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On the Back Road

Posted in Writing on October 17, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Once again, Jean has inspired me to share a poem.

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Fear of Joining Goodreads

Posted in Writing on October 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »

So am I although a lapsed reviewer of late…

Thoughts Become Words

Yes, fear that I will become addicted. Fear that I will push myself to read a gazillion books a year so I can frantically, faithfully rate and review them. Fear that I will get hooked on groups, authors, discussions, surveys and polls—or even worse, a bestseller—and thus lose my individuality.

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What if I was swamped by a wave of literary-ness which swept away my identity and I became a book character, never able to reach the shores of reality, adrift in a choppy sea of font and words, desperately swimming towards the final chapter so I could beach myself on that last blessed page?

It didn’t happen.

I know this because I have finally joined the ranks of Goodreads readers.

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Why did I join? Because I was caught, hook, line and sinker by a single author and her book ‘The Rose and The Thorn’.

In August 2019, I…

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Lesson No 65

Posted in Writing on October 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Although it’s not World Poetry Day, I thought this needed airing again.

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Today, Friday, 21st March 2014 has officially been declared ‘World Poetry Day’.

So where does poetry ‘sit’ in your life and what is your idea of poetry?

Poetry is my way of ordering an idea or response, by moving it out of my head in as few words as possible, to clarify ~ writing the spine of what comes next.

It may stay as a poem, or become a short story, a script for a play or the screen or novel, perhaps even spawn more poems… but poetry is always the key.

Poetry is communicating clearly a strong emotion within me, which combined with the use of metaphor, I hope will find an echo when others read my efforts.

So I thought I’d share my reply to a fun poem Professor Glen Phillips sent and my responding poem (with permission, of course):

Glen Phillips reading a poem at Poets…

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Nicole Kidman’s Gretchen Carlson Drops a ‘Bombshell’ in First Full Trailer for Fox News Drama — Variety

Posted in Writing on October 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »

The first full-length trailer for Jay Roach’s “Bombshell,” which chronicles the real-life allegations of sexual harassment against Roger Ailes that rocked Fox News, has arrived. “You have to adopt the mentality of an Irish street cop,” a fast-paced Kate McKinnon tells Margot Robbie, who plays composite character Kayla Pospisil, in the trailer. “The world is…

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This Oak — O at the Edges

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This Oak Never rooted in Tibet, has not watched a whale breach a November Pacific dusk, or guzzled bitter beer near Vesuvius. Nor has it absorbed the warmth of a loved one’s hip on a frozen morning long after the embers’ glow has greyed and the windows blossomed white. It cannot know the beauty […]

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Some vintage jewellery contains lead – is it safe?

Posted in Writing on October 15, 2019| Leave a Comment »

via Some vintage jewellery contains lead – is it safe?

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A Month of Sundays by Liz Byrski — Best Bookish Blog

Posted in Writing on October 14, 2019| 1 Comment »

Summary An online bookclub has been meeting for over ten years, but they have never met face to face. Until now… Adele invites members of her book club to the Blue Mountains, where she is house sitting. Each member has been asked to bring a book that will teach the other members more about her. […]

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Little Richard : Tutti Frutti (‘Awop Bop Aloo Bop Alop Bam Boom!’) — The Immortal Jukebox

Posted in Writing on October 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »

I see with no little surprise that after 5 years of The Jukebox the number of Views is fast approaching 500,000. Half a Million! Reflecting on this I thought it would be appropriate for the next few weeks to feature some Posts from the early years that many of you who have become followers more […]

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Tyre Challenge

Posted in Writing on October 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Driving through Midleton to visit Advanced Pitstop Tyre Services… my man challenged me to write a poem while I waited for them to change our tyres.

So I did. This is exactly how I wrote it, in about 20 minutes, with minimal editing. What do you think?

Smooth Skin

Off Old Cork road, turning into Midleton
stacks of life-saving re-treads have Buckley’s
chance of reliving their youth. Discarded tyres

lay stop-piled high; like Auschwitz bodies
deflated, black, aged-old wheel-rings have
reached the end and their final journey.

Unlined rubber circles, low profile cushions
await disposal; melting erasure – incineration.
Their job is complete - no longer needed.

The largest lay prepared, neatly size-stacked,
ready and resigned, proudly age un-marked
claiming their fair share of the dumping ground.

Smaller circles know their place, are thrown
haphazardly because they’ve lost their grip;
swallowed by take-over tyrants, larger than they are.

Tractor workhorses are content to rest, miles-tired,
worn out, knowing they don’t count because the speedy
don’t care – don’t notice how many lines are missing.

 

Frances Macaulay Forde © 2003

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Art is the Spark: ‘Tease’

Posted in Writing on October 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »

"Art is the Spark" for poetry written to artworks by my daughter, Jessica McCallum
for her 'All The Pretty One's Are' Exhibition held in the foyer of our new 
State Theatre Centre, Perth City, 2011.


TEASE Cinquain

In the 
caress of silk
the silent siren calls 
for you to attend to her tease.
Do you?

Frances Macaulay Forde © 2011


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#ArtExhibition  #AllThePrettyOnesAre #FrancesMacaulayForde  
#Poetry