Four Poems by Ann Smith

 

I sip Chablis
from a mug
Travelodge



in our room
a tallboy with no drawers
Travelodge

A Coy Bird ( alternative title - A Marvel)  

This afternoon two large, black, shiny birds forage
in the pots of rosemary, lovage, thyme and mint on my balcony.
One bird, head down tail up, suddenly stands tall
holding a long slender metal stick in its beak.  
I gaze helplessly as it flies off with my plant label.    

thyme's
winged carrier
a jackdaw



Dewslake Fair   (a Triolet)  

It hailed and rainbowed at the fair
on Dewslake farm that Winter's day
We sipped mulled wine and sheltered there/
It hailed and rainbowed at the fair
We samba'd with the drummers where
they carnivaled with strut and sway
It hailed and rainbowed at the fair
on Dewslake Farm that Winter's day

Ann Smith - Born and brought up in South Wales, UK, Ann Smith graduated in French and Italian at Bristol University then moved to Wiltshire where she worked for many years in the electronics industry.  Ann retired in 2009 and moved back to Wales with her husband.   She has been writing  poetry for a couple of years and particularly enjoys illustrating her poems.  So far she has earned three toilet brushes and two bottles of rum for her poetic efforts.

Ann’s poems, collaborative works and commentaries  have featured  in Failed Haiku, Poetry Pea, The Wales Haiku Journal, The South Wales Evening Post, Under the Basho, Scarlet Dragonfly, The Haiku Foundation, Mcqueens Quinterly, Community Times Caerleon, LEAF journal, Asahi Haikuist, Drifting Sands, Five Fleas itchy poetry, Blithe Spirit,  Prune Juice, The Cherita and Gembun Anthologies, and Poems on Conflict – (Hall writers forum)