15 Friday Nov 2013
Posted in Poetry
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Tiratanaloka shrine (Photo credit: Triratna Photos)
Hi
Just to let you know I am vanishing off on retreat for two weeks. I will be back on the 29th November, hopefully all refreshed and buzzing with poetry 🙂
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18 Monday Mar 2013
Posted in Buddhism, Daily life, Poetry
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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Buddhist retreat, Dharma, Kindle, packing, poetry, reading, retreat, Uk poetry, writing, Yorkshire poet
The next few poems were written on a poetry day. The first poem is inspired from R.S.V.P. by Beverley Nadin. The task was to write a list of items that we packed to take on our last retreat, and then include some of them in a poem. This was my attempt 🙂
Three books,
one red, one blue, one black,
Poetry, Dharma and Drama.
A pencil and pen,
backed up with a spare,
(thank God for my Kindle!)
and a brush for my hair.
My potions and pills,
(no nightie with frills)
Just good solid thermals!
Pyjamas and socks
squashed in a bag,
and no need for locks,
as I’m escaping to freedom;
leave humdrum at home.
I’m longing for space,
and a room of one’s own.
©Three Books 10.03.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Bell, Virginia Woolf (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
20 Sunday Jan 2013
Posted in Longing & Waiting, Love, Poetry, Waiting and Longing
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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, cottage, Derbyshire, Peak District, poetry, retreat, solitary, UK poet, writing, Yorkshire, Yorkshire poet
Of what do I dream?
I dream of the Peaks,
a cosy warm cottage,
for solitary weeks.
A welcoming hearth,
and an open fire,
somewhere to sit,
and dream of the ‘shire.
A handsome oak bureau,
where I sit and write,
with an old lattice window,
to gaze at the night.
An old chiming clock,
to signal the end,
and an old scruffy dog,
as my one faithful friend.
Of what do I dream?
I dream of the Peaks,
a cosy warm cottage,
for solitary weeks
© Of what do I dream? 20.01.2013
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Worldly Winds 