…and the beginning of Road Trip Day 2. We have the hostel to ourselves. I crept out to the common area at 5:45, all keen to crack on with the poetry practice. The final day of availing of prompts, I will have to wing it from tomorrow. Today’s prompt is all about compression – haiku, senryu or just plain micropoem. I’ve written several! Which one is your favourite?
Glencoe
Once
Where folk dwelled
Now
Only clouds
Cast shadows
Helmsdale, Scotland
May Day Eve
Sea salt, seagull squawk
Furze clad hills smelling of tropics
46 degrees
That’s 8C for those of you who realfeel in Celsius!
Roundabout
Circling
Turns to take
Choose
And, the last one is really showing my age. Youngsters will need to Google this, but I believe in advancing education.
The TV Test Pattern
Static pattern
Single note sound over
No transmission
We are on the ferry to Orkney Island this evening, arriving just before sunset. I have packed plenty of scarves, gloves, and fleeces.
Sojourning Smith 