tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61073339418857977882024-03-13T06:08:54.192+00:00Shangwe2011Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-61086881071037991272017-04-12T15:59:00.001+01:002017-04-12T15:59:24.974+01:00A Bathroom Meditation<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9E35-dHaiRnOTT2TG0YMUIPcULDQO0V13FQA-P5GBSti-eFIHhwMMclEuxi33zJCRALRz8WLx6iL2Ga74-szTjNw1FRA3okTAGrR3_-IJMv8eaFfGa5ChLIylV_LvBNqNQeNoIDvh_Q/s1600/pexels+hips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9E35-dHaiRnOTT2TG0YMUIPcULDQO0V13FQA-P5GBSti-eFIHhwMMclEuxi33zJCRALRz8WLx6iL2Ga74-szTjNw1FRA3okTAGrR3_-IJMv8eaFfGa5ChLIylV_LvBNqNQeNoIDvh_Q/s320/pexels+hips.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image: from Pexels</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Stand and stare</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">at the body bare,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">these hips don't fit into</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">little pretty spaces,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">they don't like to be held back.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Called child-bearing hips</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">babies carried inside and out,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">these hips are free,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">mighty in their dimension</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">curvy in their presentation.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
12th poem for NaPoWriMo2017</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
ⓒ Nicole Moore</div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-64708345690425654212017-04-11T18:08:00.000+01:002017-04-11T18:08:42.418+01:00The Thickness of Racism<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifw4LaEP77ZiFx_k2vpXToJzTC4GYmg8iglWi5so_e8myb5I5O1ow7nEqaNAKVHdsfx1w8fBN48yx-m4LstBoZg3W1G9QZyGKGaD6_Cu4iBVFzkFEM2aZafL28xCxCQwnnKRYCXAmohA/s1600/rascial-discrimination-say-no.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifw4LaEP77ZiFx_k2vpXToJzTC4GYmg8iglWi5so_e8myb5I5O1ow7nEqaNAKVHdsfx1w8fBN48yx-m4LstBoZg3W1G9QZyGKGaD6_Cu4iBVFzkFEM2aZafL28xCxCQwnnKRYCXAmohA/s320/rascial-discrimination-say-no.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image: from Pexels</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Prejudice is only skin deep</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">this is the thickness of racism.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">It appears without warning;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in fact, It was socially constructed centuries ago</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and exposed and sold as a way of discriminating </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in a variety of guises...of making a fine distinction.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">It is so embedded in some cultures</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">that people are unaware, unconscious </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">of their mindset developing in an </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">'ignorance is bliss' context.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The ability to discriminate is a precious facility</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but in the wrong hands, </span><span style="font-size: large;">it will bite like a mosquito</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">or buzz around you like a bee;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">It can rear its ugly head </span><span style="font-size: large;">in a myriad of guises</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And sometimes it will come alive</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in such force, it will feel </span><span style="font-size: large;">as if you've been slapped in the face</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So the pointless death of another black man</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">captured on video in the US</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and seeping into the UK</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">evolves into a </span><span style="font-size: large;">belief </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">that a man has to be up to something criminal.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Prejudice is only skin deep</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">this is the thickness of racism.</span><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
11th poem for NaPoWriMo2017</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
ⓒ Nicole Moore</div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-1228270680014673282017-04-10T14:05:00.001+01:002017-04-10T14:05:26.729+01:00Straight-talking<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWnwVbXhc4P9m5CQJFMOAUmMq01USjWKwfNMIqrV19LYAF7fI6heNmnC_sNa5EW_T3ZYBYngt9aqkwbrRA5ccKvaCVTvhFstvFT4BhOnVd0a-ibVAi1d_oYAo3wHOMJYQFAMZ6dLkmA/s1600/thumb_IMG_0019_1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWnwVbXhc4P9m5CQJFMOAUmMq01USjWKwfNMIqrV19LYAF7fI6heNmnC_sNa5EW_T3ZYBYngt9aqkwbrRA5ccKvaCVTvhFstvFT4BhOnVd0a-ibVAi1d_oYAo3wHOMJYQFAMZ6dLkmA/s320/thumb_IMG_0019_1024.jpg" width="237" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo: Me and my son Andrew, December 2014.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He's a no-nonsense, straight-talking kind of man</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Strong on family values</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And whenever he can</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He'll talk with the width and depth</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">To home in on issues important to him.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">He has a wild thorny side</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Little things he observes that just ain't right</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Can and sometimes do m</span><span style="font-size: large;">ake him mad</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Enough to retaliate</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">To take a stand.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">He has a fun side too</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A great sense of humour</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Especially a joy to see</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When he interacts with his daughter</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Then his softer lighter side will be full of laughter.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
10th poem for NaPoWriMo2017</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(*Portrait poem)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
