Poetry Bus, Poetry Bus, where are you taking us?

Hello and welcome to the first stop on the Poetry Bus Tour – a little place we could call the Rambling Stop. We know few limitations here...and we're setting off on Saturday because...well, because we're ready.

So – the guidelines (loose...very loose...) were back here. Once your work is done send me your links and I'll add them to the end of this post.

First off, here's my own offering.

The word I chose was...

LIGHT



It's another simple, everyday word (that's my world, folks, that's my rediscovering-the-well-trodden-paths-approach...). It is an everyday word but it's such a huge monster of a word at the same time though, isn't it? Aren't they all when you look closely? I've never done any of those wordle/word cloud things with my poems but if I did I'm pretty sure LIGHT would be shining out of anything I produced like a big ol' torchbeam staring into the eyes of startled rabbit (or something). One of my most complimented poems ('Not tonight, Radiohead' – it's here – video and/or text) is an awful lot to do with 'light' (in many senses) and I'm sure there are many, many others I could dig out linked to light too. Still, you just can't have enough poems about light, can you, so here's another one. It's a short one – and I used to write quite a lot of little poems (whole section of them on my website...) but I haven't done so many lately. Time to put that right.


Light house

I gasp to breathe it loudly in
Bright juice of mother-father sun
So hot here holed in glassiest house
With shoots all fighting, bursting, wasting



RF 2010


And now you lot...words and poems aplenty. For anyone new to the Bus this list will grow and grow over the next couple of days. Get yourselves on it...put your link in the comments or email it to me.


First out of the bus garage is crazyfieldmouse. The word over there is unforeseen - can you compute?


Meanwhile it's all about the bliss over at Jeanne Iris' place.


Stone is the heavy word over at Dominic Rivron's.


Karen's Keeping Secrets but sh...I know her word...listen...it's serendipity. In fact she has two poems up - the other one is here.


It's him...it's the Blogfather...it's Totalfeckineejit...and his word is guddle.


Peter Goulding has chosen snogging. And why not..?


And now it's Day Two and here is Shaista at Lupus in Flight waiting for the Bus. Her word I'm thrilled to say is yes. What a great choice.


Don't we all love The Weaver of Grass? Her word today is scrimshank...sounds like my middle name...


Anything's possible, they say, and that's the word over at The World According to Evalinn.


Enchanted Oak has gone for another biggie...another word that gets thrown around a lot...it's hope.


Niamh Bagnell at Various Cushions has sensibly focussed on essence.


And the dog has chosen a horse - Titus has gone for hippocampus. Tally-ho!


Perhaps Sunday's last entry before I turn off this machine for the night - here's Heather from Ragged Old Blogger (with another dog!) and her word is springtime.


Well, it did used to be the Monday Poem...lots more to add today starting with Ann at Inkpots n'Quills. Her word is chivalry.


Emerging Writer is chitting us. Really.


Mojo at Why? What have you heard? is on a voyage of discovery. Go and find out what, where and why...


Argent at one of my favourite-named blogs (Delusions of Adequacy) is running with quicksilver. And now I must run...got to get a girl to school on time...


And on we go...and the next traveller has the nerve to ask for two words! NanU at Have genes will travel wants let's go. OK, you're on...


A mystery for you to solve over with The Watercats maybe...


Will this be the last passenger..? It's a little bit of science with Cosmic Rapture. And so ends Day 3 with this driver.


Day 4 and here's Susan Sonnen. She's on the prairie. Lovely.


A trifle tardy - here's Domestic Oubliette and her word is firkle.


And they're still coming in...it's Pure Fiction with pool.


And whilst Swiss didn't make it to the Bus this week, he has posted a map for the next trip. See you all then...




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