cleanness; lung piercingly strong, surfaces scrubbed with detergent and warm water
staleness gone
Friday, 6 April 2012
Scent - 5
heavy dew; fresh, moist, promise of sunshine later and heat to relax me
cold smell that hints at the mist over the marshes and autumn
cold smell that hints at the mist over the marshes and autumn
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
Only 2 days to go...
Only 2 days to go until the Giveaway of Collecting Cobwebs, Gathering Brambles by Elizabeth Leaper (Libby) ends...
To enter the Giveaway please visit Giveaway and follow the instructions.
To find out more about Libby you can read her blog tour at this site starting here
And to read my review of her book click here
Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
To enter the Giveaway please visit Giveaway and follow the instructions.
To find out more about Libby you can read her blog tour at this site starting here
And to read my review of her book click here
Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
Wednesday Words - Pure Haiku
Wednesday Words is a new venture for me. Each week I am going to write a little bit about a blog / website that I enjoy reading and feel strongly that I should share with you.
I'm going to cheat on this first Wednesday though and unashamedly publicise the other blog that I write; PureHaiku.
I set PureHaiku up after my traditional (5-7-5) haiku were rejected by a magazine that specialised in haiku. The reason given for the rejection was that my haiku were too traditional. After I'd stopped laughing in disbelief I fell to thinking about this statement. If a haiku isn't traditional, shouldn't it be called something different? And if we let other forms of haiku supersede the traditional form, what happens to the skill of writing traditional haik?
Yes, traditional haiku are hard to write. That's the point! It's a discipline! So here we are; PureHaiku. What do you think of it?
Not only do I share my own haiku on this site but I also show case other people's haiku also, including Claudia Messelodi and JulesPaige. Pop over and have a look - let me know what you think of it!
I'm going to cheat on this first Wednesday though and unashamedly publicise the other blog that I write; PureHaiku.
I set PureHaiku up after my traditional (5-7-5) haiku were rejected by a magazine that specialised in haiku. The reason given for the rejection was that my haiku were too traditional. After I'd stopped laughing in disbelief I fell to thinking about this statement. If a haiku isn't traditional, shouldn't it be called something different? And if we let other forms of haiku supersede the traditional form, what happens to the skill of writing traditional haik?
Yes, traditional haiku are hard to write. That's the point! It's a discipline! So here we are; PureHaiku. What do you think of it?
Not only do I share my own haiku on this site but I also show case other people's haiku also, including Claudia Messelodi and JulesPaige. Pop over and have a look - let me know what you think of it!
Scent - 4
rain, cool and moist on the prevailing wind
high clouds threaten but do not release the promise
the wind increases, scent of rain grows stronger
high clouds threaten but do not release the promise
the wind increases, scent of rain grows stronger
Scent - 3
thick, musty, warm smell of gorwing tomato plants, leaves and stalks jumbled, jungle-like against the greenhouse glass
Monday, 2 April 2012
Collecting Cobwebs, Gathering Brambles...
Only 4 days to go until the Giveaway of Collecting Cobwebs, Gathering Brambles by Elizabeth Leaper (Libby) ends...
To enter the Giveaway please visit Giveaway and follow the instructions.
To find out more about Libby you can read her blog tour at this site starting here
And to read my review of her book click here
Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
To enter the Giveaway please visit Giveaway and follow the instructions.
To find out more about Libby you can read her blog tour at this site starting here
And to read my review of her book click here
Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
Comments on Clippings #4 from Claudia & Jules
Thank you very much for the link for Clippings! I enjoyed reading it very much. I'm so glad you put my poem on the cover page!!!! I think the new look suits perfectly to the name of the 'zine, it's really lovely. Well done! I particularly loved Freya's excerpt about Otta: descriptions there are so thrilling, exciting and, I would say, highly involving, you feel in a sense emotionally captured and moved.
Claudia Messelodi
I really enjoyed reading the different pieces.
JulesPaige
Want to read Clippings#4 for yourself? All you have to do is email Freya with Subscribe Clippings in the subject line.
I really enjoyed reading the different pieces.
JulesPaige
Want to read Clippings#4 for yourself? All you have to do is email Freya with Subscribe Clippings in the subject line.
Scent - 2
that yeasty smell of feshly baked bread, a warm and comforting aroma that makes you feel as though you're being hugged
Scent - 1
salt wind harsh on the air, cracks my lips, fills my nose with brine, seaweed and dead fish scents
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