ⓒ Nicole Moore</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
NaPoWriMo's 10th day prompt:<br />
*Write a poem that is a portrait of someone important to you. It doesn't need to focus so much on what a person looks like, as what they are.Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-60514330839950488422017-04-09T12:27:00.001+01:002017-04-09T12:33:06.169+01:00Lightning<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiV-j6CmVFOb-aDKZTpzSjBvFHXRKjmwHr2HXjvwcVzdwwssduQYFmAEH6_iUUucBixpeuhIpg3ksxD52TzM7yZ3HpmGu53gveDIWQwAbjpe-9NC5KJtORQfl4htEXDB9LvQGFS32og/s1600/lightening.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixiV-j6CmVFOb-aDKZTpzSjBvFHXRKjmwHr2HXjvwcVzdwwssduQYFmAEH6_iUUucBixpeuhIpg3ksxD52TzM7yZ3HpmGu53gveDIWQwAbjpe-9NC5KJtORQfl4htEXDB9LvQGFS32og/s320/lightening.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Lightning': Coloured pencil drawing by Nicole Moore</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Saturn-like parallel stream-rings</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Tornado in the distance</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">turbulence</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">disturbance</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">captured</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">in a moment</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">textured lightning striking</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">putting on a pre-formance</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">awaiting the thunderous response</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
9th poem for NaPoWriMo2017</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
*Ekphrastic poem<br />
ⓒ Nicole Moore</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
NaPoWriMo's 9th day prompt:</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Write a nine-line poem. </div>
</div>
<br />
*According to the <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Poetry Foundation</a>, "an ekphrastic poem is a vivid description of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art." More generally, an ekphrastic poem is a poem inspired or stimulated by a work of art.<br />
<br />Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-64920637787430741792017-04-08T12:25:00.000+01:002017-04-08T12:25:15.998+01:00Still a Tree<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcYtw919-iFUivDMdSj0QStuZIwMl5aOZ8zvfMLM9PxQg70ZN_O2Qxbsa6T6lsNg3TcExSCpaFobdHRb395h9jWZg5Ti6epPzqPc1CH95fJGYi3vHNtIFwLneCmF3DR5DvdrO67nlfDw/s1600/Still+a+Tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcYtw919-iFUivDMdSj0QStuZIwMl5aOZ8zvfMLM9PxQg70ZN_O2Qxbsa6T6lsNg3TcExSCpaFobdHRb395h9jWZg5Ti6epPzqPc1CH95fJGYi3vHNtIFwLneCmF3DR5DvdrO67nlfDw/s320/Still+a+Tree.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo: Me sitting on a Banyan tree, August 1988 in the enchanting Oratava<br />Acclimatisation Gardens, on the edge of Puerto de la Cruz in the second most<br />major town in Tenerife.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /><span style="font-size: large;">It's hard to believe</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The Banyan tree</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Started its life as an epiphyte</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Yet still, beauty lies deep</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The Banyan tree remains</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Strong, eloquent, solid, still tree</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Yet still, its beauty lies deep</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Gracious and grounded</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Strong eloquent, solid, still a tree </span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Over 200 years old</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Gracious, grounded</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Its majestic presence is irresistible</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Voiceless it speaks</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Started its life as an epiphyte</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Connecting roots directly and indirectly to its central trunk</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">It's hard to believe</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
8th poem for NaPoWriMo2017</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
(*pantoum poem)</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, monospace;">©</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, serif;"> Nicole Moore</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, serif;">NaPoWriMo's 8th day prompt:</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, serif;">Write a poem that relies on repetition, of a phrase, or just a word.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
*The pantoum is a poem of any length composed of four-line stanzas. In each stanza, the second and fourth lines serve as the first and third lines of the next stanza. The last line of a pantoum is generally the same as the first line.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<a href="http://www.jackeeholder.com/tree/nicole-moores-banyan-tree/" target="_blank">Still a Tree - First published here</a><br />
<br />Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-82037525116559160052017-04-07T12:09:00.000+01:002017-04-07T12:38:23.597+01:00Hard to maintain? No!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-giSDMvfCloH6TcnzNHkqFOsFq6nRN23kZcHrXQlSYvTuLXbG83V4boXSG-9XsIoPFZP3khNd68SIJUjHs0YhZwQxmigyF3IrirW_Zygm2HqRjs2poQlFWMfe3z1E4InkZz5-gZIVDQ/s1600/20170405_191304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-giSDMvfCloH6TcnzNHkqFOsFq6nRN23kZcHrXQlSYvTuLXbG83V4boXSG-9XsIoPFZP3khNd68SIJUjHs0YhZwQxmigyF3IrirW_Zygm2HqRjs2poQlFWMfe3z1E4InkZz5-gZIVDQ/s320/20170405_191304.jpg" width="216" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poinsettia Plant Leaf still remains...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When I bought you in full bloom in December 2015,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I had low expectations of how long we would share </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">our lives together.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">You continued to throw the fact—that you are 'hard to maintain'</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">completely</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">on its head.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">You and your cheery red and green foliage</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">brought out a part of me that even spoke softly to you,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">'How beautiful you look...'</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Maybe, just the sound of my voice</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">captured your lifespan,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so you lasted—all year.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">And when you finally faded,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I kept and pressed a few of your leaves</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to keep the memory of you in tact ... never to die.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
