Pivot #endofanera.

Pivot

Goodbye hobgoblin!

Going out with a bang was his plan,

But now he is oh so quiet.

Here lays the hobgoblin poet,

@ Glade valentine church yard,

My life now blank and peaceful,

Killed watching rainbows and missiles,

Which touched earth with beauty and destruction,

Indifferent to the suffering.

As war rages around him.

The Hobgoblin poet,

Without a bang he went out,

Died voice unheard.

But his written words,

Will be eternal,

Ready for future generations.

Who have learnt to get along.

Pivoting away from fear into self acceptance,

Leaving war to the history books.

No going out with a bang required.

hello #dversepoetspub how are we this evening. tonight we are discussing pivotal moments in our lives. At the beginning of my journey into sharing my poetry I would hide behind a construct called the hobgoblin poet. when I grew in confidence with my sharing i decided to kill him off. this poem is how i did so standing forward to accept my own words.

glazed #quadrille231

Quadrille #231: Making Much of Poems

to much, ooh too much — What’s too much?

Glazed.
#quadrille, #poetryrules, #dversepoetrypub.

Grainy conscience with Bullshit hangover,
Mind glazed over.
.
Aftermath of ignorance,
Kicking common sense

Am I too much?

Glazed eyes reflect,
Back communication.

Aftermath of ignorance,
Kicking common sense

Grainy with Bullshit hangover,
Mind glazed over with ignorance.

Glazed eyes reflect,
Back communication.

© 08/09/2025 rog leach

thanks to the wonderful quadrille form i have managed to release some of the pressure that is building around me at the moment . Thanks De for tonight’s prompt @ #dversepoetrypub.

Penny-washer 🌸 blossoms.

Quadrille #220 – Engrave your name across my heart

Penny-washer Blossoms.
#engineringbeauty, #quadrille,

Penny-washer blossoms,
Engraved into my memory.

Sharing delicacy of thought,
Within a ring of shimmering steel.

Tiny art works of steel etched,
With the splendour of nature.

Sharing delicacy of thought,
Within a ring of gleaming steel.

Penny-washer blossoms,
Engraved into my memory.

Perpetually ♾.

© rog leach 24/03/2025

Thank you Kim for a really enjoyable #quadrill prompt this evening @ #dversepoetrypub.

Feathered

Poetics – Monopoly with a Twist

 the feathers in the picture reminded me of this poem I wrote back in January https://pyscopoet.home.blog/2025/01/07/dance-of-feathers/  

Then the Ezra Pound poem " in a station of the metro" inspired this one. with a hint of The Jam down in the tube station at midnight.


Feathered.

Grey feathered vermin’s two-fold existence.
Fed by tourists, despised by locals.

©Rog leach 18/03/2025


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPuf0T668tE&pp=ygUrdGhlIGphbSBkb3duIGluIHRoZSB0dWJlc3RhdGlvbiBhdCBtaWRuaWdodA%3D%3D

Thank  you Sanaa for a challenging Prompt this evening here @ #dversepoetrypub. Where we are monopoly a poetry twist.

Creative Poems from Opticians’ Words

Tuesday Poetics: The Optician’s Words

Fairy vocals.
#fairysong, #poetry, 

No nose wrinkled,
one cause even tempers,
Were you here crone?
During our summer,
Fairy name use means flowers arose,
Near people can remove magic for sure.
Fairy vocals rise in song,
Crow verses hoarse,
see the light to renew,
Assume nothing,
Once van delivers sum-mer,
Aware that the caves are haunted,
Fairy voices rise into sea shanties,
Over cream teas.

© 28/01/2025 rog leach

Hello all here @#dversepoetspub we are creating poems from the words on some opticians test sheets.
 the words being 
nose-one-cause-even
were-crone-our-summer
name-use-means-arose
near-can-remove-sure
crow-verse-see-renew
assume-once-van-sum
aware-caves-sea-cream

the challenge being to pick one, two or all the words in order and create appoem fro them.