will.

Dare you take a leap

of faith?

I will,

if you will.

Would you fall,

head over heels?

I will,

if you will.

Say I love you?

I will,

will you?

Dare you!

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

My Love (Photo credit: Jennuine Captures)

Eternal Flame

02 Wednesday Jan 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Deep Stuff!, Longing & Waiting, Loss, Love, Poetry, Waiting and Longing

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, heartbreak, longing, loss, love, memories, poetry

Cremate me in your

fires of passion,

burn my soul

indelibly,

memories will

a story fashion,

of how we

loved,

and used

to be.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Passion (Photo credit: -RejiK)

Phobos and Deimos

12 Wednesday Dec 2012

Posted by Worldly Winds in Deep Stuff!, Love, Poetry, Waiting and Longing

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Deimos, heartbreak, Helios, loss, love, Mars, Phobos, poetry, rainbow, stars, tears, unicorn

Confetti stars,

and the moons of Mars,

glitter in the sky.

My lover’s tears,

weeps a million years,

silently each night.

To you I fly,

through rainbow skies,

riding clouds of unicorn white.

My broken heart,

as my love departs,

Helios has taken flight.

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

(photo credit – unknown – please contact me if you wish me to remove or add credit to this picture)

Old Acquaintance

10 Monday Dec 2012

Posted by Worldly Winds in Deep Stuff!, Longing & Waiting, Love, Poetry, Waiting and Longing

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, auld lang syne, love, poetry, separation, the last waltz

The haunting song,

in a melody,

reminders of you,

in a memory.

Dance the last waltz,

and sing Auld Lang Syne,

our time it was over,

heartbreak be mine.

You danced with another,

I sang a duet,

do you still remember,

the day when we met?

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Rhythm, a sequence in time repeated, featured in dance: an early moving picture demonstrates the waltz. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Heart of the House

04 Thursday Oct 2012

Posted by Worldly Winds in Loss, Love, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, birds, empty nest, empty nest syndrome, grief, heart, heartbreak, loss, love, poetry

The day you left,

and walked out the door,

the heart of the house,

beat no more.

You took the flame,

right out of the fire,

clouds cuddled the sun,

and the moon did cry.

The birds they fell silent,

respecting the day,

when you walked out the door,

and went far away.

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Birds in a row (Photo credit: The Wren Design)

This House

14 Friday Sep 2012

Posted by Worldly Winds in Daily life, Love, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, family, family life, home, home sweet home, house, love, poetry

This house,

full of bustle,

full of love and,

full of drama!

This house,

safe and warm,

no interloper,

can bring harm.

This house,

is a home,

security of,

the womb.

This house,

has a heart,

family values,

play the part.

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Home Sweet Home (Photo credit: Lockedinthepark)

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Tag Archives: love

Pantun

Calculating Cuddles

Where Did January Go?

Beyond Cinderella

Dare You!

Eternal Flame

Phobos and Deimos

Old Acquaintance

The Heart of the House

This House

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