Life in Poetry reading, writing, reflecting

Life in Poetry reading, writing, reflecting
April showers bring May flowers

Tuesday 8 April 2014

Spring in my garden

Monday 24 February 2014

Broken Calendar

Through the window unclean,
rays so bright fall on my page,
fingers prints uncouth. Lines, 
spatters of rain or from sponged
down effort of last Spring.

Broken calendar, swept away.
Discard the storms and keep
the sun. Old records pile up
the music cannot be thrown out.

Memories and happy years
constructing my being, brick
by brick.



©susanbauryrouchard

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Computer Glinch

Computer glinch,
I lose my grip
on reality.
Connexion snapped
in the egg of sharing.

To fool fatality
I seize my fountain
pen and holler
to the wind and drizzle
outside my window,

For an opening
in the dark clouds, monuments
whose continents sail past
so fast on the edge
of the atmosphere.

Velocity closer
to an aeroplane's;
from my desk, they hardly
seem to budge. Taunting
my own immobility
as I grapple for words.



©susanbauryrouchard

Monday 23 December 2013

Winter


The sun is out 
and even baby hedgehog
 is sniffing around
the compost heap.

in full light
in cosy coat
of Christmas
wishes and lore.

May souls soar
above the tree tops,
fan out and settle
once more.

Beside the fire
of inspiration, the twinkle
of the stars.


wishing you a Merry Christmas for you and your loved ones.



©susanbauryrouchard
Dear friends,

a quote from Dr Seuss :

 Be who you are and say how you feel, because those who

 matter won’t mind and those who mind don’t matter.

Thank you Yvette.

Thursday 24 October 2013

talking about the weather

Warm here in Toulouse today, the cloud cover is fairly high and the leaves are starting to take on beautiful colours: crisp yellow and ripe green.

Monday 14 October 2013

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/10/alice-munro-nobel-literature-prize-margaret-atwood


Congratulations to Alice Munro.
Hoping that Margaret Atwood will get it some day.