Here is a poem from the poetry challenge. Just in case you were wondering what I've been getting up to. I'll try and post a poem a month from the challenge. Hope you like it.
The Bell Of All Hallow’s
Each morning
during the summer term
with all the classroom windows open
and the wind in the right direction,
the bells of All Hallow’s
comes to us
like a solemn whisper
a hushed promise -
its faint chimes
ripple out over the town.
They come to us
a gentle gift -
a wave that flows
above the low drone
of pre motorway traffic
and over the hard
lines of the roads.
Between our words
a soft peal drops -
sky music.
A quivering island of sound
blown by the wind
reaches out over the suburbs
calling to us
as pleasing as a tuning fork
resonating to the bone.
© David Loffman
25 September 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
Friday, September 15, 2006
The end of the One Hundred Word Project
This post marks the official end of the One Hundred Word Project. The project started over a year ago.
The poetry challenge started three weeks ago and the challenge is due to end at Christmas 2008. I intend to post my challenge poems to this blog on a regular basis -not always once a week. The occasional One Hundred Words will slip through and the usual book, film and I also intend to post Poem Reviews will also be posted. I also hope to make more use of photographs - my own and those on the net.
Watch this space!
The poetry challenge started three weeks ago and the challenge is due to end at Christmas 2008. I intend to post my challenge poems to this blog on a regular basis -not always once a week. The occasional One Hundred Words will slip through and the usual book, film and I also intend to post Poem Reviews will also be posted. I also hope to make more use of photographs - my own and those on the net.
Watch this space!
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
One Hundred Words About Summer's End
The summer holiday has come to an end.
Our lives have come back to us with a sudden rush of activity. So much is happening around us it is hard to keep track of everything. The children have started their different secondary schools. And seem to be settling in. They are managing their very different school journeys, meeting new friends and keeping contact with older ones.
Katy and me are settling into our own new routines.
Katy is establishing her freelance work, she has been writing and talking to potential clients and these contacts really seem positive. She is so much happier when she is plunged deep in the middle of work – the difficulty is establishing the right balance.
Our lives have come back to us with a sudden rush of activity. So much is happening around us it is hard to keep track of everything. The children have started their different secondary schools. And seem to be settling in. They are managing their very different school journeys, meeting new friends and keeping contact with older ones.
Katy and me are settling into our own new routines.
Katy is establishing her freelance work, she has been writing and talking to potential clients and these contacts really seem positive. She is so much happier when she is plunged deep in the middle of work – the difficulty is establishing the right balance.