7th poem for NaPoWriMo2017</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
ⓒ Nicole Moore</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
NaPoWriMo's day 5 prompt:</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Write a poem that is based in the natural world that you've personally experienced and optimally, one that you've experienced often. Try to incorporate specific details while also stating why you find the chosen place or plant/animal meaningful.</div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-67848591856278149882017-04-06T10:38:00.006+01:002017-04-06T10:40:15.642+01:00Seven Ways of Looking at Hands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8qOgSI9C7DLpJ1i8ocPUjRe7amkwnkcLJHigMevprMp-JTI7BNGhjm-G4pQZTFm1gJx5TsitZYJgQcwt094qP9QpoebZ-uGqKsOXKbtns1Q28iMKjeOuRDWl7oHD2tyK4fibhmwsEw/s1600/hands+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8qOgSI9C7DLpJ1i8ocPUjRe7amkwnkcLJHigMevprMp-JTI7BNGhjm-G4pQZTFm1gJx5TsitZYJgQcwt094qP9QpoebZ-uGqKsOXKbtns1Q28iMKjeOuRDWl7oHD2tyK4fibhmwsEw/s320/hands+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I know I would be nowhere</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">with no hands, no lifelines to reveal</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">futures, life's expressions invisible,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">No incredible, articulate moments.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Essential, responsible, hands matter</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Men, women, children, babies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">rejoice when hands hold, caress ... and direct an orchestra,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">drive cars, buses, trains; fly helicopters and planes.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Hands—a pair with eight fingers, two thumbs</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to adorn with jewels to signify status,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">act as an invitation; as an exit strategy.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Are diamonds really a girl's best friend?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">How is it that hands are enclosed</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">in a protective skin,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so as to keep out evil</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and let good in?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">But hands can slap, punch, and kill</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">swear and curse, with such dramatic appeal</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">that 'war' is the outcome;</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">peace the calm after the storm.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">The artist, the pianist, the writer,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the musician, the singer, the dancer,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">would turn mad, bad and dangerous to know,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">without their hands, they'd have no place to go.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Hands are perfect; each finger print unique,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to keep a trace; a pattern,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">there is no escape,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">if you've abused their powers.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
(6th poem for NaPoWriMo2017; first posted as 16th poem for NaPoWriMo2013)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
ⓒ Nicole Moore</div>
<br />
Today's NaPoWriMo2017 prompt is to write a poem that looks at the same thing from various points of view.Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-13333283539834345912017-04-05T16:18:00.000+01:002017-04-09T12:34:17.493+01:00What Do You Love?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbr5sYgf4lxX_JITBIPyFga40YIUWRnqDHDyhS4Pp0xMm2aZoQNXce3vcg1ZlHjX8ZlWmE8-4XMF4HJFTkPBzotA3BMUu2O73q1Z990BzhchfF2JPosDYMQpf4Qsjf2CrxpwRXeGJNkg/s1600/IMG_0063.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbr5sYgf4lxX_JITBIPyFga40YIUWRnqDHDyhS4Pp0xMm2aZoQNXce3vcg1ZlHjX8ZlWmE8-4XMF4HJFTkPBzotA3BMUu2O73q1Z990BzhchfF2JPosDYMQpf4Qsjf2CrxpwRXeGJNkg/s320/IMG_0063.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Woman in Yellow Dress': Coloured pencil drawing by Nicole Moore</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">T(he)y tell me I can't wear bright colours. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Who are those talking heads to tell me what I can and can't wear? </span><span style="font-size: large;">Something about the stark contrast against my skin ... 'doesn't work' </span><span style="font-size: large;">It works well for me. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Oh and, 'Who do you think you are wearing that hat?' </span><span style="font-size: large;">I'm at peace. Can you say the same? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">A breeze like the turn of a page keeps me poised </span><span style="font-size: large;">on the might of the sea. I love my dress. I love my hat. What do you love?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
5th poem for NaPoWriMo2017</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(prose poem)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
