Vicki Leigh

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Too old to boogie, not too old to write.
My websitehttps://creative-shadows.com
My published bookhttps://[email protected]
Vicki LeighJun 2, 2023
DavGar51Jun 1, 2023

Very happy to announce I have been accepted for wave 14 of iambapoet, part of a stellar cast #poetrybyme #poetry #ecopoetry
The poems will be up from 14 June meanwhile spend some time browsing the site: lots of great work plus for each poem you can hear a recoding of the poet reading their poems. A unique journal.

https://www.iambapoet.com/wave-fourteen

poets | wave fourteen | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Poet library and quarterly journal iamb is inspired by The Poetry Archive. Hear 15 poets read their poems as part of wave fourteen.

iamb
Vicki LeighMar 10, 2023
Gayle J. Greenlea 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Mar 10, 2023

“Poetry is the attempt to understand fully what is real, what is present, what is imaginable…”

The Art of Noticing — and Appreciating — our Dizzying World

(gift article, no paywall)

#Ecopoetry #ClimateCrisis #Poetry #PoetryCommunity

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-jane-hirshfield.html?unlocked_article_code=bLYYRwMoGBcMeXp9a9_jKkRLIaVZI_WZGVmuGjw3C14fgtuJB_S--9_hSkHEAJ7BRw2982teLwqJUKAerkUKEmhKnhFi53iuIevfoXRmTzZEjG7oprAv2UI2UuPXPwpLneWG8Am0TOwJ5hSCME3cUmmtGvxobE_Ko2LWMLwJn8D2j-gqvVXqveePsgDIO93N5kPGz-L5Lg3mEWhNnCyyN9NSKkNyvbLe3nYyUQs9NG3A4dRTShWQmJDHMcahNVPjL54LwfO6IN73veQFoFDfKGfrc9FMuG2Vrv8KSum1rC-R2rZauiCQdzOBjXUcLaPxayZOtIi9FGEaPYMLoe6kOAfu9VCO2ssOutUucA&smid=url-share

Opinion | What a Poetic Mind Can Teach Us About How to Live

The poet Jane Hirshfield invites us to embrace habits of deep noticing and attention — and observe the beauty that unfolds.

The New York Times
Vicki LeighMar 10, 2023
alex guentherMar 10, 2023
i figure - if i can write a sonnet about the INVENTION OF THE HOE, then i know i can write a #sonnet about anything! #poem #poems #poetry #sonnets #obstinacy @sonnets @sonnet @poetry
Vicki LeighFeb 14, 2023
Yet Water Was Feb 14, 2023

north wind torturing
snow white clouds
shadows fly o'er ground

#DailyHaikuPrompt north wind
#MastoPrompt
#Poetry #MicroPoetry #Haiku
#Writing #Poem​

Vicki LeighFeb 14, 2023
Jude Marr PhD (he, they)Feb 14, 2023

Here's one from a recent issue of The Phare. Perfect for Valentine's Day, no?

#poetry #poet #PoetsOfMastodon #museum #witchcraft #history #imagination

Show threadVicki LeighFeb 10, 2023
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@guentheralex @davgar51
A silly short poem
Vicki LeighFeb 10, 2023
Tom BrownFeb 10, 2023

Please raise a toast 🍻 to J.B.S. Haldane, who in February 1923 presented a vision of England powered by wind turbines backed up by long-duration hydrogen storage.

That vision is now officially 💯 years old.

Vicki LeighFeb 10, 2023
Vicki LeighFeb 10, 2023
A poem for the day, copyright Friday,2/10/2023 by Victoria Leigh Bennett #poetry
The Littlest Little
Do you know of the littlest little
The one who hides 'round in the house,
He's stiller than cat's paw falling,
He' s sneakier than a mouse.
He's constant as taps a-dripping,
He doesn't eat scones for tea,
But he's the source of constant disorder,
In stealing from you & me.
He takes our moments together,
And makes them into a file,
Deep sixes it so we can't find it,
Then gives us a parting smile.
Vicki LeighFeb 10, 2023
A poem for the day, copyright Friday,2/10/2023 by Victoria Leigh Bennett #poetry
The Littlest Little
Do you know of the littlest little
The one who hides 'round in the house,
He's stiller than cat's paw falling,
He' s sneakier than a mouse.
He's constant as taps a-dripping,
He doesn't eat scones for tea,
But he's the source of constant disorder,
In stealing from you & me.
He takes our moments together,
And makes them into a file,
Deep sixes it so we can't find it,
Then gives us a parting smile.
Vicki LeighFeb 10, 2023
DavGar51Feb 10, 2023

Ivy leaf, frost and moss
Beside the path, besides the way
Stop! Is this the way?

#haiku #moss #poetry #Mosstodon