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Having been immersed in memoir writing for many months, I decided to write a small poem every day for a year to keep my poetic hand in. I've posted them to Instagram and facebook as written – where, to my amazement, people love them – but on this blog they are sometimes subject to later rewriting.
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Monday, 5 June 2023

One Tarot Card, Two Responses























So, two for one again, today.

And both responses are sevenlings.



Sevenling (Again the Tarot advises)


Again, the Tarot advises a day of rest.

Again the weather outside reinforces this.

Again I am happy to yield to the invitation.


How rude it would be to reject advice I sought.

Besides, I have a new book I’m impatient to read.

Also the card is beautiful, encouraging belief.


How sweet to have licence for self-indulgence!



Sevenling (The woman on the … )


The woman on the card sits with her eyes closed.

She is resting her head on one hand, and seems 

to have been deeply still for a long time,


immersed in music from all those pictured discs,

while from her mind blooms the image of a rose

against a dreamy background of sunset sky.


Look how peaceful her inward-gazing face is!


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