ⓒ Nicole Moore</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-69279401550808497282017-04-04T12:14:00.000+01:002017-04-07T12:34:08.757+01:00Elegy for Adrian<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_W3qmNT4Z9WjldtPEAdfCZY84IYOR-8wngiPd95PguCWAfJF3tRYmhFQWQTJsjG9HrIK5uZkJnDkVcqFlCv09h1tbZ6VED_FsOY7CTg3rWyE5lmsZaK7NQ3wn1v11jjTW4fhdoy-TA/s1600/Lost+love+skiing.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_W3qmNT4Z9WjldtPEAdfCZY84IYOR-8wngiPd95PguCWAfJF3tRYmhFQWQTJsjG9HrIK5uZkJnDkVcqFlCv09h1tbZ6VED_FsOY7CTg3rWyE5lmsZaK7NQ3wn1v11jjTW4fhdoy-TA/s320/Lost+love+skiing.jpg" width="253" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adrian Chambers, Italy, the 1980s.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember the first time I saw you</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Your call and response failed five times</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Until you managed to tap me on my shoulder</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">from the front room window</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">When I turned around and saw you</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Your eyes threw me</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We spoke gobbledygook </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">as a way of tuning in</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">And when I asked you a random question—</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">'Do you drink or smoke?'</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Your reply made me smile,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">'No but I eat a lot of biscuits.'</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">And because it was easy to say it,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I asked, 'Any particular kind?'</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And you said,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">'Custard Creams.'</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Your death remains a turning point</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Our memories are safe</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And We will always</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">share history.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
4th poem for NaPoWriMo2017</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
ⓒ Nicole Moore</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
NaPoWriMo's day 3 prompt was an elegy, (I'm not sticking to posting in any particular order) 'but make it centred around something specific or unusual about the person or thing it's about'. I lost my partner Adrian in 1988 and our first meet, in 1980, will be something I savour as a special memory, but it's his confession about Custard Creams that will always make me smile!</div>
<br />
<br />Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-72530689498061635292017-04-03T12:43:00.000+01:002017-04-03T12:43:58.342+01:00Forever Breathing<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3OzGhk5RNit8xNEfVIoagFhL_GxQEvAmmKadNr3w889vFmkT0EgAwASP9-CDB5iW8jcoKsjLMk_vQiGiys1knIcO4l5UHI3Jyru2gGVKAL6b6bevzcoA40nN-Bc5_53Xy1_U3OlP1Q/s1600/pexels-photo-77931.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3OzGhk5RNit8xNEfVIoagFhL_GxQEvAmmKadNr3w889vFmkT0EgAwASP9-CDB5iW8jcoKsjLMk_vQiGiys1knIcO4l5UHI3Jyru2gGVKAL6b6bevzcoA40nN-Bc5_53Xy1_U3OlP1Q/s320/pexels-photo-77931.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from Pexels</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I could be described as a sitting room</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Yet I am much more</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to the eyes that see</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and those who live and love</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">For I can mirror beauty here</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am the faceless, silent witness</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Forever Breathing within these walls,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">contained I hold space</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I feel those energies come, go, stay</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am the shadow at night</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You choose the interior</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">but I am its ghosts</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">It matters not what shape I am in.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
3rd poem for NaPoWriMo 2017</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
ⓒ Nicole Moore</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<br />Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-3254653280889352692017-04-02T12:54:00.000+01:002017-04-04T11:50:23.774+01:00'Home'<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_U4LTP_Dr3-iNN6rxCeOMo50FmEliClAPKpQ78Tg0FHOH-wtMlOnAGdYugHAh61LIwPiyDre9khSWpwwzKUucEbkxMXeRfiNPup9EPzGM6g6GlqcwHTjtDDQyKO-VygpKrGrvLOhmXA/s1600/NaPoWriMo+2nd+poem+Home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_U4LTP_Dr3-iNN6rxCeOMo50FmEliClAPKpQ78Tg0FHOH-wtMlOnAGdYugHAh61LIwPiyDre9khSWpwwzKUucEbkxMXeRfiNPup9EPzGM6g6GlqcwHTjtDDQyKO-VygpKrGrvLOhmXA/s320/NaPoWriMo+2nd+poem+Home.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">**29 Grosvenor Avenue, Highbury, London.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace;">Shadows from street-lamps create a dance as she turns</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace; font-size: large;"> the key. She hears silence as she steps inside, </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace; font-size: large;">engulfed by the incongruous smell, staggering slow into </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace; font-size: large;">a minefield trance; searchlights beam. </span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace; font-size: large;">The kitchen has swapped places. The lounge has grown. There are no colours,</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace; font-size: large;"> light is upside down. Intensity mounts; her breathing becomes sharp and loud.</span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace; font-size: large;">No pictures, no memories on the walls. No hugs, no laughter. </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace; font-size: large;">Alone with her shadow, the sameness disconnects. She questions the emptiness, the boundaries of silence … how did home turn into a soul-less place?</span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace;">within a fortnight </span></span> </span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace; font-size: large;">when the world turned upside down</span></span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace; font-size: large;">she lost her footing</span></div>
<div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace;">2nd poem for NaPoWriMo 2017</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace;">(*Haibun)</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace;">ⓒ Nicole Moore</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace;"><br /></span></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace;">*Haibun is a prosimetric literary form originating in Japan, combining prose and haiku. The range of haibun is broad and frequently includes autobiography, diary, essay, prose poem, short story and travel journal.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace;">**Photo of the house I lived in as a child with my mother and grandparents, taken in 2008.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , monospace;"><br /></span></span></div>
