NaPoWriMo *12th April 2010*

Bad neck haiku

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NaPoWriMo *11th April 2010*

SOLD haiku

Drove past my new house,
a red SOLD sign is now there;
blooming like a rose.

NaPoWriMo *10th April 2010*

A Day

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NaPoWriMo *9th April 2010*

I Wonderland

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Folksy Friday *9th April 2010*

Things sometimes turn to shit, and you need cheering up.
 
So the theme this week is 'cheerful'. St Dwynwen is a lovely Welsh Saint, and she said “Nothing wins hearts like cheerfulness”. What a lovely sentiment.
 

Okay, from top left:

Felt Rosette brooches. Perfect for giving yourself a prize!
Tiny 'pups and pusses' in a display case. So cute!
Happy little clowns, guaranteed to cheer you up.
This is gorgeous - a little paper theatre, complete with little rabbits (or are they hares?)
 
Have a great weekend everyone.
 
Buy 'em quick before they go!

NaPoWriMo *8th April 2010*

Written for my friends Tarina and James, and my newest friend Ethan.

Haiku for good news

Tiny little man,
welcome to the sunny world.
Your soft face creases
into a shy smile
as you cling to your father,
while mum has a sleep.
You'll soon meet the rest:
grandparents and family.
You're our newest friend.

NaPoWriMo *7th April 2010*

World

A finger through the sky
and pushing stones,
an architecht
making by playing toddler.
Here is a hill,
and here is a house.
The leaves of the grasses
are minute,
help to scale the terrain.
I feel like a god, stirring
clouds with my finger like cream
through coffee.
I am Zeus,
pointing down into the jar;
waiting for Ganymede.

NaPoWriMo *6th April 2010*

Haiku made for calming down

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NaPoWriMo *5th April 2010*

I'm sure the rules say you can write in languages other than English. Here's a Welsh one.

Hi a'r enw Gog

Hoffwn awgrymu
ond dydy fy syniadau i
ddim yn ddigon cas,
hoffwn weld ti yn y stryd
heb dy ddillad;
yn y pwll nofio gyda siarc;
yn Rhydaman heb dy ffrindiau.
Mae’n un peth i waeddu ‘blaidd’,
ond yn rhywbeth arall
i gnuchi’r blaidd lan lofft.
Cewn ni geiriau gwd gyrl.
Cewn ni sgwrs.

Folksy Easter *4th April 2010*

Missed another Folksy Friday due to being super busy. So instead, I did a search for egg-related goodies on Folksy, and here are my faves.

Theme this week is 'eggs', duh!

Okay, from top left:
A gorgeous necklace made from real quails eggs, blown then filled with plaster.
Chocolate egg bath bombs. Lush!
Cute egg necklace.
Chocolate-scented egg candle. Genius idea.
A beautiful handmade porcelain egg, assembled in a deep frame. Really delicate.
I wish men could get away with wearing bonkers hats, because I would SO love to wear this bird's nest one!

Happy Easter/Pasg Hapus everyone.

Buy 'em quick before they go!

My lovely horse

I've made another terrarium. Can't seem to help myself! I'm totally out of moss and chippings now though, so it'll be a while until the next one. I'm very pleased with this one, and it's a very special one too. The little white horse is an ornament my Grandmother had, and it came to me after she died.

NaPoWriMo *4th April 2010*

A found poem.

Creative Baby

No, no. I'm different I know.
I know what the last song's going to be.
I know those things are dark,
but that naivety is worn,
it evolves.
We speed everything up
because we get too excited.
It's important to be truthful in your art,
I hate mainstream.
I'm a complete stranger,
because it allows me to share.


Oriiginal text here: Tall Poppy interview with Joel Gibb.

NaPoWriMo *3rd April 2010*

I wrote this for my friends Raoul and Julian, but couldn't post it yesterday in case Julian saw it. He's back now so it's safe to do so!

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NaPoWriMo *2nd April 2010*

Ceremonial

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NaPoWriMo *1st April 2010*

Not content with writing a novel in 30 days, I've now signed up to NaPoWriMo. I think I will probably have to stop sleeping to fit everything in this month!

Here's my first one. My Mam asked me to write her a haiku about snowdrops.

Small, perfect white buds
scattered like beads, whispering
through the winter grass.