Author Archives: jaytale

Such a long time has slipped by since I last played this game but what better way to restart than Tea with dVerse. Thanks to Claudia for the prompt on 5 August. It is just a bit of nonsense but … Continue reading →

A new one on me. Fantastic elastic plastic! No, a way to write a poem about a photograph, painting, statue. Not only did our tutor throw Ekphrastic at us but also Anaphoric – a poetry technique using repetition for emphasis. … Continue reading →

The sky cries farewell to the old year – raining cleansing tears to wash the earth of last year’s sin. This, the first day of the first month, with its grey wetness offers no false promise to lift our spirits … Continue reading →

  When I went to check on the Valerian seedlings by the kitchen door, the plants in one container stood like a well drilled platoon. In the other, they had collapsed at one end. ‘That’s strange,’ I thought. ‘Perhaps I forgot to water … Continue reading →

Sometimes, when life throws too much at you, it’s good to notice the small things. Things that exist quite happily without our help although we are sometimes a hinderance. The eight-legged fisher   I marvel at the fisher of flies waiting to … Continue reading →

Can we do it? Can’t remember whose idea it was but there are 55 days to go, although any moment now the clock will hit midnight and it’ll be 54.  Some of our writing group has not ventured recently into the world of performance and I have … Continue reading →

A friend and prize winning poet introduced me to the Octain, a new form created by poet, Luke Prater. Writing poetry to a specific form can be quite daunting and challenging but that is part of the fun. A trip … Continue reading →

Summer is threatening to close in with alarming speed; temperatures are dropping, the days shortening and some trees are showing an autumnal tinge. A group of us have managed our Poetry in the Garden workshop with tutor Sally without a raindrop splashing … Continue reading →

Charlie Green is down there waiting. He says, ‘You don’t have time for coffee’. I say, ‘I do. This is the best time of the day so you sit there and enjoy as the rising sun melts the last raindrops … Continue reading →