</div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-22798112919698122942017-04-01T12:09:00.000+01:002017-04-09T12:35:17.914+01:00Forever Solid<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPJUoz6-c359nTmC6BgSYa12R2biRMo17PKtvfjOfNjtPhvtYC3U_1b9rb-aGCW4KgGIYQFYYD5RCnxG5xUMHyHPu7xRS-uUiGV9nE1M85upvouEdW3JQJTcMP4asKlgdQF0qwvgBAg/s1600/haiku+tree+image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPJUoz6-c359nTmC6BgSYa12R2biRMo17PKtvfjOfNjtPhvtYC3U_1b9rb-aGCW4KgGIYQFYYD5RCnxG5xUMHyHPu7xRS-uUiGV9nE1M85upvouEdW3JQJTcMP4asKlgdQF0qwvgBAg/s320/haiku+tree+image.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Forever Solid': Coloured pencil drawing by Nicole Moore</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Forever solid</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">waiting in vain for the sun</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">the moon will suffice.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
1st poem for NaPoWriMo 2017</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(Haiku Art)</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
ⓒ Nicole Moore</div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-91276593860862701792013-04-30T12:29:00.001+01:002017-03-21T22:58:48.474+00:00Spirit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDBR8H0Vu1_xzVzJlEj6R1CnyY-5QBZiXuAdqwZsk-kwwIGTHm-0wACsHSmdDOpV-JvQkZbLkIXbDXLQ3fogrop-SKiW3EdCpLYun0gTdEbUdMbfmbZAuvbDoasj2A_YlF75VesSFOQ/s1600/5178359039_559ed82ebe_z.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxDBR8H0Vu1_xzVzJlEj6R1CnyY-5QBZiXuAdqwZsk-kwwIGTHm-0wACsHSmdDOpV-JvQkZbLkIXbDXLQ3fogrop-SKiW3EdCpLYun0gTdEbUdMbfmbZAuvbDoasj2A_YlF75VesSFOQ/s320/5178359039_559ed82ebe_z.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My Spirit was downhearted one day</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By another low spirit who</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">had unwise words to say</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to make the day - an unhappy one</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No boosting my ego</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">just lowering my spirits</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'd forgotten, how bad it felt</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it's been that long</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Words can do such dastardly things</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Words matter - they reach you on</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">high or low levels</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They can lead us to terror - if we let them</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Words can cut like swords</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are capable of hate</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and of love</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of war and peace</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Words can mean so much</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and so little</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">without a high spirit talking</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">words just die.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The really great thing is</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am a free spirit!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(30th poem for NaPoWriMo)</span></div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-83122445391482384532013-04-29T20:00:00.001+01:002017-03-21T22:59:04.311+00:00Notes on Bob<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipp_eE7OGPfN7l8O9M_q3RGFP2Sqf1MBUt52btSfIEQBW9Ubgtc9K58dtBeGtcSPeiY_QnU5kZl4q5-H7IO8EQTZdUq46zJxi9qla6uAko-6veMGPO6mCoqPq-7dl0I_p3z3S6LZ1Wqg/s1600/Bob-Marley20_8326.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipp_eE7OGPfN7l8O9M_q3RGFP2Sqf1MBUt52btSfIEQBW9Ubgtc9K58dtBeGtcSPeiY_QnU5kZl4q5-H7IO8EQTZdUq46zJxi9qla6uAko-6veMGPO6mCoqPq-7dl0I_p3z3S6LZ1Wqg/s1600/Bob-Marley20_8326.jpg" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Notes on Bob</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bob said it; and it can be read as pure poetry</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'So Much Things to Say' (Exodus)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'So Much Trouble in the World' (Survival)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He drew his power</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">from the sprightliness of his music,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">which belies the seriousness of the words</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not even a question of </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No easy answers as</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No answers at all are</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">put forward here in this</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">bleak vision of the way things are</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So Much Things to Say</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bob's faith in God sustained him throughout</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and his music continues to up lift.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(29th poem for NaPoWriMo)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-7292091825911967962013-04-28T16:56:00.000+01:002017-03-21T22:59:17.627+00:00SKIN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3umQ8-QeTm6jZDwyrhZvaIs2XTfuLp8XS85y9KLmmHIS6AJsFv9zO6ra8EDawtOMl4w8SIhI9GLHt6WeBe0mU4FisvOEbzob7SQqncXAxnZrt29wmwVyMe3gb-Oqb0_cbvJwn0cWFdw/s1600/hawaii.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3umQ8-QeTm6jZDwyrhZvaIs2XTfuLp8XS85y9KLmmHIS6AJsFv9zO6ra8EDawtOMl4w8SIhI9GLHt6WeBe0mU4FisvOEbzob7SQqncXAxnZrt29wmwVyMe3gb-Oqb0_cbvJwn0cWFdw/s320/hawaii.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<b>SKIN </b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
She likes her skin’s light brown
tone,
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
which darkens at the strength of the
sun’s rays
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
deepening to a rich and
darker brown along with a glossy look.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
She feels wonderful in constant
sunshine
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
merged with a glorious ocean breeze.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
She likes all kinds of skin tones from
darker to lighter hues.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
Some don’t really see her; the kind
of person she is.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
They may have good eyesight and eyes
that are blue, green or even brown </div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
but really they do not ‘see’
her.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
Is it really all about her skin that
she is living in?
