About sarahsouthwest
I'm now in my early 50s. I started writing again as a way of exploring the world, and feel that over the last 2 years I have really grown as a writer. By day I work with children and young people with mental health difficulties. I juggle my own two children, my work, my writing practice, generally managing to keep all the balls up in the air.
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kim881 said:
Good evening dVerse poets, and thank you Sarah for hosting. I enjoyed the prompt and hope you like my poem. I will hang around a while, but will be back in the morning to read and comment.
sarahsouthwest said:
Lovely to see you here, Kim. Thank you for your poem. We had a very light frost last night, but it wasn’t heavy enough to harm anything. Ice and a slice?
kim881 said:
Yes please!
Linda Lee Lyberg said:
Hi Sarah and All- Thanks for hosting Sarah. I love all the names! Working on something now.
sarahsouthwest said:
Lovely to see you here, Linda! You have lots of time to let your poem take root and grow.
sarahsouthwest said:
Welcome to the poets’ bar. Social distancing is in order, but here we can drop our masks and be ourselves, and get closer to each other’s souls through our poetry. And the first drink is on the house!
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Hello Sarah… I liked the blossoms, but my poem didn’t turn flowery at all…
sarahsouthwest said:
I don’t think you’re a flowery person, Bjorn. I’m curious now.
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msjadeli said:
Hello Sarah and All. Great idea for a prompt. Sunny today and have been outside working again. Off I am to build a garden of words…
sarahsouthwest said:
I look forward to having a little wander through your word garden, Lisa.
merrildsmith said:
The flower names are such fun. Thanks, Sarah. I’m so behind. I may have to come back to this one.
sarahsouthwest said:
No worries, Merril. I’m sick of seeing people complain about being bored during lockdown. I’m so busy I hardly have time to make a cup of tea any more.
merrildsmith said:
🤣
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rothpoetry said:
A great idea for spring, Sara! Where in the world did you come up with these names? Are they real or did you make them up?
sarahsouthwest said:
They are all absolutely real. Aren’t they great?
rothpoetry said:
They really are… should be interesting!
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Frank Hubeny said:
Thanks for hosting, Sarah! That is a nice collection of seed names around which to write a garden poem.
sarahsouthwest said:
Thanks, Frank! Yes, I love those names. And I could have gone on and on…
Christine Bolton said:
So sorry your trip got canceled 😕 We canceled our too. I like the prompt today!
sarahsouthwest said:
Thank you. Yes, it was a real blow, but I’m over it now (sobs quietly). Sorry it happened to you, too.
Christine Bolton said:
I ran out of time last night and so have just posted my poem. Sorry it’s late 😕
sarahsouthwest said:
Thank you all for a lovely evening. I’m going to bed now, but the bar stays open! I’ll be back tomorrow to read more of your lovely poems. Put your coffee orders in now!
Night night.
Na'ama Yehuda said:
Oh, Sarah, this was so much fun! A little like the magnet poetry on the fridge, with other words woven in … 🙂 This almost wrote itself. Delightful.
(And, oy for the cancelled trip … bummer! I hope you get to go soon, and in health, and for an excellent time)
Na’ama
sarahsouthwest said:
Thank you, Na’ama. Yes, there’s always next year. And at least we can connect through our devices – I just read a book about the early settlement of Australia – you were going to a different planet. Thank you for coming out to poem tonight.
Na'ama Yehuda said:
Yeah, I remember reading about the ‘prisoners’ ships (some including children who were sent to that other planet, never to be seen again, possibly to die en route, all because they stole some bread to not starve to death), and the realities of early Europeans in Australia. History is filled with challenges (and hopefully with growth and opportunity and repair). Yay to connecting through devices! 🙂
Truedessa said:
Thank you for the fun prompt, my muse really got carried away in the garden of fantasy and dreams.
sarahsouthwest said:
Excellent! I thought we all deserved a bit of fun.
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sarahsouthwest said:
I feel really bad about this – Transition of Thoughts has posted on Mr Linky, but I can’t open the post.
gillena cox said:
I really luv this prompt, and found myself easily swayed so off i went with my words.
I saw a edited to fine tune the grammar and correct a spelling error and while i was it , i said why not name my housewife.
So to visitors Sarah, Frank and Lili : The housewife is called ‘Aurora’. The last two lines contain edits ‘Port of Spain’ and ‘had bought’
Much💙love
sarahsouthwest said:
I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Your poem gave me lots of pleasure.
pvcann said:
Sarah I hope you get down here eventually. Only today we planned some of our winter garden crops. Tomorrow I dig 🙂
sarahsouthwest said:
I’m sure we will. We were in Australia many years ago, and I have such great memories, I really want to go back.
pvcann said:
Such a vast wondrous land indeed.
memadtwo said:
This was fun Sarah! (K)
sarahsouthwest said:
Good. I think we all need a little fun at the moment.
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dixitmrityunjay said:
Hello Sarah, thanks for hosting 🙂 I liked the prompt very much and I’ve submitted my work, hope you’d enjoy it 💙
jay
Xan said:
I’m in a bit of a dry patch visavis the poetry at the moment. Came to a grinding halt about 5 days ago and just haven’t been able to write anything at all. On the plus side, my own garden is plugging along, ready to plant now that the weather is finally looking like catching up to spring. Blessed Be, all, and I look forward to everyone’s VeggieTales.