16 Sunday Apr 2017
Posted in NaPoWriMo17, Poetry, Political
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Alex Carr-Malcolm poet, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm Brexit, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm poetry, Brexit, poetry, political poetry, Worldly Winds poetry
Borders broken
Racist riptide
England exits
Xenophobic zeitgeist
Immigrants intimidated
Troubling times
Brexit 27.06.2016
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Brexit First appeared in The Fat Damsel (Damsels Against Leave)
15 Saturday Apr 2017
Posted in Anger, NaPoWriMo17, Poetry, Political
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Alex Carr-Malcolm poet, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm Left Behind, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm poetry, capitalism, disability cuts, DLA cuts, Homelessness, Left Behind, poetry, Worldly Winds poetry
You sit and you smug
with your jury and judge,
do’s, don’ts, and should,
with a privileged view
and a principled coup;
but what do you know,
and what will you gain –
it’s all a big show,
a capitalist game.
Left Behind by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
2016
13 Thursday Apr 2017
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Alex Carr-Malcolm poet, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm Pills that Cure Ills, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm poetry, depression, illness, mental illness, Pills that Cure Ills, Worldly Winds poetry
Perfect, peachy, popping pills,
constricting minds and soothing ills,
profound, perfunctory, purple people eater,
bringing sleep, where nothing’s sweeter.
Pills that Cure Ills by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
2016
Picture Credit: https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/565201821961742049/
10 Monday Apr 2017
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Alex Carr-Malcolm poet, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm poetry, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm Spite, NaPoWriMo17, poetry, Worldly Winds poetry
Crisp wrinkled leaves
blow hither and thither,
falling over each other
chattering, no wisdom;
but never listening,
bitter, backbiting breezes,
carry their words;
whilst the trees,
keep their counsel.
Spite 2016
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Picture Credit: https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/474003929508703969/
08 Sunday Jun 2014
Posted in Poetry
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Alex Carr-Malcolm poet, Alex Carr-Malcolm poetry, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm poetry, poetry, Top Ten, UK poet, Uk poetry, Worldly Winds poetry, Worldly Winds Top Ten, Yorkshire poet
It’s that time of year and yet again I am jaunting off on retreat for a fortnight. I won’t be back until 27th June. So I thought I would leave you with my Top Ten most liked poems as chosen by you! But… then I looked, and there were some real crackers in positions 11 to 15 – so I thought I’d cheat and include those too! I hope you enjoy reading them and I will return soon, hopefully with some new gems 🙂
Click on the title to take you to the original poem 🙂 Enjoy!!
1. Soldier On
4. Tipping Sheep (the right way)
5. First Love
6. Silhouettes and Soliloquies
7. WoMan Flu
8. Thistledown
9. Mum
11. Murmuration
12. Sybarites
13. Black Rose
14. Child Within
15. Big Pants
Photo Credit : http://9laughs.com/go-on-without-me/
23 Sunday Feb 2014
Posted in Deep Stuff!, Poetry
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Alex Carr-Malcolm poet, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, climate change, earth, nature, poetry, UK poet, Uk poetry, Worldly Winds poetry, writing, Yorkshire poet
Step quietly, step quietly,
tread lighter still,
do not wake her,
with footprints shrill.
Step forth, step forth,
with thistledown toes,
footfall snow,
so nobody knows.
And when you are gone,
they will say,
and what of that girl,
did she pass this way?
© Thistledown 23.02.2014
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Worldly Winds 