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
A skin which she thought would keep her
protected,
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
rather than exposed.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
(28th poem for NaPoWriMo)</div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-74931528769103136702013-04-27T21:01:00.001+01:002017-03-21T22:59:32.063+00:00Less is More<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcgt9-SDNKFEE30FN1FcES-zlBXN1kdeKOa7qF7aBubfo0RfeeOBZcSHswjIfV1llcee9DO9ZwuGc_rxnyHZKriRH9chTQaW3RbfDFf7ct40bWU9p0GUved3wFhbzTIKxIId1ExNxaDA/s1600/Agile_Simplicity_less-is-more.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcgt9-SDNKFEE30FN1FcES-zlBXN1kdeKOa7qF7aBubfo0RfeeOBZcSHswjIfV1llcee9DO9ZwuGc_rxnyHZKriRH9chTQaW3RbfDFf7ct40bWU9p0GUved3wFhbzTIKxIId1ExNxaDA/s320/Agile_Simplicity_less-is-more.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A rare blessing</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A loving kiss</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A warm hug</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A beautiful smile</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(27th poem for NaPoWriMo)</span></div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-75413274938636940612013-04-26T16:26:00.003+01:002017-03-21T22:59:49.709+00:00She weaves her magic<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLl-hX2jU1BrJKODCAQjUffDPZPQ220JVnlIBYkz5zaZEY5XMyApU_zEEsSLWyVO0xDMUhWGtWIXO3Ngb2Q2OY6vdHHrMknmnSQBmfO-aPjspl2ElLL-aZTK4VErF4tRZIXaZCx0V8Q/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLl-hX2jU1BrJKODCAQjUffDPZPQ220JVnlIBYkz5zaZEY5XMyApU_zEEsSLWyVO0xDMUhWGtWIXO3Ngb2Q2OY6vdHHrMknmnSQBmfO-aPjspl2ElLL-aZTK4VErF4tRZIXaZCx0V8Q/s1600/images.jpg" /></a></div>
<pre class="western" style="border: none; line-height: 100%; margin-left: 0.26cm; margin-right: 0.26cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">
</span></span></pre>
<pre class="western" style="border: none; line-height: 100%; margin-left: 0.26cm; margin-right: 0.26cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>She weaves her magic</b></span></span></pre>
<pre class="western" style="border: none; line-height: 100%; margin-left: 0.26cm; margin-right: 0.26cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">
</span></span></pre>
<pre class="western" style="border: none; line-height: 100%; margin-left: 0.26cm; margin-right: 0.26cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">On either side the river lie
Long fields of barley and of rye</span>
<span style="color: #333333;">And up and down the people go,</span>
<span style="color: black;">Willows whiten, aspens quiver,</span>
<span style="color: black;">Little breezes dusk and shiver</span>
<span style="color: black;">By the island in the river</span>
<span style="color: #333333;">Only reapers, reaping early</span>
<span style="color: black;">In among the bearded barley,</span>
<span style="color: black;">Hear a song that echoes cheerily</span></span></pre>
<div align="CENTER" style="border: none; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0.26cm; margin-right: 0.26cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="border: none; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0.26cm; margin-right: 0.26cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There
she weaves by night and day</span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="border: none; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0.26cm; margin-right: 0.26cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A
magic web with colours gay.</span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="border: none; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0.26cm; margin-right: 0.26cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She
has heard a whisper say,</span></span></div>
<div align="CENTER" style="border: none; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0.26cm; margin-right: 0.26cm; padding: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<pre class="western" style="border: none; line-height: 100%; margin-left: 0.26cm; margin-right: 0.26cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">But in her web she still delights</span>
<span style="color: black;">To weave the mirror's magic sights,</span>
<span style="color: black;">Through the silent nights.</span></span></pre>
<pre class="western" style="border: none; line-height: 100%; margin-left: 0.26cm; margin-right: 0.26cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">
</span></span></pre>
<pre class="western" style="border: none; line-height: 100%; margin-left: 0.26cm; margin-right: 0.26cm; padding: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">(26th poem for NaPoWriMo)</span></span></pre>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-32527631259787419062013-04-25T13:01:00.002+01:002017-03-21T23:00:10.418+00:00There are no foreigners, just travellers<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqf2PaBNmMRZjtcKq9XJE_4ynhZaGCqf0h2EBhCSPNu6Fyik6HyXpifdxl9v82DfQgrwWzjGuPCeynN3lPBhLbDO3GPmmddRmGSVbtnsd5qmVKeJKqazsi087Q1j7DidN2WiOglUtcdA/s1600/continents_map_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqf2PaBNmMRZjtcKq9XJE_4ynhZaGCqf0h2EBhCSPNu6Fyik6HyXpifdxl9v82DfQgrwWzjGuPCeynN3lPBhLbDO3GPmmddRmGSVbtnsd5qmVKeJKqazsi087Q1j7DidN2WiOglUtcdA/s320/continents_map_sm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>There
are no foreigners, just travellers</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Carved
up nation, </span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">definitely
a realisation</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">not a
revelation, borders</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">lineage,
edging away</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">keep
us at bay</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">swimming
or sinking.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span>
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Continents
become countries</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">foreigners
move freely – </span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">some
more freely than others</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">singing
and dancing</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">internationally
leaving their mark</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">as
they trace and stamp their trade.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Where
do you find yourself</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">within
this vast cultural oasis?</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Are
you lost or are you found?</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Does
your ancestry; </span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">your
family tree</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">reveal
who you really could be?</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Or are
