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‘Coral Bay’

Posted in FrancesMacForde, FrancesMForde, nature, Poetry, Readings of my Poems, Sounds, WA Writers, Writers, Writing, tagged @FrancesMForde, FrancesMacForde, nature, Ocean, POEM:CoralBay, poetry, ReadingPoems, SoundPoems, WAPoet, WAWriter on December 12, 2015| 2 Comments »

Photo of ‘Coral Bay’ from : http://hubpages.com/art/westernaustraliaphotos#

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More than one distraction…

Posted in Animals, Art as the Spark, Favorite Writers, Jessica MCallum, Love, Other blogs, Poetry, SoopsSofties, Toys, Writers, Writing, tagged ArtIsTheSpark, ArtisticFriends, CleverPeople, ETSY:JessMcCallum, ETSY:SoopsSofties, FrancesMacaulayForde, HandmadeClowns, Inspiration, MunsterLitCentre, NewGrandie:BODHI, PatrickCotter, POEM:Dating, POEM:SplendidBlue, poetry on December 6, 2015| 7 Comments »

Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet on here lately, I’ve been making things for my gorgeous new-born grandson Bodhi ~ my clever daughter Jessica McCallum‘s latest creation.

However, today my muse smiled as I was reading updates on Facebook and 2 photos inspired me.

A friend in Cork, Patrick Cotter posted a colourful picture of his socks; “These single socks seem to think I have nothing better to do than run a dating agency for them.” and I couldn’t help myself:

Dating

A colourful

individual;

a well-heeled

single, looking

for a match,

with similar need.

And another artistic friend on Facebook, Aaron Pocock posted a photo of “2-3 watercolours from the last couple of days” of these beautiful Australian birds :

Splendid Blue

In breeding plumage

his world knows no guns,

only the garden sprays

killing his insect food.

Still, he flits and flirts,

happy in his life work.

Seeking shades of brown

and grey among the twigs.

There, a most superb mate

waits, quietly seed-feeding

to proliferate their kind.

A species not in danger – yet.

@FrancesMForde #@FrancesMacForde #NewGrandie:BODHI #PatrickCotter #MunsterLitCentre #ArtisticFriends #CleverPeople #POEM:Dating #ETSY:JessMcCallum #POEM:SplendidBlue #Poetry #Inspiration #ArtIsTheSpark #ETSY:Soop’sSofties #HandmadeClowns

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Keep

Posted in Art, Art as the Spark, Jessica MCallum, Poetry, Writing, tagged @FrancesMForde, ART:JMExhibition, ArtAsTheSpark, ARTIST:JessicalMcCallum, FrancesMacaulayForde, FrancesMacForde, JessicaMcCallum, POEM:Keep, poetry, poetry & art, words, writing on November 19, 2015| 2 Comments »

‘KEEP’

It takes all my strength to pull this life to me,

To claw and tear my way from one day to another

Not counting, just tearing one more here in the glow

of the sun suffocated by rays of light and warmth

holding tight to ties that bind. I want to keep

these precious feelings and bask in your love forever.

Written to the artwork of Jessica McCallum entitled ‘Keep’ and exhibited in 2009 during the ‘JM Exhibition’, His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth, Western Australia.

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#ART:JMExhibition #ArtAsTheSpark #Art&Poetry #Poetry

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Numero Uno

Posted in COMMUNITY, Ireland, Poetry, Sketching In Ireland, tagged @FrancesMForde, FrancesMacaulayForde, FrancesMacForde, POEM:NumeroUno, poetry, SketchingInIreland on November 15, 2015| 3 Comments »

Numero Uno

Do you think

those who

always insist

on entering first,

ever open doors

for others,

offer help when

it isn’t needed

or look back ~

except to bask

in their own

reflection?

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Film, Art & Poetry.

Posted in Art, Books, Film Friends, Guest Poem, Ireland, Love, Other blogs, Poetry, Romance, Sounds, Video Poems, Writers, Writing, tagged @FrancesMForde, ColinFarrell, ColoringBook, CreativeHaven, FantasyArt, FilmArtPoetry, FrancesMacaulayForde, FranesMacForde, poetry, PoetryReading, ShortFilm, TropfestCancelled, TropfestShortFilm, WilliamButlerYeats on November 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Last year's Tropfest in Centennial Park.

Tropfest cancelled after huge hole in funding… Perth’s Film & TV Institute in the State Cultural Centre will show local films made for this year’s cancelled event.

