Wobbly Tooth

05 Monday Aug 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds 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.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

The Tooth Fairy Tats 2000 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Murmuration

03 Saturday Aug 2013

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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.

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)

Knitting Couplets

28 Sunday Jul 2013

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, knitting, muse, poetry, UK poet, writing, Yorkshire poet

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.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

A little dexterity is helpful in working with knitting needles (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Windows to the Soul

25 Saturday May 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Deep Stuff!, Muse, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, muse, poet, poetry, soul, UK poet, writing, Yorkshire poet

Do you see into the poet’s soul?

Your stare puts me on edge.

I’m sat before you naked;

you write on my blank page.

I saw you, I know you,

and it took me by surprise.

I really didn’t think that,

you’d see into this poet’s eyes.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Pantheon Masquerade (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Juliet’s Blight

18 Saturday May 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Heartbreak, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, death, dreams, grief, heartbreak, loss, love, memories, poetry, sorrow, UK poet, writing, Yorkshire poet

Holograph clouds

hang in a

blue riband sky

splintered memories

scudding fly

clear cobalt mind

troubled by

those left behind

cogitating

precipitating

Indian summers

that never come

loves lived and lost

but never won

twilight transcends

stargazing nights

Juliet’s blight

heartbreak

crowns

the

air

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Juliet (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Acolyte

03 Friday May 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Anger, Deep Stuff!, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, celebrity, false refuge, poetry, UK poet, worship, writing, Yorkshire poet

Leave

the Kings in their Kingdoms

and the Emperors in their Empires

Bring

the Poets and their portents

to the realms of desire

Scorn prophetic Prophets

with their commanding ire

Sing

jubilation for the mundane Messiah

and courting Celebrity

Mankind misfires

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Engraving of Ann Eliza Bleecker, a socialite and noted poet of New York, United States during the 18th century (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Fool’s Gold

23 Tuesday Apr 2013

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, folk lore, poetry, UK poet, wiccan, writing, Yorkshire poet

I know my flaws,

so, hold your tongue,

do not hector,

at my wrongs.

I am aware,

my gentle meekness,

can be mistook,

as greatest weakness.

Peck at me,

just like a worm,

but watch your back,

as tables turn.

What you give out,

receive thrice fold,

this old folk lore,

has been foretold.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Full Moon over Margarita (Photo credit: bilbord99)

Fuddle

17 Wednesday Apr 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Humour, Muse, NaPoWriMo, Poetry

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, humour, muse, poems, poetry, UK poet, writing, Yorkshire poet

I’m in a tangle

I’m in a muddle

I have two poems

mixed up in a fuddle

I cannot part them

I try but they don’t

I tease and I prune

they simply just won’t

I’ve tried all that I can

I admit that alas

they’re conjoined forever

they’re really stuck fast

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

kittentastic (Photo credit: Alicakes*)

Three Books

18 Monday Mar 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds 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.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

Bell, Virginia Woolf (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Gossamer Dreams

11 Monday Feb 2013

Posted by Worldly Winds in Deep Stuff!, Muse

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Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, dreams, muse, poetry, sleep, UK poet, writing, Yorkshire poet

Betwixt and between,

the poem and the dream,

the light and the night,

flows the unconscious stream.

Words play in my head,

from the land of the dead,

the stars and the moon,

hold the gossamer thread.

by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm

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Windows to the Soul

Juliet’s Blight

Acolyte

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