Day 672 of the daily poems, the first day of our Found Poems theme, and a foetal scan at twenty weeks.  It’s a simple form, this one, made up of the inventive reactions of two youngsters, with a few brief words by our poet John Monach to form the poem. 20 week baby scan  … Continue reading

On Day 671 of the daily poems we reach the last of our Buried Treasure – our poet Alwyn Marriage takes us to a baroque church in Piedmont, where, in the frescoes but hidden in the detail, are traces of rich colours. FrescoesIn the convent church, Orta San Giulio, Italy In search of solitude I enter… Continue reading

Day 670 of the daily poems.  We are close to completing the excavation of our trove of Buried Treasure – but our poet today, Derek Adams, has thoughts of a multitude of treasured objects. Objects that inspire a Poetic Reaction Notepad, an album in which I have pressed:the first papyrus leaf of Autumn,a pebble still… Continue reading

Today is 03 October, it is National Poetry Day and it is Day 669 of the daily poems.  We celebrate National Poetry Day with this fine Longship Burial by our poet Fiona Clark, while on the Home Page we announce our next theme.  Fiona’s poem is truly a hilde leoma, a gleaming battle light. Longship… Continue reading

We shall soon have depleted our hoard of Buried Treasure.  But on Day 668 of the daily poems our translator-poet Timothy Adès finds us a gem set in the living cloud, a diamond of rage and solaces, from a long poem by French surrealist poet Robert Desnos. Siren-Anemone  Robert Desnos translated from French by Timothy… Continue reading