An experiment in Germanic alliteration. This was an interesting one. Written to the Meet the Bar with a Beat challenge set up by DVerse. I do like a bit of alliteration but the flow of this Germanic verse is different to what I would usually use. Feel free to comment, feedback is always appreciated. ©Continue reading “Winter Mourn”
Author Archives: Stephen Buttigieg
A Night at the Prompts
Sharing poetry with pals If every cloud has a silver lining. Then for the Cumulonimbus that was the pandemic, the silver lining came in the form of friendships made online, particularly on Instagram. I had already joined the poetry community prior to the breakout of COVID-19, however, during lockdown online activities increased, and the numberContinue reading “A Night at the Prompts”
A Walk Through a Cemetery
Hidden beneath the moss Last year I paid a visit to the Brussels Cemetery for a poetry event organised by @spoken_word_bxl There was one particular grave that caught my eye. It had been covered in emerald, green moss and the inscription on the gravestone was illegible. Despite the melancholic atmosphere it was still a beautifulContinue reading “A Walk Through a Cemetery”
Lovers’ Day
Valentine’s fun Valentine’s day has different meanings for different people. There are the young who are in their first love, those who are suffering heartbreak, those who have most their loved one and those who are happily ageing together. They will identify with this poem. And don’t forget we shouldn’t be talking about love ifContinue reading “Lovers’ Day”
Old & UnWise
A Haphazard Collection of Poetry and Thought It is really hard to describe how excited I was yesterday to find out that Old & UnWise had started to appear for pre-order on some websites (see below). I have already had poems published in a couple of anthologies, however the poetry in this book is allContinue reading “Old & UnWise”
Cover Up Job
A meeting of two minds Although I was born in the UK and my mother tongue is English I was born of Maltese parentage. In Maltese there is an expression which loosely translates as The first that eats is the eye. When I decided to put together Old & UnWise – A Haphazard Collection of PoetryContinue reading “Cover Up Job”
Distant Connections
A helping hand from across the seas It is amazing how many generous people there are out there in this world of chaos. I discovered a number of them in the online poetry community. I had just started to get into a writing groove, after thirty plus years of abstaining from poetry writing, when theContinue reading “Distant Connections”
Out of this world
The Aliens and I received a book. It was so good to receive the first hard copy proof of my book. Despite what the title of this blog says I did not receive the book from out of space, although my Alien friends may add some fuel for conspiracy theorists. I did actually write allContinue reading “Out of this world”
Two Timing
Taking two perspectives to a prompt Prompts are a great way to stimulate the writing experience. And there are so many out there. Here on WordPress, Instagram, Threads, a thing called X formerly called something else and Facebook to name but a few. The amount of prompts that are posted every day is quite impressive.Continue reading “Two Timing”
Poetry in motion (again)
The Rave Linked to dVerse Poetics – May I have This Dance? I am pretty new to WordPress and have discovered a whole community of writers. I came across a prompt by Dverse related to poetry and dancing. I have decided to share one poem from Old & UnWise – A Haphazard Collection of Poetry andContinue reading “Poetry in motion (again)”
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