I was a bit chilly today and I wrote this, don't like to post more than one pome in a day but can't resist...

Chilly Bits
It’s rather cold and rather chilly
And I must say I’m feeling silly
Standing here in the altogether
I really must learn to dress for the weather

Thoughts for today

1 - You know when you having been sitting on a bench too long when a spider starts using you as a web anchor

2 - Shelley is a much too obvious name for a tortoise

3 - Fact that came up on QI on Friday that it is possible to walk on custard (a trifle sticky though!). If people have tried walking on custard does that mean they have tried walking on other puddings too. What about tiramisu and panna cotta which are also custard-y. Oh dear panna cotta - avalanche of drool on keyboard. And then there's jelly and ice cream. It's all a bit of a fruit salad this...

Rictameter of Love

The first is a standard rictameter form, i.e. 2,4,6,8,10,8,6,4,2, first and last lines repeated. The second is a reverse of the form. The idea I had was that the two should work as separate verses but also work when joined together make a poem of its own - much as human beings, we work as individuals but when joined together we make a yet another ‘poem’.
The interlocking shape is also suggestive.

laying~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in a hollow of soft green summer grass
between my legs~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ caressed by the dappled sunshine
drowsy after loving~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in the somnolent air
your head resting on my middle~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bodies entwined
clock snatching away minute by minute~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ wishing
our too precious time together~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ time eternal
we moved and loved again~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ensnared in each other
then continued~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ with spangles of sunlight dancing
laying~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in a hollow of soft green summer grass

© Josephine Turnbull – January 2005

A photo can never do this lovely place justice so if ever anyone is in the Arlington area between mid-April and mid-May don't pass this by.

Also if you don't have a scratch and sniff card on the computer you won't get the full picture!! Mine isn't working either..