Engine

July 18, 2018beauty, poem, Poetry, science poetryEngine, Engineering poem, machine, poem, poetry, Technology, trainThe Cheesesellers Wife

Long and large
Lurking on the rails
Panting at the signal
Waiting to be released
Red and polished
Steam about your underskirts
Powerful relic
Your magic persists

Re-blogged from 2016

Truth like glass

July 14, 2018art, beauty, poem, Poetrybeauty, glass, Inspiration, Life, poem, poetry, truthThe Cheesesellers Wife

In Inspiration’s furnace
Poets work and strive
To create a Truth like glass
Clear, transforming
A window to other.

Cochi

July 11, 2018archeology, art, history, poem, Poetryarcheology, Found poem, history, poetry, prehistory, sicilyThe Cheesesellers Wife

Deep ploughed grooves
reveal treasures between vines
broken pots, beads, loom weights,
amphora base inscribed with a name.
Burnt edges speak of conflagration,
terror, loss, pain.
Archeology of human fear.

Cochi was the term for pot sherds when we were Archeological Field-Walking in Sicily several years ago.

Silence

July 7, 2018Life, philosophy, poem, PoetryLife, poem, poetry, silenceThe Cheesesellers Wife

Silence
Envelops, encompasses
Is made of a material
That becomes rigid
And shatters at a single sound.

Poems published at Fourth and Sycamore

July 6, 2018Azores, England, Life, poem, Poetryazores, Fourth and Sycamore, London, poem, poetry, rainThe Cheesesellers Wife

I’m delighted to say that two of my poems have been published online by Fourth and Sycamore:

The poetry of Kim Whysall-Hammond

Dunes

July 4, 2018poem, Poetrybeach, dunes, poem, poerty, sea, seasideThe Cheesesellers Wife

Rolling along the shore
Linear formation
Field of Dunes
Rounded and steep sloped
Not barren sand
But sheltering life
A sandy ecosystem
That
In turn
Holds down the drifting sand
Rolling along the shore

Re-blogged from 2017, to celebrate heading for the seaside!

Fly

June 30, 2018nature, poem, Poetryfly, poem, poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

A fly just landed on my laptop, sat for a while
Then rubbed its forelegs clean
And, fastidiously, its tiny face

That a creature, famed for bringing disease
Can appear to have its own version of cleanliness
Is a revelation to me

Gray vs Gray

June 27, 2018poem, Poetrycolor, colour, Gray, Grey, poem, poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

Grey is nothing
The dead zone between black and white
Grey is age
The old road surface, the unwanted hair

Gray is the softness of pregnant cloud
Gray puts on her evening dress
And goes dancing
Using her alter ego, silver

Re-blogged from 2016….

At Stratford with William

June 23, 2018art, history, Life, poem, Poetry, Shakespearechrisopher Eccleston, MacBeth, poem, poetry, Shakespeare, The Scottish PlayThe Cheesesellers Wife

From above I watch the story unfold
Bask in dense poetry
The pleasure of words and phrasing
So pertinent to the action
To the people laying out their very lives in front of us
I laugh uproariously then
Gasp as the knife plunges
Hold my breath
Knowing from schooldays the inevitable end
But hoping this time, here, now
That tragedy can somehow not play out on this stage
That all must come right even for this poor foolish reprobate
Sit shaken, still, grieving
Then
Stand and roar my appreciation
My hands clap fast and hard above my head
I grin in sheer pleasure at the craft and art
That has been spun out this evening
As the story concludes and the players bow

We will be seeing Macbeth at Stratford this week!

“Orphan” at Vita Brevis

June 20, 2018art, philosophy, poem, Poetryorphan, poem, poetry, Vita BrevisThe Cheesesellers Wife

I am delighted to tell you that my poem ‘Orphan’ is the Editor’s Choice over at Vita Brevis.

https://vitabrevisliterature.com/2018/06/20/editors-choice-orphan/