The Waiting Game

25 Saturday Apr 2015

Posted by Worldly Winds in Death, NaPoWriMo, Poetry, Word Play

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Alex Carr-Malcolm poet, Alex Carr-Malcolm poetry, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, death, games, Monopoly, napowrimo, poetry, The Waiting Game, UK poet, Uk poetry, waiting, writing, Yorkshire poet

I am waiting for my turn.

Playing the game,

forever stuck.

Do not pass GO,

do not collect £200.

I am waiting to see the blue Angel,

to battle the red square,

stroll down Park Lane

and stay a while…

at the Mayfair.

I am waiting for my Chance,

my, Get Out of Jail Free,

the bank error in my favour,

to win second place in – anything,

my inheritance.

Instead,

I go back three spaces,

make general repairs to my green house,

pay my taxes – that’s fine,

for Doctor’s fee – read prescription.

I’m done with waiting!

Do I pay a £10 fine,

or take a Chance,

or do I wait –

two die?

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Picture credit:http://www.playbuzz.com/laurawhite11/which-british-monopoly-square-are-you

Silence

01 Friday Mar 2013

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

≈ 4 Comments

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communication, poetry, silence, Uk poetry, waiting, waiting and longing, Yorkshire poet

Not a word,

not a word,

you do not grace me,

within, without,

I wait,

with sullen pout.

My fate,

my fate,

How can it be?

So silently;

you give me,

not a thought,

not a thought.

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Silence (Photo credit: requiemm)

We’re sorry to announce…

14 Wednesday Nov 2012

Posted by Worldly Winds in Daily life, Longing & Waiting, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, delay, poetry, rain, train, waiting

Stuck on a train,

delays again,

waiting’s a pain;

here comes the rain,

and I’m stuck on a train.

All that rushing in vain,

it’s always the same,

passengers complain,

as we’re stuck on the train,

watching the rain…

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Isle of Wight – Steam Train (Photo credit: puritani35)

Seagulls

05 Wednesday Sep 2012

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

≈ 23 Comments

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, broken heart, grief, longing, loss, poetry, Sea shanties, Seagulls, seashore, sorrow, soulful, surf, waiting

Circling seagulls soulfully

Singing sea shanties

Sorrowfully surf sea-shores

Seagull Reflected (Photo credit: bogenfreund)

Condemned

22 Wednesday Aug 2012

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

≈ 14 Comments

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Cadaver, condemned, heartbreak, longing, loss, love, poetry, waiting

I hang on your words,

like a condemned man,

waiting, waiting, waiting;

the hour glass ticking,

moods pensive and tense.

To and fro, fro and to…

Cadaver pendulum swinging,

this way and that,

that way and this…

Tides ebb and flow,

moons wax and wane,

days come, weeks go.

Still waiting, waiting…

ever waiting, for

just one word,

from,

you.

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Two hangman’s nooses and gallows behind the courthouse in Tombstone, Arizona (tombstone14xy) (Photo credit: mlhradio)

Eyes

29 Sunday Apr 2012

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

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apologise, fantasize, longing, philosophise, poetry, romance, waiting

Fantasise

and cast your eyes

over the mysteries

of your life’s long dreams

Philosophise

see through the lies

that tie you down

and cause you pain

Hypnotise

those who criticise

show them the way

that you now pave

Apologise

to those by your side

for our foolish ways

that caused them pain

Romanticise

look through rose eyes

for one true love

who will hole you close

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Apologize (Photo credit: WolfS♡ul)

Standing in the Shadow

11 Wednesday Apr 2012

Posted by Worldly Winds in Deep Stuff!, Poetry

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longing, loss, love, memories, memory, moon, shadow, stardust, sun, tears, waiting

Standing in the shadow of this mood

no longer ruler of my emotions;

visited by ghosts of a bygone age

I cannot shake the stardust from my eyes.

The silence is deafening.

The memories blinding.

With heavy heart and a trail of tears,

I dream the dreams from all those years.

The diamond flash of a smile or a look,

the scent of a memory.

What will be?

Will it be at all?

A roller coaster ride of life,

not knowing what to expect;

not knowing how I’ll react.

You see the sun, but inside I’m the moon;

do you not see the mask behind the veil of tears,

do you care or even contemplate the consequences –

of doing nothing?

By Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Waiting

02 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by Worldly Winds in Poetry

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lament, poetry, sitting, waiting, watching

Tiger cub (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I can sit and lament.

I could stand and fight.

I prefer to watch and do neither;

but it will not come,

and I cannot find it.

So, I’ll just sit and wait…

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Paramour

06 Tuesday Mar 2012

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

≈ 10 Comments

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, dreams, haunted, heart, heartbreak, longing, loss, love, memory, pain, paramour, poetry, tears, waiting

Within my mind I see your face,

still haunted by the sound of your laughter,

recalling the warmth of your sweet embrace.

All these I carry within my heart.

See my head turn as I hear your name,

watch my heart break when you touch my dreams,

the tears that burn with the memory pain.

All these I carry within my heart.

My lovely, lovely, paramour.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Worldly Winds

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Tag Archives: waiting

The Waiting Game

Silence

We’re sorry to announce…

Seagulls

Condemned

Eyes

Standing in the Shadow

Waiting

Paramour

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