Donations are essential to keep Write Out Loud going    

daughters (Remove filter)

Recent Comments

Steve White on A Life in the Day
21 minutes ago

Steve White on Rwanda Bound
28 minutes ago

John Coopey on SWINGING
55 minutes ago

Greg Freeman on A Life in the Day
55 minutes ago

Stephen Gospage on Still Life with Massacre
1 hour ago

Telboy on A Life in the Day
2 hours ago

Tom Doolan on SWINGING
2 hours ago

John Coopey on SWINGING
2 hours ago

Stephen Atkinson on SWINGING
4 hours ago

John Coopey on SWINGING
4 hours ago

FATHER AND MOTHERS / BROTHERS AND DAUGHTERS

Brothers of sand

Holding signs, I am a man 

Daughters of dust

Holding signs life in her gut

 

Fathers of the past

Never thought how long this would last

Mothers of the movement

Never thought so many forget their commitments.

 

Brothers of man

Fictional to control and command

Daughters of woman

Subjected to the desire of lust

 

Fathers of the future

H...

Read and leave comments (0)

BotherscommunityDaughtersfamilyFathersMothersPoetry 2020

Fibonacci on the last school run

A spider's chandelier with Gatsbyesque enticement

indulges the mumbling aphid's lament,

red berries decorate the fringe of a melodic carousel of swallows

whilst two more riders swirl their eyes and caw.

This was just the mornings...

 

On evenings we saw raves-

black v's in tye-dye skies,

a ginger stoat did the caterpillar,

frozen ozone refracts a mobile of rainbows.

O...

Read and leave comments (9)

daughtersgrowing up in the countryside

Quoth Both

 

My daughter brought a Jackdaw in the house

And grief introduced itself

 

Melancholic and wounded

It hunched in the corner of the room

She fed him her loving eyes

Bread in tweezers

And named him Poe

 

Then this sanctuary

Took him

She phoned every night

He was mending well and with the magpies...

He was in the biggest aviary...

He was set free.

But w...

Read and leave comments (2)

birdschildhoodchildrendaughtersfaithGrieflossparentswings

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Find out more Hide this message