NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 13

Wordle words from Sunday Whirl

MIRAGE

A magic moonlit moment
She turns towards me briefly
Perfect porcelain features
I swear I’m deeply in love

I’ve died and gone to Heaven

Then my heart takes a tumble
And I want to slash my wrists
She’s not the girl of my dreams
What the papers said was true

Has she taken me to hell?

“Limbo Bimbo Strikes Again!!!”
The front page headline today
“She’s just a gaudy Geordie”
It’s even a football chant!

No, it’s that place between… Earth…!

NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 12

THE SCORE DRAW

In the pursuit of pleasure
Pain can become the rule
It’s a cloak and dagger world
Where consequences are cruel

Don’t lose your beloved cash
On a wild night with some skirt
Who doesn’t produce the goods
Only hits you where it hurts

As once the damage is done
you’ll keep going back for more
Prison bars won’t keep you from
Chasing the imperfect score

NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 11

FALLEN

Your razor slash of a mouth
leaks rumours… on whiskey breath…
that those lanky legs of yours
have run in their final race

Your one good eye… once silky,
now a murky marsh puddle…
fails to isolate the pain

NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 10

THE OFFICERS’ MESS

Despite their plight, the border forces
had the insight and the resources
to cover their flanks, whilst giving thanks
to the ranks of men on whom they depend
to end a crisis as it arises

No prizes for guessing who’s pressing the issue…
A tissue of lies can be heard as the word
is passed round the fire by liars and cheats
you’d rather not meet on a dark road at night…
bestowed as you might be with hatred and spite

NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 9

CIVILISATION

Don’t ever make the mistake
of thinking that you’ve chosen
an easier way of life

You know they’ll always make it
harder and harder to live
but not so easy to die

When it’s time to pack your bags
no fatted calf will await
the prodigal son’s return

Just a hammer and some nails
to attach you to this cross
they call Civilisation

NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 8

IN YOUR DREAMS

In visions you navigate
the humming drill of routine
stride with dignity and grace
through years that last an instant
but never miss a moment
to reap the respect you gain
as worlds buckle before you

NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 7

IMPULSE

Far in the distance
whisperings of creation
A new beginning…?

Infinite rhythm
emits invisible code
Timing is precise

Clenched fists of rumour
hit our unbelieving ears
We kneel on impulse

NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 6

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
Wordle words from Sunday Whirl: Strap, Swing, Power, Zip, Tough, Barrier, Waterfall, Pleat, Diamond, Detail, Suspend, Unit

Band suspend hostilities
Form a unit once again
Welcome back guitar and voice
Play some Rock ‘n’ Roll

Strap on that sweet axe and swing
Power-up un-zip the noise
Intro riff, rough, tough and loud
Sound no barrier

Vocal cascade, waterfall
Smooth as silk, no crimp or pleat
Flawless diamond pitch and tone
Perfect, every detail

NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 5

BENEFIT

We’re writing to inform you
we’re stopping your allowance
with immediate effect

According to our records
the information given
has expired; is out of date

The evidence submitted
must be revised/updated
as quickly as possible

Medical certificates
pertaining to your illness
will re-activate your claim

For further information
a premium rate number
is provided overleaf

NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 4

BEST LAID PLANS

He notices everything
as he stands with open mouth
and a vacant expression…
Brick wall this side, steel fence that
Gravel and trash in between
Nothing in the right balance

NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 3

HEAT

Where is the warmth we yearn for,
the welcome promised to us?
Still safe…? Or does time erode
honourable intentions
like a river’s constant flow
turning pebbles into clay?

Will flames of friendship shield us?
Or will they turn against us,
burn relentless, scorch our flesh
and reduce our bones to ash?

NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 2

IS NOT WAS

With insufficient data
in your random access tank
archives inaccessible
and all vaults locked and bolted
you won’t need to remember
things that happened yesterday
won’t hunger for memory
just new experiences

You’re living in the future
and the past… died, in the past

NaPoWriMo 2014 - Day 1

PRINCIPLE

In the cycle of events
leading to this gathering
due regard was given to
divisions caused by habits
that led to your undoing

However painless the task
you wouldn't lessen the gap
between compulsion and choice
and thus create an escape
from the suffering to come

Did you act without virtue..?

WORDLE #130

For The Sunday Whirl: Expected, Drunkard, Edge, Trumps, Prophet, Born, World, Mends, Binds, Sleepy, Circles, Thunder.

The Truth

What nobody expected:

Drunkard, living on the edge

Trumps Prophet born to this world...

Mends his ways; binds sleepy group

Confirms crop circles are sent

To warn of times of thunder...

WORDLE #129

For The Sunday Whirl: Clever, Chance, Flesh, Ripe, Secret, Nest, Basket, Blinked, Stars, Saw, Hand, Swept.

BRUSH OFF

He was ripe for the picking

She was clever; took her chance

Offered pleasures of the flesh

Inside her secret love nest

A basket of broken hearts

He saw the light; raised his hand
Blinked those stars out of his eyes

Swept her under the carpet...