you progressing nicely</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Onward
and upward</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">through
the University of Life?</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Do you
want to swim with the dolphins?</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Or Be
a regular fish out of water </span>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in a
tropical fantasy land?</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(25th poem for NaPoWriMo)</span></div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-82263341378193505352013-04-24T21:02:00.001+01:002017-03-21T23:00:22.539+00:00City Whispers<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFmIjqStjlihW7N3jISvHrUIeQm82FLMNxxID9zISyJbw1E4JRPg1RWkuZt_gZKdvNLM8onNqoRmZW7SoiRJgJ6VbDkH0U2pK6tHCEzS8E4pP6gYjQFjt4OVcKo1hBJNzSqPdReUo2Q/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCFmIjqStjlihW7N3jISvHrUIeQm82FLMNxxID9zISyJbw1E4JRPg1RWkuZt_gZKdvNLM8onNqoRmZW7SoiRJgJ6VbDkH0U2pK6tHCEzS8E4pP6gYjQFjt4OVcKo1hBJNzSqPdReUo2Q/s320/image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>City Whispers</b></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At
this moment hundreds of travellers' feet hardly touch the ground</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
know these faces, have dwelled in those places</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
knew I had to visit the city</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
had to taste and feel home</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Even
though open spaces attract me more – now</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's
as if every so often</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There's
a need, a desire, call it a fix</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To
absorb the density, a familiar dynamic</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And
as I leave those wider landscapes</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Quietly
I observe sodden fields</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As
I sit in comfort on orange coloured train seats</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
ticket collector is nowhere to be seen</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
step into the familiar as I embark</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
crowds haven't fully formed</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So
it's with ease that I don't have to wait</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For
a 73 bus and in 5 minutes I'm at the Angel</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At
this moment I recognise a collection of girls</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From
my old school; their uniform fails</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To
disguise their uniqueness and I'm</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">transported
back to the sixties – to my love of Chapel Street's market stalls</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
hardly bother with the market now,</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don't
even take a look; there's no need</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm
drawn into NEXT and immediately hooked</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
admire the fashion as it explodes colour and I'm warmed</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
knew I had to be in the city today</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To
feel alive, to touch the energy once more and be seen</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To
linger in those places, see many diverse faces</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And
blend in again, to steal, to capture and then begin.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
spacious restaurant seating is selected</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by
the consumer in this half-full lunch time</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And
it is almost empty by the time I depart</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Only
to step opposite and discover a larger gathering</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In
the bar with its low almost dark shadow lighting</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A
variety of high and low seats</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here
I feel right at home as there's room</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For
every kind of social experience</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Women
on their own watch plasma TV screens</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Couples
chit-chat, friends hang out,</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Others
are Wi-fi slaves to their laptops</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A
few are intensely holding on to and searching their mobile phones</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There's
a need to stay connected</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">By
any means necessary</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To
this digital age, which</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">brings
with it a new anxiety and individual responsibility</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Glasses
merge and chink, a sip of a drink</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and
chatter rises and dissipates</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At
this moment, there is a kind of new age dawning</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And
another day disappears with no warning.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(24th poem for NaPoWriMo)</span></div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-76927925506354265102013-04-23T22:01:00.000+01:002017-03-21T23:00:39.841+00:00Fear Nothing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVc4d7OlZp-fRKoXArGRf4TpGst8qQD1Cpo44RowPe3XMNoCRYiLVNjSijw_qWeFDEseyb_p-lVzCF86TfWz5SKIRxkGsrzmNTjfgyJxcwC6PrA4soXrbOJ26EB9I-hU_Va2ENLdrn8g/s1600/courage_to_become_print-p2283505432719915413pk3_400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVc4d7OlZp-fRKoXArGRf4TpGst8qQD1Cpo44RowPe3XMNoCRYiLVNjSijw_qWeFDEseyb_p-lVzCF86TfWz5SKIRxkGsrzmNTjfgyJxcwC6PrA4soXrbOJ26EB9I-hU_Va2ENLdrn8g/s320/courage_to_become_print-p2283505432719915413pk3_400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Fear Nothing</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fear nothing, you already have</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the courage to face and explore</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">accept and respond to fear so</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fear nothing - you already have</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to move beyond inertia</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and discover your potential</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fear nothing, you already have</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(23rd poem for NaPoWriMo)</span></div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-22367892977743406482013-04-22T18:41:00.004+01:002017-03-20T13:27:38.853+00:00Earth Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORSyQRENlZZFS9u3qeWzj9UaIPOXqnWWQO1APVB0BpFdqcA3J4qGId8w8wOG67GUH4j5q0kHhyphenhyphenRSX5eP75UiEACk48OoYdeSsdnEMgv9SRnwMG4vtod7h2CacMjoGy16JVdkKZH2wYA/s1600/Earth_Day_2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORSyQRENlZZFS9u3qeWzj9UaIPOXqnWWQO1APVB0BpFdqcA3J4qGId8w8wOG67GUH4j5q0kHhyphenhyphenRSX5eP75UiEACk48OoYdeSsdnEMgv9SRnwMG4vtod7h2CacMjoGy16JVdkKZH2wYA/s320/Earth_Day_2013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Earth Day is 43 years old today</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
