"Remade" by our very own
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And now for some of
YOUR WRITING:
Scratching and scraping
by Doreen Kelly
Scratching and scraping
Warning and wailing
Among but apart
Ravenous
Moths
chomp down on our treasures
People sleep
Overnight stillness
Each word
Marches to the page
She lets herself be free
Plagued
by Kay Ritchie
inspired by Giovanna Mackenna’s Remade & Charles Goodridge’s Silverfish
on Monday
one fly fluttered on the shutter
on Tuesday
two lay flat out on the floor
but there were more
on Wednesday
in the kitchen
one was floating in some water &
at night I got a fright
when off to bed I counted seven
one I killed
then filled with guilt
I pulled my duvet tight &
dreamt of fly revenge
testosteroned & furious
they dive-bombed from above
not furry fragrant bees
but mobile-headed big-eyed bugs
that suck at dung & things that fester
though perhaps they also scratch out poems in the dust
while laying eggs that harvest maggots
on Thursday when I woke
they’d congregated by the window
singing like an irate choir &
when I opened it they flew
and now they’ve gone
and I’m alone &
hoping that they haven’t left a present
I scratch poems in the morning
by Cap'n Bev
from Scratching poems in the night – Charles Goodrich “Silverfish”
I scratch poems in the morning - night is no good to me.
I must invest my best energy in the wash of words
that clears greasy confusion from the slate of my brain.
Just minutes at the page
and the roar does dolls to hiss, hiss at last to still
with just the occasional drop of waning rain on which I can focus;
truly observe
and possibly understand.
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Thanks to you all ...
... for your heartening feedback as always!
Aileen Paterson: morning everyone
Denise: Morning Aileen. Nice to see you.
Giovanna: Morning everyone, it's great to be here. I am actually at work so if I vanish please forgive me.
Giovanna: Bev, I was listening to Joelle Taylor read last night and her book - do you have it - is such a brilliant exploration of your pier of lesbians
Giovanna: Adrienne - thank you for your beautiful reading 🥰
Fenella: thank you so much, I really needed it, it was ACE!!
Kate: Beautiful Adrienne- thank you so much. Sadly I need to slip away as I have another appointment at 11.30. See you all in two weeks 😊
Jan: Thanks Adrienne. Fantastic.
Jan: I really loved your poem Giovanna!
Giovanna: Thank you Jan 😊
Doreen: I thought it was 17
Lesley: I need to leave early too in about 15 mins, sorry!
Angie: I'm still here but I am keeping my phone and video off because its busy in my house with dance show and people keep interrupting.
Angie: wow lesley that was powerful
Giovanna: loved the mattress
Jo Saunders: I have unstable internet. Leaving video off.
Giovanna: love the “glide and bounce through life”
Angie: yes I like the glide and bounce through life too Linda.
Giovanna: beautiful Cath
Angie: take care Cath
Angie: fab Sheila
Giovanna: Gorgeous Sheila
Doreen: Bev I have emailed it to you
Giovanna: Doreen - those ravenous moths, wow
Angie: I like the metaphor about the moths chomping on treasures Doreen
Angie: that's beautiful Aileen. I loved the way that you read it too.
Sheila Buchanan: Getting lost sounds magical Aileen
Angie: observational poetry Doreen
Karen: Chomp down on our treasures
Giovanna: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m00162tm (this is Doreen’s “Caretakers” appearance on BBC radio 4)
Jo Saunders: I'm dropping out as screen and audio keep stopping. Bye, and thanks to you and Adrienne and all.
Giovanna: Jan - “thoughts shook loose, catching the light on good days”
Angie: I love the colours in that Jan
Angie: I love the rhythm in the poem Maggie
Giovanna: loved the element/firmament
Angie: spooky. when Bev said Pilot fish, I was footering with my pen and I read the word pilot on the pen as Bev said pilot.
Angie: that was lovely Denise
Angie: I agree Adrienne, alone in their company is something I love about trees too. fab poem Fenella
Karen: 💕
Angie: as always Giovanna amazing
Angie: wise words Bev
Giovanna: Bev - "the wash of words that cleans greasy confusion from my mind”
Angie: I agree about the Snatch poem. it's inspiring
Giovanna: Thanks Angie
Denise: Yes Bev - your poem was awash in rhythm and energy.
Maggie: Notably, Dylan writes, 'Some times I think there are no words/ but those to say what's true/ And there are no truths outside the Gates of Eden',
Angie: Karen I love how you can write when you wake through the night. I wake regularly at 2am and feel horrible. I wish that my inspiration wakes me up and hands me a pen.
Giovanna: Karen - I felt for the sleeplessness but loved the "swarm of words”
Angie: it's a great poem Karen
Angie: kay your fly poem is wonderful. I loved your wasp poem from last week too.
Giovanna: Thank you Bev, Adrienne and everyone! What a fabulous morning 😊
Maggie: Great news in our home - we have now found an adorable Shetland Sheepdog
Kay: wonderful everyone thankyou kx
Jan: Thanks all...great way to start the weekend x
Angie: thanks again for a lovely morning. have a most excellent weekend. hope to see you all soon. Happy New dog day Maggie.
Thanks to funders
Lapidus Scotland gratefully acknowledges the support of Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership's "Wellbeing for Longer in Glasgow Fund" (managed by Impact Funding Partners).
