Winged Message.

Quadrille #186 – Fold

hello all at #dversepoetspub hope you have not folded under the pressure of life.

Winged message.

Atop city’s highest tower, wind unfolds,
Taking folded paper planes out,
Out,
Out,
Over cityscape.

Apon each a hand written,
Poem of peace and love, spread,
Spread,
Spreading,
Over lost cityscape.

Folding peace and love
Back into lost souls’ heart,
Of Hearts,
Reviving peace. 

© 16/10/2023 rog leach

Chilli root soup

Poetics: Time for Soup!

Thanks Merrill for tonight’s tasty prompt @ #dversepoetspub. here are both my recipe for one of my favourite soups to have on cold days,. and a poem just for the prompt.

CHILLI ROOT SOUP

½ a large swede,

1 large sweet potato,

2 carrots,

1 medium Diced onion,

Veg stock cube, ,

1.5 litre boiling water,

½ teaspoon ground ginger,

1 clove garlic,

½ teaspoon turmeric,

Black pepper and chilli flakes to taste.

Peel and chop the veg to equal size chunks.

Add all ingredients to slow cooker.

Cook until tender.

Liquidise until smooth and serve or freeze.

Makes 4 very good portions.

Chilli root soup too.

Avoiding Chestnuts dropping,
BONK! BONK! BONK! On cycle helmet,
Fingers complain on cold handle bars,
Autumn chill setting inn,
Cold factory awaits me,
Hiding in misty valley.

Factory heating clonking,
CLONK, CLONK, CLONK, overhead,
Trying it’s best, Monday stammer
Splutter, stutter till lunch time,
Warm lunch awaits,
Hiding in steamy kitchen.

Kettle spewing steam,
PLONK, PLONK, PLONK into bowl,
Frozen soup chunks from flask,
Microwave busy warming,
Staff room waiting,
Me to sit and devour.

CHILLI ROOT SOUP.
© 10/10/2023 rog leach

In response to war

Poetics: Dead Poets Society

tonight at #dverse poets pub we have been asked to write a poem inspired by one of three suggested poems. I have chosen to take my inspiration from Siegfried Sassoon after reading Bjorn poem inspired by the same poem. a link to which is below.

https://www.poeticous.com/siegfried-sassoon/when-i%E2%80%99m-among-a-blaze-of-lights

Response to.
(when I’m among a blaze of lights by Siegfried Sassoon).

Among histories blaze of lights,
The need to war has faded,
Thanks to poets of war,
With glowing pictures of gloom, 
Showing us wars truths.
 
kindly books teach us by candle light,
Of histories told by war poets,
Hearts turned to stone,
Now no need.

The need of soldiers passed
One last toast to mans,
 Need to fight over his own,
 Imagined borders,
Now winking out.
© 03/10/2023 rog leach

Brushed #qudrille

dVerse — Q185 Brush the Dust Off

hello poetry Bloggers of the world her at #dverse poetry pub on a quadrille Monday we have been tempted with the word brush by Lisa.

got me thinking about all those years ago as a teenager when we are still learning so much about how to do the grown up stuff.

Brushed!
#quadrille, #acrostic.

Brushed with bruises from falling into your eyes,
Rushed to quickly into your arms,
Ushered in way to deep,
Shushed when I spoke of my love,
Hushed by your lack of interest,
Escaped heartbreak at your whim,
Dashed and bruised ego learnt self - restraint.

© 02/10/2023 rog leach

equinox

Haibun Monday 9-25-23: Equinox

tonight we right about the equinox for #dverspoetspub. from where i borrow the pic to explain about what an equinox is.

Equinox apple day? #haibun.

Here I go out to my first apple day music session. Is an apple day all about picking all music?

https://www.facebook.com/events/834015938175709/

Totally unsure of what to expect. But I do need to get to know these people as we will be performing together on sat October 28^th at a local Art Fair. Organised by a talented local artist. These musicians playing music with me reciting some of my poetry.

https://www.facebook.com/events/594104326235917/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22your_upcoming_events_unit%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D%5D%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D.

These people being the New Moon Morris Tring market Merry Makers. Nervous and excited in equal measure.

New challenge ahead.

Apples galore with music,

Much Fun expected.