Penelope's Poems poetry

SLOTH   She opened a sleepy, bleary eye And peered at the clock so near And saw the darkened, overcast sky And a thought became quite clear She would call in sick and stay in bed And sleep for the whole day long Nothing would move her, nothing, she said in her bed she did [...]

Crashing and rolling Creating our golden sand The waves keep breaking

Fish Food I fed my fish a spider I thought it might be fun It sped across the water And made me turn and run It made me feel so frightened I ran and screamed some more So now I am enlightened I will do this no more The moral of this ditty Is try [...]

The Woods Sylvan creatures whispering by Yet out of sight from human eye Enrich this dusk filled leafy glade And make me feel at peace Stalwart trunks and time roughened boughs With rustling leaves seem to arouse Within this hallowed dappled shade A sense of biding peace The path is leading me away

Lethargic, sinuous, that’s my cat You see him everywhere He likes to chat about this and that Whilst sitting on my chair Some say his colour is nearly brown Others think he is grey He never thinks to pop into town But rather sleeps all day At the smell of some fish in his dish [...]

I wish to write on sheets of white Crisp vellum all the day With pen and ink dark as the night But find I’ve nought to say I tire of all the platitudes The written smiles and sighs The oh so righteous attitudes And sparkly waved goodbyes The fatuous and vacant lines Of prose and [...]

Pipe dream       Warm glow suffusing old bones Rapture at images As I float above my dreams Wisps of smoke curling Mingling with euphoria All worries fade All cares disappear As I breathe deeply and sigh A familiar high Engulfs me As I dream of my lottery win.

Child of the fifties Hopscotch on the paving Crumpets by the fire Hoopla hoops and chicken coops And singing in the choir Climbing trees And barking knees And playing jacks ‘till late Treasure chests and robin’s nests And swinging on the gate Snowman in the garden Snow fights on the lawn Ringlet loc

Alone     The sea stretches the Horizon to infinity Booming and crashing Against the cliffs A seagull’s coarse Laughter cleaving The moment Signalling the Abandonment Footsteps in the sand Lead away As if set in stone The wind torments And tangles And tastes of a Different salt Lachrymose figure Alo

The Mirror   Silvered glass Mirroring humanity You smile I smile You raise a fist Mine rises Never knowing True emotion Merely reflecting What I see If you hit me I break Shatter into pieces Before you Admire me And I reward With flattering Gestures No goal no aim Just before you Revealing Who you [