Tag: Lynn White

My Detached Memory | Lynn White

January 23, 2023

I think of it as a detached memory

floating free

engulfing me when I least expect it

and then

leaving

without a trace.

I can’t recall it.

Not for sure.

But clearly

it remembers me.

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.

Fragments | Lynn White

January 16, 2023

I kept my eyes open

but I still can’t see

and I’m not sure 

if I regret this

it’s such a sad world out there.

But I’ll stay silent my lips sealed

against the present.

.

Only fragments

the bare bones of the past

remain to be found, and remembered.

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.

Empty Space | Lynn White

January 9, 2023

Has this space always been empty

as I passed by tonight

I wondered

if anything had ever stood here.

I’ve never noticed 

it’s emptiness 

before.

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.

Watering Hole | Lynn White

December 13, 2022

We all need a watering hole

bug or beast,

fish or fowl,

mammal or mayfly,

we all need it

sometimes

our eyes can catch sight of it

in the deserty distance

and sometimes 

it’s close,

so close

but we’re on the wrong side

of the water splattered glass

looking out

so useless

we can only see it

only cry tears 

cry out for help.

Will anyone help?

Yes or no?

We can only hope,

hope that the ayes will have it,

otherwise the eyes are all there are

and only wet enough for the lucky little ones.

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.

https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com 

 https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/

The Spaces In Between | Lynn White

December 6, 2022

She saw the night sky as a join the dots puzzle

and believed the stars were glittering cairns

pin point sharp

marking the pathways to the moon,

to Venus,

to the sun

and beyond.

You just had to join the dots

and follow the paths

to travel there.

She sketched them out

and straightened them up a bit

to make her master plan.

Now she feels ready to 

uncover what lies

beneath

hidden in the spaces 

in between,

then she’ll be ready

to go.

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.

https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com 

 https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/

The Last Leaf | Lynn White

October 31, 2022

It’s been raining again,

the clouds breaking,

fracturing,

letting it all pour out.

And as I watch

it drip

my heart is

bleeding

like the rain

from the last leaf.

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.

Fall | Lynn White

October 24, 2022

I’m waiting for the season

which falls each year

as the lost leaves

turn golden

then brown

with decay.

Waiting

for the last

raindrop

to fall.

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.

Time | Lynn White

August 19, 2022

Time is healing.

Time is stealing.

Time congeals

if you let it.

Even then,

even when broken

it’s wheels keep turning

casting shadows

on my skin.

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.

https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com

https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/

Hold The Light | Lynn White

August 12, 2022

Hold the light in your hands

let it warm them

with the scents of summer

let it shine through

then let it go.

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.

https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com

https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/

Mad Swirl | Lynn White

August 5, 2022

She always preferred to blend in

to the background

to lose herself

in the mad swirl of colours

from other people’s lives.

It’s how she became 

invisible,

how she became

herself.

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She was shortlisted in the Theatre Cloud ‘War Poetry for Today’ competition and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award.

https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com

https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077/

Selected by the editor as a featured submission, January 2023