planting poetry ready for Diffusion publishing fair

Poetry to plant in your imagination.

I've never really liked the idea of poetry trapped on pages in a certain order, so I came up with poetry seed packets. The poems are printed on separate sheets, contained in a seed packet.

 Free range, if you like!


All handmade by me. That's what I am mostly doing this week, preparing for the Diffusion Festival Publishing weekend at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff on 25th and 26th May.

www.diffusionfestival.org

haiku. looking forward, back. cherry blossom

A haiku caught in the cherry tree branches, before the breeze lifts it away, and then returns for the blossom.


looking up, forward, back
catching the moment -
through blossom, leaves, each season
turning, returning

The tree has never been so beautiful.

poem. awakening. cherry blossom.

awakening
flowers of
joyful spring
dance,
held gently
by delicate stars








The cherry tree in my garden is finally in full flower, after a few sparse years.

poem. shaken up. blossom. gale.

 Just as everything is so calm and lovely, the weather changes.


Here's the poem;

shaken up
impatient
gale
whirling
placid blossom
from safe branches

poem. making time.

making time
I stand at the back door
whenever I can and
gaze at the garden,

at six in the morning
a minute or two to spare
as I drink my tea,

in the afternoon instead of
doing something else,

in the dusk as
the garden takes a breath,

or last thing at night

I stand at the back door
whenever I can and
gaze


It's the perfect antidote to feeling as though there is too much to do and too little time. I have lots of mirrors in my small garden, and this is the view of the looking glass garden through one of them.
 

haiku. ludwig van. clockwork orange

ludwig van
the glorious Ninth -
gorgeosity made flesh
O my brothers, O!



Celebrating Beethoven, and Clockwork Orange,
with letterpress and a page from the book.

I am making a series of cards of composers names, to take to the fair at the Diffusion Festival Publishing Weekend in Cardiff on 25th and 26th May.
www.diffusionfestival.org

All the names have to be divisible by three, because I think that's the best look from my beautiful wooden letterpress letters.  Mozart, Brahms, Wagner and Schubert to follow.

floral ampersand. haiku.

Ampersands keep the seasons flowing. Here's my haiku;

open ended
seasons passing &
leaf & bloom & fruit & seed
& seasons passing

I have been drawing aceo floral ampersand cards to take to the fair at the Diffusion Festival Publishing Weekend in Cardiff on 25th & 26th May.
www.diffusionfestival.org

I am really enjoying my pointing finger pen nib.