journal of a writing man
Work in Progress
These are the poems I have 'in progress', written, revised, polished here and there but not necessarily in what I think of as a 'finished' state ready for formal publication. They have to live somewhere until I take the pen to them again and this is as good a place as any:
"Mid-way between Flaxpool and Upcott"
Illusions on a summer's evening
'Walking the high road at Bancyffordd'
'On the hill above Ysbty Ifan'
Mortal remains
On the way to Caerfyrddin
Waiting in Williton
Stitches
Three haiku
"Walking the sere road"
"Walking the bay road"
Small hours, for no good reason
Year's end
haiku, possibly
in the attic
"singing his way to heaven"
"in the small hours"
house and garden haiku
Lament
It does not matter
Passed time
Waiting
Stalking in the night
summer
The multisyllabic results of mist
A day with Harry Cat
Pebbles on the table
Rainy day
Chyrsanthemum
The long moments of cats
Art object
Between showers
Are we there yet?
this morning
free Monet
Saturday afternoon short back and sides
Autumn morning, Carhampton
"Calmness is a gift"
Unwanted knowlege
Nine horses
Rowan sleeping
Turning leaves
Rainy morning
Choosing
Unpurged images
fifteen minutes
retail rescue
Three summer haiku
Splish! Splash!
Lost moment
The helping of cats
A maroon for remembrance
A pencil note, made redundant with the passage of time
When he was writing Added Jul 24,'04
Delphiniums, abandoned Added Jul 24,'04
It's alright now Added Jul 24,'04
Flying Added Apr 7,'05
Leaf-Henge Added Apr 7,'05
No hurry Added Apr 7,'05
Be careful Added Apr 7,'05
A line of trees Added Apr 7,'05
Indistinct Added Apr 7,'05
The way to Withern Added Apr 7,'05
In pursuit of the metaphor Added Apr 7,'05
First sightings Added Apr 7,'05
On a cold morning Added Apr 7,'05
Washday Added Apr 7,'05
Subliminals Added Apr 7,'05
I've produced other poems and fragments of poems during this period but they're not ready for public viewing yet, not even in the rough-and-ready state you'll find here. That's what 'work in progress' is all about, I suppose.
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