Tag Archives: SunWinks!

Gertrude Stein’s Mentoring – SunWinks! March 1, 2015: Abstract Poetry

  A rose. A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. A shrivelled rose is a shrivelled rose is a shrivelled rose. Which is sad, very sad, very very sad. You see It is true, very true, … Continue reading

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The Black Prince – Prose Poem – SunWinks! February 22, 2015: Waxing Prosaic

Who is The Black Prince? There he stands haughty, resplendent in his shiny blackness, black as tar, black as night, with a touch of white, just to soften his stern image, a sign of his noble lineage that stern image. … Continue reading

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Yoo-Hoo! – Tumbling Verse – SunWinks! February 15, 2015 Take a Tumble

   Yoo-Hoo!     Here I come, yoo-hoo-hoo! Your beloved cockatoo Oh yeah, screech I do For I love you, yes I do   Away, away with you Cheeky, screeching cockatoo! Shoo and shoo and shoo!   Yeah, I loved … Continue reading

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Melancholy Merriment – SunWinks! February 1, 2015 (Oxymorons)

A solitary magpie Sitting on a pole In joyful sadness Carolling strains Of the sweetest tones I know     Pray tell, enchanting bird What does your melancholy warbling say?     Behold, from high above I can see afar … Continue reading

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Two Poems – SunWinks! January 25, 2015 – Sound Decisions

 A Merry Summer Song At this balmy beach Merry seagulls screech Playing catch with merry Frothy breaking waves Where merry children’s hands Build merry castles in the sand With merry queens and kings In whose merry kingdoms Merry people live … Continue reading

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The Window – SunWinks! January 18, 2015: Signed, Sealed, Delivered.

  The window Into the past Remote control Fast roll Roll, roll the barrel On parade Khaki apparel Guns and men Of great renown I want the smiling clown Window… Past and present intertwined Some stories much maligned No, that … Continue reading

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The First Kiss in the 1950s – SunWinks!: Simile and Friday Writing Essential: Youthful Memories

  In the olden days A girl fifteen, going on sixteen Met a boy seventeen On a summer night Side by side they strolled On the Adriatic coast His bright blue eyes As blue as the sea She could not … Continue reading

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Wordo – SunWinks! November 16, 2014: Making It Up

A wordo is a weirdo As the word implies A lexigeek, if you wish Coining words is his obsession Coinawordricity, he might say In a word he’s a wordnerd When his trick is clever And he makes it stick He’ll … Continue reading

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Lazy Lizard – SunWinks! November 16, 2014: Making It Up

  Blue tongue lizard Lazing in the sun Motionless for hours Until the day is done Teach me please About your lizardry To be more like you Doing absonothing All day through Throo-lee-loo Throo-phee-phoo Lullabied phee-phoo By the pan flute … Continue reading

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The Sentinel – SunWinks! 9 November 2014: Manifesto (“conversational poetry”)

The day will soon drown in the dark indigo; our tired bodies will rest in slumber. “Shall we sleep in safety?” I notice a bird on the roof. “Are you perchance a guardian angel, or just a hungry bird, seeking … Continue reading

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