Zelda the Zealot
Comic poem in rhyming couplets illustrated by photographs of a cat climbing a tree, playing in snow or curled asleep.
Poem
This sub-category of Articulations collects all my posts of poems.
Into that Good Night
Poem that cannibalises a famous line from Dylan Thomas to play with the word “raillery”.
Athropos and Mnemosyne
Short poem commenting on senility by reference to Greek mythology.
If I Were Vociferous
Poem that recycles a verse from a lyric by Tanita Tikaram to illustrate the Twitter-based wordgame Artwiculate’s Word of the Day Vociferous.
Vociferous weather
Poem descriptive of the weather at the time it was composed.
Siggy Sought a Syzygy
Comic nonsense poem to illustrate the poetic term syzygy (a form of alliteration).
Lucia on the Morning Tram
Poem: 12 Dec, Lucia Eve. Celebrated in all-night parties by Swedish kids. Girls dress as Lucia in white dresses with candles in their hair.
The Bear’s Dream
Poem. Classic 5-7-5 haiku with a seasonal reference in the second line. What does the hibernating bear dream about?
Old Uncle Sam, his Wikileaks
Comic poem that references current events and the masses of classified US documents recently leaked through Wikileaks.