A bit of Sunday poetry
Today while studying for my linguistics degree course, I felt inspired to write a little poetry. This is my first in maybe 10 years and was just for fun. Enjoy!
Pottery cat
She tries to jump but just falls short
She sadly failed to abort
Her tiny claws reach out to grasp
But fail to save her lower half
From sliding backwards off the side
A chip in her still fragile pride.
Noisy house
A battered toe, a cry of pain
Kes desperate to go out again
A brush makes contact with the wall
A neighbour’s child runs down the hall
A hacking cough comes from next door
Keith’s humming comes up through the floor
The football game on next doors screen
I hear the fans cheer for their team
Domestic woe erupts next door
Threatening to leave his wife once more
The cat is clawing at the rug
Its threads come looser with each tug
I find no peace on my settee
I think the world’s forgotten me
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I didn’t see these until just now – they’re really good Jen! I really like them. I’m looking forward to when you do get round to doing the creative writing course – although your other ‘factual’ writing is always excellent, I’m really hoping you’ll let me read your creative efforts, as I think you might actually be alright at it! ;o)
Aw thanks Bec, that’s nice of you to say. I can’t help but feel they’re very amateurish, especially after having studied some of the poetry ‘greats’!
I find poetry as a genre quite intimidating. From having learned to analyse a poem from a stylistic point of view, it seems there are a hundred techniques one can utilise that I never knew existed.
I also imagine that just posessing that knowledge can stifle one’s creativity and natural flow. My poetry flows easily from my fingertips but may yield little of interest for the academic reader!