Tag Archives: words

Mimic

November 18, 2017philosophy, poem, Poetryphilosophy, poem, poetry, silence, wordsThe Cheesesellers Wife aka Kim Whysall-Hammond

Words are blunt instruments
Poetry sharpens them
Tries to bring them to a point
To break the silence

Scrabbling

October 15, 2017Chickens, garden, Life, poem, Poetry, weatherchickens, garden, Life, poem, poetry, wordsThe Cheesesellers Wife aka Kim Whysall-Hammond

I am scrabbling for a word
To describe the noise of chickens
Scrabbling in the garden

It isn’t rustling
The leaves above are doing that
Rustle is a high pitched word
I need a lower pitich
Mustle, grustle
Tustle is what one hen is doing with a worm

Now there’s a sudden outbreak of snail football
The snail always loses

It’s life

On this sunny late October afternoon
Maybe its scrabbling after all