by Valerie | Feb 7, 2016 | Comic Verse, Creative Writing, Rhyming Poetry, WritersDigest.com
I was planning in anticipation of our group’s annual vacation in a Cornish coastal location, with the obvious expectation, of getting some precipitation. We had in our imagination our perfect accommodation: not too far from civilization, with internet...
by Valerie | Oct 7, 2015 | WritersDigest.com
The evening my old dog went over the Rainbow Bridge to join her litter sister, I looked in the darkening westward skies to say a prayer to the bright Evening Star as I do each night. Twin little stars were right beside her twinkling there:- Pollux and Castor....
by Valerie | Sep 30, 2015 | WritersDigest.com
Forget those songs that you both sung Forget why you fell in love and where Forget those silly little things he did to show you that he really did care Forget those cuddles on the couch Forget those soft slow dances Forget the thrill when you felt his touch Forget...
by Valerie | Sep 18, 2015 | WritersDigest.com
Er… I er… Once I er… Just once I er… Only just once I er… Well, only just once I er… Well, maybe more than just once I er.. Dammit! I’ve hesitated so long now I’ve forgotten what I only just once did! Wednesday Poetry...
by Valerie | Sep 9, 2015 | WritersDigest.com
Little things please me so much more than anything that money can buy. ****** I tried to write a Haiku. That is the littlest poem that I know. ********* My sleeping dog lay at my feet, dreaming of her next run in the park. My sleeping dog lay at my feet. I was hoping...
by Valerie | Aug 14, 2015 | WritersDigest.com
I looked in the mirror. My mum looked back at me. “Good grief, girl, you look tired. You’re not the girl you used to be.” Mum grinned, I looked again “You’re looking old I fear. Don’t you think it is time that you retired, my...
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