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Teapot
What to do with the silver plated teapot?
A battered Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll survivor,
its etchings oxidised and pocked with milk spots.
I’ve checked eBay - be blessed if it fetched a fiver.
I leaf Mum’s wedding photos, thumbed and musted.
Here’s her and Dad - their faces, split with pleasure,
are mirrored in this gift’s felicitous lustre
as if they’ve just unwrapped some genie’...
Wednesday 14th June 2023 10:38 am
Wedding Dress
With wedding season truly upon us the search is on for new wedding entertainment ideas.
One of the recent discoveries was this idea to invite guests to record their thoughts through poetry..enjoy
Whose wedding dress is that? I think I know.
Its owner is quite happy though.
Full of joy like a vivid rainbow,
I watch her laugh. I cry hello.
She gives her wedding dress a shake,
And laughs...
Wednesday 13th July 2022 12:46 pm
Fairytale - For V & K
An entrance to a fairytale waiting to happen,
Sweet scented flowers, second only to the story that's about to bloom,
Flickering candles mimicking twinking stars in the dark sky,
Like the love that survived through thick and thin, dark and light...
A slow stepped waltz, opening to a dance of a lifetime,
followed by a ballad about a love that grew from childhood
and an eternal...
Thursday 17th February 2022 3:01 am
Confetti
Weddings evoked grief
For someone like Walter
With memories of being
Left stranded at the altar
Still dreaming of the one
Who shafted him badly
He'd wake up screaming
Bandy legs kicking madly
One dream, of making love
To an Amazon stunner
Got to the tipping point
But she'd done a runner
He sought a therapist
A woman of renown
Arson took her ...
Thursday 22nd October 2020 10:54 am
Chalk-White Moonlight
An Arctic air
pushes past the cracking door
as we step out
into the newly forming night
with many friendly cheers
chasing us from the hall
The searing wind
grabs you by the ears
seconds abroad
and your bones will know the chill
in the chalk-white light
of this moon
Snow falls slowly
first on the cliffs above the lane
then these cobbles are scribbled out
under a virgin whiteness
...
Sunday 1st March 2020 12:23 pm
wedding guest hats ..the truth
my hat fell off one day
my head stayed on and so did my hair
heads are designed not to fall off
hats are made for heads
hats fall off
some fall off
wedding guest hats are not secure
they flatten hair styles
the wind might decide to be cruel that day
is this a risk you are willing to take?
no one wants to lose a wedding hat
no one wants hat hair
my advice if you...
Monday 1st April 2019 8:28 pm
In the pale moonglow
In the pale moonglow when I awoke
somehow shadows seemed the darker
as mantling the land, that soft white cloak
of crystal shine leaves them starker
What cold mystic spell holds fast my hand
what eerie charm doth my fate seal
in darkling night whence daylight is banned
with what ice maid have I to kneel
As my eyes take in my ghost white bride
one last iced tear...
Wednesday 23rd January 2019 2:09 pm
I would....
I would stand infront of your door,
at night, letting the soaring rain pour.
I would call your name over and over again,
until you open your eyes and remember the dreams we had.
I would whisper sweet things to you,
that's exactly what I used to do.
I would make you feel beautiful,
do you remember how I used to prove it to you?
I would come back home with flowers in my hand,
God I woul...
Tuesday 2nd October 2018 12:28 am
THE ROSE
The Rose opened its heart petal by petal
unfolding its virtues to the naked eye
You opened your heart page by page
unfolding your virtues to my soul
even sealing it with a loving kiss
on that fateful day
It was only to last seven weeks
until your gun was pointed at my head
the double barrel between my eyes
you hated the concept of equality
slavery was your ...
Saturday 14th June 2014 1:19 pm
First Night
First Night
A messy room
Two messy heads
“Will you marry me?”
He quietly said
A shadowed celebration
assured but never taken
shrouded and unknown
the beautiful unshown
© Katy Hughes 2012
Sunday 13th May 2012 9:42 am
The Forgotten Valentine
`
Valens, you are esteemed worthy,
at the Via Flaminia you lay:
Valentinus offered up in faith.
Your deeds aren't known in our day.
In this life you wed young couples;
an act the Emperor would not permit.
And though your grace the monarch received,
your execution he did transmit.
Alas, with clubs and stones they came,
challenged by your fortitude gr...
Monday 14th February 2011 1:01 pm
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