Move to your own beat, because the dance is over before we know it. Tony Ray-Jones. Ballroom, Morecambe, 1968

High water of my day

And this morning the Shed is a tiny shop hidden away in a back street; selling vials of silence, and moonlight, and memories of long ago…

🌊🦀DAY OF THE SEA🏖️⛵️ Happy 'Marine Day'!😅 Umi-no-hi (海の日) was first celebrated in 1996 as a day of gratitude for the blessings of the oceans. As an island nation, the seas have played an important role in the development of Japan. #海の日 #MarineDay #Japan #Kyoto #uminohi

Love gives me my domain. My radiance is a red bead, a white feather on a bow, balanced on my grave. -Jay Wright

Breakfast at Lobelia’s

hanging by a thread the spider in my bed to the guest room

I have finished writing my poems for the four Gower Walking Society walks that I will be reading on ~ 17 Poems in total gowerwalkingfestival.uk

Live version of wildflower waltz 🌾💛🌾

I can’t take much more of this 😉

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 367: Nothing you write is ever wasted. Whether anyone reads it or not, it helps build something better. It counts.

Stars and singalongs: inside the care home for old actors www.thetimes.com/article/70b3...

First cup of tea: The fundamental things apply As steam goes by

He lost his focus "Where did it go?" he muttered "Oh look, there's some cheese!" #haiku #senryu

So true! I really miss the playfulness in poetry these days. 💛

Do your children or you fancy writing some poems? There are 11 poetry workshops on our channel here, where I give you ideas for writing poems. All 11 are called 'Michael Rosen Poetry Workshop'. (Wearing a fawn jumper in these vids!) www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...

The Bard of the Bays

no DM oh go on please OK! OK!

the poet is hanging ambiance upon minutiae as the stream flows

I have a succulent series of photographs of Three Clips Bay Gower on my photoblog here: jimyoung14.blogspot.com/search?q=Thr...

many feet smooth stones

Michael with another of my pebble poems ~ convoluted story behind the verse

Fabulous swim sea 18C

go away ~ i’m thinking

There are now 8 videos up on our channel, each called 'Rhyme Time', sponsored by @ApplesAndSnakes (see logo top left of the thumbnail). These are poems for under-fives to join in with and learn. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...

the precarious profligacy of the insensate gene

very big spider eating a very big fly - tomorrow arrives oyoguhito #haiku haikueye.blogspot.com

Pretty good #poetry week! Amazing work by so many poets. So many lines have stopped me in my tracks. Thank you all for sharing and making this place what it is!

#haiku three knives leave the cup in the sink

He spoke to a fish. "Why do you live in water?" "To hide all my tears." #haiku #senryu

a red admiral flitting at the flies in the plum tree

snoozing on a summer evening

Butterflies above the bay

Long slow swim ~ the sea as refreshing as a chilled glass of white wine

#fallfriday The tables covered in beer Showbiz whines, minute detail Its a hand on the shoulder in Leicester Square Its vaudeville pub back room dusty pictures of White frocked girls and music teachers The beds too clean The waters poison for the system youtu.be/oxu1wW1nuYg

Pandora knows a bit about lids and eclecticism. Criticism, too — just ask her how many centuries it might last. Nonetheless, she will tell you Hope will always present itself. Curse, or blessing? Well, now, she'll say with a sideways halfway smile really, that's up to you.

the cat between my ankles feeding time oyoguhito #haiku haikueye.blogspot.com

I carry the papers into the shop. One box of magazines is particularly heavy. The Bloke With The Dog arrives and buys bread. The Bloke With Two Dogs arrives and we call each other Love in the Barnsley way. The Woman From The Care Home buys a scratchcard.

morning sunshine weighing down the cat’s head sleepy sleepy

Brand new vid for under-fives to join in with; on the theme of Rhythm and Rhyme in Michael Rosen's Rhyme Time youtu.be/VKbfL4YHc2o?... via @YouTube

@joannechocolat.bsky.social finished your book ‘Broken Light’ many lights lit many rooms then they all cancelled each other but darkness shone even brighter although the switch was lost

dog eared the long leash of memory lane oyoguhito #haiku haikueye.blogspot.com

sometimes the past forms a logjam schoolboy jokes oyoguhito #haiku haikueye.blogspot.com

Woman walking out of the Post Office looking at her receipts: Oh no. Her friend: What? Woman: I mixed the Ebay parcels up. He's getting a 1940s handbag and she's getting a spirit level.