May 2021 – Mudwriter

With ee cummings in mind …

ee cummings is one of my favourite poets. I like his expressive, apparently naive use of language, and the play with word order. He’s fun to parody too. Here is one of my attempts! This is (much wetting) the rain which bow makes spray under hissing tyres i think of you blue rain coat inContinue reading “With ee cummings in mind …”

The Garden

The rain came, soft and plentiful. You could almost hear the bulging flowerbeds creaking at their stone edges as the plants grappled for space. The bullies in the yard stretched enormous leaves that cast dank, inhospitable shade beneath them. Others scrambled up, stretching for light, using surrounding stems as climbing frames. A few brave bumblebeesContinue reading “The Garden”