The Groovy Granny Has Arrived! (or: What I Didn’t See Coming)

Some of you wonderful regular readers have also been reading my children's poetry blog, A Children's Poetry Place. A few months ago, I told you I've been working on a new children's book this year. In actual fact, I've been working on this collection of poems for a decade. Two of them were in my …

Poet Claudia Schönfeld

Sakura you feed me on raw fish when our world’s upside down, chaos around, people drown, small as bugs in the sink while forces of nature grow tall and blossoming cherries bleed, spilling red, white - hopes like vomit on shaking ropes, will they hold? sing, sing sakura ‘cos spring is just ‘round the corner …

Poet Evelyn Adams

Somber Splash On a new toy Run film Tsunami old news We've seen it all Water to the wheels Water to the doors Water to the second floors Shock of water Is Cars rushing Warehouse next, floating Shrink of water Is We are small And The earth can get rid of us Whenever it wants …

Poet Colleen Hannah

LIVING LIFE IN A SUBDUCTION ZONE Forced down and shifting sideways Living life in a subduction zone The mantle’s quaking dust has flown The clock stopped counting time is done Living life in a subduction zone And it’s heave ho and away we go Clock stopped counting time is done I wait in line for …

Poet Mike Cowan

black muddy waters black muddy waters came rolling by they’ve swept my love in their raging tides Earth, to my wife had sworn to be, a home of peace to her and me but waters rose from angry seas and covered Earth and lands and we and in the swift blink of an eye, my …