25 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
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Outside my window, early hours moonlight bright as day there beneath a darkened sky had something to say So intently there I listened to the words that softly came kissed with moonbeam presence akin to aspartame And as soon as I had heard them with my pen poised ready there committed them to paper so with you I could now share
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02 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
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I've been in conversation now since December twenty-two Twelve poems of obscurity in verse right here to you The recondite of English language explored, brought to the fore yet with this colloquy today alas, there'll be no more Not that I've exhausted this vast vocabulary just that I've picked the very best that have appealed to me So here, equivocal, recherché my final offering of English language foibles in colloquy I bring
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[Colloquy – noun: a conversation]
In the ‘Colloquy’ series I’ve explored twelve of the English languages’ more recondite words. ‘Overmorrow (4/12/22)’, Verismilitude (5/12/22)’, ‘Floccinaucinihilipilification (29/12/22)’, Coddiwomple (3/1/23)’, ‘Erf (8/1/23)’, Discombobulate (21/1/23)’, ‘Velleity (30/1/23)’, ‘Fudgel (26/2/23)’, ‘Sylvan (18/3/23)’, ‘Wherewithal (14/4/23)’, and ‘Excogitating (28/4/23)’. You can read each of these on Jemverse using the search box at the top of the homepage.
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28 Jun 2023 Leave a comment
in Creative Writing, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, poetry blog, words, wordsmith Tags: diminishing verse, Jemverse, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, tercet, verse, words, wordsmithing, writing poetry
This short verse gone in a blink and though severed, secured by link as the poet commits to ink Each tercet brings its own charm so there is nothing here to harm in fact an antonym to arm And though perhaps not quite in clover there's still at element of lover as the poet's hand cries now its over
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Many thanks to Venkat at ‘Quatrain Poems‘ for the inspiration. This is an example of ‘Diminishing Verse’ – usually written in tercets (rhyming or not), the first letter of the end word in the previous line is removed to form a new one at the end of the second and again in the third.
06 Jun 2023 Leave a comment
in Creative Writing, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, poetry blog, words, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, words, wordsmithing, writing, writing poetry
There once was a poem, it lived in my head where it churned and prospered and grew Words came and went, stanzas they changed Syntax coaxed old from the new And unlike the ones that I write every day this one shunned limelight and stayed mysteriously there in the background not yet to be up there, displayed But then one proud day it appeared on the page and encouraged my pen with its form the one it had nurtured all of this time waiting there in the wings to adorn My Jemverse poetry blog with the rest that I publish each day without fail hoping to illicit from those who read as another one here to regale
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12 May 2023 2 Comments
in Creative Writing, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, words, wordsmith Tags: inspiration, Jemverse, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, words, wordsmithing, writing poetry
In the quiet still of these crystal moments when the morning whispers at sun's first call and slumber echoes on the dove-cote doors of sleep a world lies waiting for the day and there you will find me, pen in hand poised for the never failing still voice of inspiration and when it comes, as it always will these virgin sheets meet my words
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15 Apr 2023 1 Comment
in Creative Writing, Humour, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, poetry blog, words, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, words, wordsmithing, writing poetry
A new book so a new poem as it is the thing to do with virgin pages waiting for some words quite fresh and new So here are several lines of rhyming verse to fit the nuance of that simple plea with nonchalance and wit And as this book is likely to last perhaps a year expect to see more poems like this in this space appear
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14 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, words, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, wherewithal, words, wordsmithing, writing poetry
With purpose in mind my best foot I place metaphorically forward with zest as with wherewithal there with a purpose to share I will give this plan all of my best It's essence simplistic and outcome quite clear it's quite simple, straightforward I'd say so swift to fruition with this intuition put down in these words for today And it's something that you can with likewise intent apply to whatever you want a blueprint with ease to immediately please from the anxious to the nonchalant
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[In the ‘Colloquy’ series, I’m exploring some of the English language’s more obscure words. Some little used, some no longer used but all recondite. ‘Wherewithal’ (noun) is the means needed for a particular purpose]
18 Mar 2023 Leave a comment
in Creative Writing, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, poetry blog, words, wordsmith Tags: Jemverse, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, words, wordsmithing, writing poetry
When you write something of which you are proud and brings you a smile and makes you shout loud 'Cos you know that the words which have come from your heart are worthy to share and to others impart? Well that's what this series sets to capture with zest 'cos these are the words which to me are the best The ones I have written which I'm pleased with the most and with you I now share with Jemverse the host
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Tomorrow sees the start of a twelve part Jemverse series called ‘My very best’.
15 Mar 2023 2 Comments
in Creative Writing, painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, words, wordsmith Tags: forest, Jemverse, language, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, sylvan, verse, woodland, words, wordsmithing, writing poetry
Darkened the tunnel beckoned as sunlight filtered through so gingerly I ventured to the sylvan place I knew The sound of trickled water from the river down below brought comfort to my quickened step with beauty there on show And together all this acquiesced to hallowed moments there the closest thing to heaven which I dare now here to share
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[In the ‘Colloquy’ series, I’m exploring some of the English language’s more obscure words. Some little used, some no longer used but all recondite. ‘Sylvan’ is an adjective and defines as living or located in the woods or forest]
26 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in painting with words, poem, Poet, Poetry, series, words, wordsmith, Work Tags: Jemverse, language, painting with words, poem, poet, Poetry, poetry blog, rhyme, verse, words, wordsmith, writing poetry
Don't get the wrong impression my colleagues, reading this as I'm not one for fudgel as for me my work is bliss But on occasion there are times especially of late when a fudgel is more common in attempts to graciate As with retirement looming ever closer now these days I find myself succumbing to a new relaxing phase
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[In the ‘Colloquy’ series, I’m exploring some of the English language’s more obscure words. Some little used, some no longer used but all recondite. ‘Fudgel’ is a verb and is defined as the act of giving the impression you’re working when you’re not.]
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