Creative Haven Fantasy Designs Coloring Book

If you’re into elves and fantasy: Creative Haven Fantasy Designs Coloring Book by a local artist, Aaron Pocock.

And I just loved this, Colin Farrell reading William Butler Yeats.

@FrancesMForde #FrancesMacForde #FilmArtPoetry #WilliamButlerYeats #ColinFarrell #PoetryReading #FantasyArt #ColoringBook #CreativeHaven #TropfestCancelled #TropfestShortFilm #ShortFilm #Poetry

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“All Washed Up”

Posted in Poetry, Readings of my Poems, Sounds, Writing, tagged @FrancesMForde, FrancesMacaForde, POEM:AllWashedUp, ReadingPoems, SoundCloud on October 25, 2015| 3 Comments »

I’d completely forgotten I had recorded quite a few poems on SoundCloud.

Here’s “All Washed Up” and I’m just looking to see what else I can make ‘public’.

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Reading my poems…

Posted in Poetry, Sounds, tagged @FrancesMForde, POEM:MyLifeAsASari, SoundCloud on October 23, 2015| 1 Comment »

I’d completely forgotten I had recorded quite a few poems on SoundCloud.

Here’s ‘My Life As a Sari’ and I’m just looking to see what else I can make ‘public’.

@FrancesMForde @FrancesMacForde #SoundCloud #ReadingPoems #POEM:MyLifeAsASari

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Silver Spun Sand

Posted in ABC Tales, Guest Poem, Love, Other blogs, Poetry, tagged @FrancesMForde, ABCTales, FrancesMacForde, FrancesMF, Poem, SilverSpunSand on October 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »

The Borrowers (Poetry Monthly)

An expedition, all the way to the top –

me, and my two year old; a picnic

by a covey of chattering pines…

Planted an oak, to stake our claim,

the day we moved in; the hill – ours,

hers and mine, plus a hundred acres of sky.

Dwarfed – our cottage, way below,

in the peach-tree dappled shade,

of a long-since tended orchard.

Bees – strum-hum in the clover,

and a skylark sings the many faces

of god and she sees dragons in the clouds.

‘Look!’ I say. ‘There’s a ‘Meadow Brown’ –

a ‘Painted Lady’, but now – far too busy,

playing with her toys.

Tea-time – the wind is chill, so pick up

her bat and ball – her teddy; a book

I brought to read. Fat chance of that!

‘Couldn’t we stay?’ she whines, as I lift her

to my hip. Grubby hands reach out –

reluctant to leave…

grabs a tuft of budding vetch; purple

and white. Gleefully, she brings it home –

as tiny flowers, shyly open

but the butterflies, the sun, the smell

of fresh-shorn grass, too much for us

to carry, and indeed, not ours to take.

Only on loan…the hill – the whole

of this. The best I can do, is to promise

we’ll come again…maybe tomorrow,

but then…only if we give back,

what we borrow.

Silver Spun Sand on ABC Tales

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Christmas is coming!

Posted in Books, Children's stories, Christmas, COMMUNITY, Crafts, Love, Poetry, Rail Tales, Romance, Soops Softies, Toys, tagged @FrancesMForde, BOOK:Santa'sSwim, BooksForSale, Christmas, ChristmasStory, ETSY:FMF, ETSY:SoopsSofties, FrancesETSY, FrancesMacaulayForde, FrancesMacForde, FrancesMF, HandmadeGifts, SantaBook, SantaStory, SoftToys, SoopsSofties, UniqueGifts on October 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Well loyal readers, I’ve taken the plunge and opened up not one, but two ETSY shops; one to sell my BOOKS and one for my much loved SOFT TOYS.

I’m busy working on a little SOFTIE Elf and a SOFTIE Santa to make available in time for the holidays.

So if you’d like something made for someone special, please make sure you order before 15th November to get your purchases in time for Christmas.

I’ve updated my Books for Sale and offer two poetry chapbooks and a children’s story:

& created a new page full of adorable Softies – unique gifts for special people: Soft Toys for Sale.

@FrancesMForde @FrancesMacForde @francesMF @SoopsSofties @FrancesMacaulayForde #FrancesETSY #ETSY:SoopsSofties #ETSY:FMF #SoftToys #Christmas #HandmadeGifts #UniqueGifts #BooksForSale #BOOK:Santa’sSwim #SantaBooks #SantaStory #ChristmasStory