In the potting shed
the scent of ancient creosote
wafts in heavy summer heat.
Years of grandpa, pipe in mouth,
leaning against the wall
as grandma wielded the black
brush and yelled,
‘Get back you
kids,’ followed by her gap-tooth grin.
She lives in the still-
standing walls…
no creosote now.
Polly Stretton © 2018
First published on this blog in 2014, this is a revised version – last week’s heat put me in mind of it.
A little bit of Ars Poetica 🙂 First published on this website in 2012, lightly edited today.
Walt Whitman’s use of free verse became appreciated by composers seeking a more fluid approach to setting text. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A little bit of this
and a little bit of that,
all mixed together in a poetry hat,
pull out nubile wordles
bash them all around,
organise the way they look,
smell and sound.
Stir ‘em into shape,
shake ‘em through and through,
let them have their say,
they’ll tell you what to do.
When the stew is finished,
finalised and done
then make some bread to go with it,
knead it just for fun.
Bread has connotations, solid,
formed it rises,
if the yeast is left out
there are no surprises.
Method is important
from limerick to sonnet,
free verse gives to poetry
yeast
to place upon it.
Polly Stretton © 2018
Worcestershire Poet Laureate catches up with former Worcestershire Poet Laureate!
On Saturday night I finally managed to catch the Idle Women Tour, this is a project Heather Wastie has worked on since 2016, I missed the 2017 performances and have been meaning to catch a show ever since!
The show gained financial support from Arts Council England, which enabled the employment of a Tour Manager, Zoe Hunn and Director, Milla Jackson.
Last Autumn Idle Women featured on BBC Country File, which aired November 12th as part of Remembrance programming.
https://alarumtheatre.co.uk/broadcast/bbc-countryfile/
The Spring Tour started last week with a performance at The Chestnut Inn, Worcester on Tuesday 3rd April.
© 2018 – Alarum Theatre
I knew the basic content of the show and have been aware of Heather’s work and some of the poetry. I purposefully didn’t look into the Double Bill and had no idea what to expect from Kate Saffin (other than half the show).
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