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Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, now living in Cheshire, England. I started to write poetry some years ago, as a hobby. I have enjoyed that new venture very much. My preferences are for long and micro-form poetry styles. A first book of poetry ~ Reason Without Rhyme, was published in December 2013. A second book ~ Fifty Seven Pebbles, was published in September 2015...I am presently compiling the content for my third book. Thank you for visiting my Blog... COPYRIGHT: The entire copyright and content of this Blog belongs to the author Eileen T O'Neill. Nothing should be copied, reproduced or hosted as per RSS feed by any other party. {This particularly applies to the USA company Feedspot.com}

Thursday, 16 May 2019

Picnic...


Sometimes life can be a little uncooperative
Trialling all manner of pesky inconveniences
Especially at those most inopportune times
When inspiration seems to have evaporated
Deadlines loom under the fast fading light
Ideas have abandoned the writer’s plight
Not even a stale crumb of comfort found
Poets know the taste of famine or a feast
When words fail to fill all the blank spaces
Or a magnificent picnic of rewarding verse…

Eileen T O’Neill 16/05/2019
Poets United Mid-Week Motif ~Picnic
http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2019/05/poets-united-midweek-motif-picnics.html?m=1
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5 comments:

  1. Sumana RoyThursday, May 16, 2019

    Love this unique take on picnic. "..magnificent picnic of rewarding verse…" We do wait for such a time indeed.
    So nice to see you here at PU, Eileen...

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  2. Sherry Blue SkyThursday, May 16, 2019

    Famine or feast is our plight, for sure, Eileen. I am currently On Pause, resting up after April madness. It is always so lovely to read you. I love it when our very first members pop up at Poets United, reminding me of those good old days online. Now we are hardy veterans, lol.

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  3. purplepeninportland.comThursday, May 16, 2019

    Love those last two lines, Eileen!

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  4. Khaya RonkainenFriday, May 17, 2019

    Oh yes, I relate very well to days of deadlines and blank pages. And how wonderful the rewarding verse, it can feel like a magnificent picnic, indeed. Brilliant response to the prompt.

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  5. purplepeninportland.comSaturday, May 18, 2019

    Love the last two lines of this, Eileen.
    Also, wanted to thank you for your lovely comment on my picnic poem, but it popped off the screen!

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I appreciate visits to this Blog and any comments left. I shall always endeavour to reciprocate. Thank you, Eileen

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