THURSDAY DOORS MAY 22

WW2...AMSTERDAM

famous
a secret door
hidden by a book case
the family hid there for two years

got caught

well known

doorway to hell
not many survived it
blot on humanity a door 
of shame

Thursday Doors... Roubion FRANCE Door Festival

CINQUAIN
 

a door
can be transformed
into a work of art
the french excel with creative
ideas

a french

little bo peep
has not lost  any sheep

knows exactly where to find them
bien sur

 

NapoWriMo Day 27- 28. 29 30

DAY 27...SISTERS RENOIR

often wondered
about this title

all made clear
when you disclosed your secret to me
years ago

no
they are not sisters

DAY 28

 FINE KNACKS FOR LADIES

dinner parties
must have been great fun
in elizabethan times
we have lost a lot

DAY 29

a unique blue velvet voice 
melting hearts softening souls
world wide acclaim
yet imprisoned because she was

the wrong colour
shameful

DAY 30

where are they now

these little french boys
hatching a plot
grandads now
some have passed
a baguette without wrapping
thing of the past
a more innocent time
yesterday when i was young

NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 24 - 26

 Day 24

a magical moment
an entire city
swept up in wonder
the voices of angels
bewitching us
et bien sur
delibes etait francais
just sayin'
(my grandmother told me to say that:)

Day 25

heard your recording

when i was seventeen
totally overwhelmed
knew then
this was my path
became consumed with this goal

imagine 
when i learnt the news
you were coming here
to perform and teach

it wasn't a rumour
the music world was abuzz
with excitement

dropped to my knees

when I received notification
that I had passed the audition
to be accepted as a student
and that's how it all began

DAY 26

knock knock who's there

a laughing stock

who will set your teeth on edge
with all his rants
a swaggering fool

neither here nor there

definitely not there

sending the world on a wild goose chase
someone who has seen better days

it's a foregone conclusion

the truth will out one day

for goodness sake
how has he managed to bedazzle
folk into voting for him

tis madness

meanwhile lie low
wait with bated breath
till it all comes full circle
and hope
all's well that ends well
eventually

NaPoWriMo 2025 ...Day 21 - 25

DAY 21

A Vermeer Gone Wrong

"I am not one and simple, but complex and many" Virginia Wolf

inhabitant of the outback
and harbourside concurrently
a swimmer
unsteady
tearful
volatile
abrasive
surreal
hands on
hands dirty
a mixed brew
steeped in high culture
theology
and the gentle arts
a politically incorrect 
boho chick
a vermeer gone wrong

 DAY 22

in my house
it was thought

a young girl
should be educated
by the nuns
play the piano
sing in the choir
speak french
sing french songs

i remember you singing along
with tino rossi
berceuse de jocelyn

while slicing the vegetables
in the kitchen
a lovely memory

thick accents prevailed at home

we had a black labrador
called ducky
t'was only after many many years
i realised that his real name
was darkie

it was thought
a young girl
should know how
to embroider french knots
to cook french cuisine
to create a palace
out of a tin shed

making everything yourself was a priority
to know
that money was not a priority
and to create beauty
in everything
was

merci memere
merci maman
for the rich traditional experience
it wasn't always appreciated
but am  truly truly grateful
now

Day 23

muttering to yourself
you look as if you have been drinking
raucous shrieking 
look as if you have been 
in a bar room brawl

such a comical bird you are

cocky
think you were an aussie
the way you carry on

NaPoWriMo 2025....Day 16 - 20

 

 1968

 sitting watching you on tv in a beachside flat
the waves crashing on the shore
a wonderful accompaniment to the chopin

 totally overwhelmed by your brilliance

 yet at the same time feeling sad and fraught at what had happened to you

 relating to it so well  

i was so young just starting out
 yet as old as methusela
even as a child
they always said she's been here before

 

t'was beautiful easter weather just like now

that evening is so clear in my mind
more than half a century ago

i even remember what i was wearing

Day 17... Friendship

SHADORMA

two french girls
at home after school
practising
the piano

nothing's changed too much except

the school uniforms

lovely friends
helping each other
exam time
tomorrow
madame chabrier  is a
known perfectionist

DAY 18  

GOOD FRIDAY

the beach

was closed today
the gulls 
unusually quiet and still
gathered in large groups on the sand
the waves dangerous and furious
exploded on the shore

the chorus of the St Matthew Passion
ringing in my ears

 

 

DAY 19
Cinquain

forgot 
to buy the eggs
the chocolate easter eggs?
not true someone ate all of  them
 (sigh) MEN !

DAY 20....to the tune of Waltzing Matilda

once a silly sheila

driving to the great outback

thought it would be easy

a piece of cake

and she sang as she passed by lovely looking butterflies

till she discovered her car was full of brown snakes
big brown bastards big brown bastards

big brown bastards down with all aussie snakes

so she hailed down a truckie go on luv please be a sport
a lift to the airport would be a heaven sent break

NaPoWriMo....DAYS 13-15

DAY 13.....A Golden Glow from an Old Painting with a sprinkling of music.

Boticelli

miss simonetta vespucci

a six hundred year old famous beauty

never ceases to delight us
with her translucent serenity
sun streaked hair adorned with jewels

but not more so than
my marmalade boy
who is also a beauty

his soft fur is sunshine
a smile amongst the daisies

his  vibrato purrs serenading

me to sleep soundly at night

DAY 14......Dodoitsu Form 7 7 7 5

roses and piano music

brings a smile to a sad face
it's been so long since you wrote
i miss you a lot

i know you've forgotten me
all in all not surprising
you'll always be my dodo
and still in my thoughts 

DAY 15

Write a poem in 6 lines that expresses enthusiasm, simple language,repetition rhythm, rhyme and ends with a bang

stayin alive stayin alive
ah ah ah ah
stayin alive stayin alive
not going to happen while that bastard thrives

kick him out with his billionaire mates
let him eat golf balls while washing the plates
we're comin for you fatso so take off and fly
to putin's palace becoming his bride