Category Archive: poetry

20 May

262 – Holding our breath

262 – Holding our breath

With what kind of voice         would the spider cry in the autumn wind? — Basho For the moment, not even a breeze – while …

 
By Lynsey
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14 May

256 – Back wild horses

256 – Back wild horses

Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch …

 
By Lynsey
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28 Oct

058 – Tyger! Tyger!

058 – Tyger! Tyger!

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire in …

 
By Lynsey
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16 Oct

046 – Wind haiku

046 – Wind haiku

Plume of pampas grass Trembling in every wind… Hush, my lonely heart — Issa After the early days of Spring, after the Tuis have gorged themselves on the …

 
By Lynsey
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02 Oct

032 – Finding meaning

032 – Finding meaning

The clouds had turned black and the first few drops of rain had started to fall. I was weaving my way along the street trying …

 
By Marica
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21 Sep

021 – Meetings

021 – Meetings

In the afternoon light I could see a woman’s silhouette in the glass panel of our team’s main meeting room. From the hallway I watched …

 
By Marica
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