NaPoWriMo 2020 – 15 – Song of Summer

Deep rich tones

Discordant but resolving

To awaken the morning

Clear blue sky

Still and calm

The flutes are seagulls

“Taaa ta taaaaa”

Sitting on the cliff edge

Surrounded by heather

Ebb and flow

Washing up the shore

Buzzing and humming

Oboe and strings

Flowing back down

Strings! Strings and flute!

“In “B” Fenby!”

Based on ‘Song of summer’ by Delius and ‘Delius’ by Kate Bush

NaPoWriMo – 2020 – 14 – Heartbreaker

Words – so many words

We will put them together

And they shall break hearts.

NaPoWriMo 2020 – 13 – Thief

It was there for the taking

In plain sight

Awaiting

Me

I

Crept up

Sidled closer

And wham! Bam! Thank you ma’am

I stole your heart

Sorry – not sorry!

NaPoWriMo 2020 – 12 – Night Terrors

My mind does wander in the night

I think perhaps I’ve gone quite mad

The corner of my room gives fright

My mind does wander in the night

The shadows cast a fearful sight

When morning breaks I am so glad

My mind does wander in the night

I think perhaps I’ve gone quite mad!

NaPoWriMo 2020 – 11 – Deadly Nightshade

Beware the Belladonna

Lovely lady dark and fair

There is danger in her manner

There is starlight in her hair

 

Take care not to linger

When she beckons you to stay

Her toxic lips are deathly

You’d be wiser not to stray

 

Of course she is enticing

Of course you want to taste

But if you value your own life

Run away – far away! Make haste!

 

Beware the Belladonna

She’s beautiful – it’s true

But deep behind those tempting eyes

She plots the end of you.

NaPoWriMo 2020 – 10 – Safe

NaPoWriMo 2020 – 9 – Ghost Dream

NaPoWriMo 2020 – 8 – Do Not Disturb

I put my sadness in a box

I put the box in the attic

Alone, without my thoughts and tears

The box has withered

It has spots of mildew

It is damp and soggy

It has no way of escape

It has been forgotten

For now

NaPoWriMo 2020 – 7 – Wasp-76b

Heavy, heavy rain

Droplets of metal vapour

Sinking into core

Eternal day on one side

Ceaseless night on the other

 

A Tanka written for the newly discovered planet Wasp-76b

 

NaPoWriMo 2020 – 6 – Peace?

Down here in the pond

There’s a hierarchy

The fanged ones

The horned ones

The ones with three heads

The screechy ones

The winged ones

And then there’s me

I just want some peace

So I can read my book.