and I'm ashamed to say</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
it's not a day I've celebrated before</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
So today's a first</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Let's remember </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
we live on this wonderful planet -</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
sometimes, we just forget</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
as life's day-to-day distractions</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
get our attention instead.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(22nd poem for NaPoWriMo)</div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-34565000395270569562013-04-21T16:50:00.000+01:002017-03-21T23:01:12.424+00:00More Lines...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjRzkXWJU5hPkglm1mgIEZ77xQUTegshZJRsw87x0ROqDdOIa1O_nhiV4naJPVuvOsMU2CmUaYMBPtj7ceneZIYFhJEhIl9a4R2fev1kBRruSGh8zoA4RU3zLztFyeLYU3KCTAm2y9g/s1600/6a00e54eee8f8688340111684f3191970c-800wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjRzkXWJU5hPkglm1mgIEZ77xQUTegshZJRsw87x0ROqDdOIa1O_nhiV4naJPVuvOsMU2CmUaYMBPtj7ceneZIYFhJEhIl9a4R2fev1kBRruSGh8zoA4RU3zLztFyeLYU3KCTAm2y9g/s320/6a00e54eee8f8688340111684f3191970c-800wi.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>More Lines...</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's election time again; it's going to be a gamble either way.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's true, labels mean nothing, but don't you fancy yourself in something Chanel?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Be caring to girls and women - this applies to other girls and women as well as boys and men.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Less really is more, so shut up and listen, oh and write everything down.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(21st poem for NaPoWriMo)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Inspired by Frank O'Hara's original poem, "Lines for the Fortune Cookies."</span></div>
<br />
<br />Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-39950154913501985442013-04-20T17:36:00.002+01:002017-03-21T23:01:26.455+00:00Dreaming of You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTQFCl_8Sj3IJlh5FyZgp3ZL0rGCYbDkJKTXANxJhp_tYCwT-Z2LNP5BGv-FN_FpzVQOk1WQDQSnXjv19lCz39OL5-yF0oO6P9TiMNvnL2JF_LMmrOyFXdZT8LrU4tgj0TzHFWK1aMg/s1600/spooky.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTQFCl_8Sj3IJlh5FyZgp3ZL0rGCYbDkJKTXANxJhp_tYCwT-Z2LNP5BGv-FN_FpzVQOk1WQDQSnXjv19lCz39OL5-yF0oO6P9TiMNvnL2JF_LMmrOyFXdZT8LrU4tgj0TzHFWK1aMg/s320/spooky.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dreaming of You</span></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She was elusive - twice,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He was consistent</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It could have been miraculous</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Except she was rubbing salt into her wounds</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As he had long been a ghost</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(20th poem for NaPoWriMo)</span></div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-70000409265360982542013-04-19T20:11:00.001+01:002017-03-21T23:01:40.519+00:00WANTED<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijd_xAbA4hJkUKO4E5cihnLIo8lHBiDHWaQvDwG4c73pyl9z_1PliY8J_NE_aGgcF9y8t_QY4vpxLl4ZCUqGw5YAWWPqtERt0SSkVAnItswZzGckjkBrUwO-pcpWq5y01Q2Xq_wqFDbA/s1600/big-orange-sun-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijd_xAbA4hJkUKO4E5cihnLIo8lHBiDHWaQvDwG4c73pyl9z_1PliY8J_NE_aGgcF9y8t_QY4vpxLl4ZCUqGw5YAWWPqtERt0SSkVAnItswZzGckjkBrUwO-pcpWq5y01Q2Xq_wqFDbA/s320/big-orange-sun-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><br /></b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>WANTED</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Free-spirited Sun-worshipper seeks</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
consistent warm and/or hot weather;</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
at least 20 degrees Centigrade with an</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
occasional gentle breeze,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
slightly impatient as waited far too long</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
for your warm glows.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
(19th poem for NaPoWriMo)</div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6107333941885797788.post-29007584412536344942013-04-18T12:42:00.000+01:002017-03-21T23:02:02.890+00:00When I was...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClVxYS5KPcynB72qRauthfzH8AxzQNli_E4pH9FjnhrFmyPOmbgNYc5gcogaBWOXnrIZxiOQi0yDrI072WPB9ndurx3JG_cEKV0tkS9B7IiyIpind_plqoDozFOY-d00x48CSnm3yUw/s1600/girl_silhouette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClVxYS5KPcynB72qRauthfzH8AxzQNli_E4pH9FjnhrFmyPOmbgNYc5gcogaBWOXnrIZxiOQi0yDrI072WPB9ndurx3JG_cEKV0tkS9B7IiyIpind_plqoDozFOY-d00x48CSnm3yUw/s320/girl_silhouette.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b>When I was...</b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
When I was five, I learnt how to write
my name in many ways and in many colours.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
When I was nine, I insisted on making
my own bed, my mum said, 'Go ahead.'</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
When I was ten, I won a Twist dancing
competition and had to dance again with the winning boy!</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
When I was eleven, I got my first cycle
and started to enjoy playing my granddad's piano.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
That was also the time I became more
serious about school and less serious about boys.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
When I was twelve I sang in a choir
performing to the public and I cried afterwards.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
(18th poem for NaPoWriMo)</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
Nicole Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08072902134416122370noreply@blogger.com0