national poetry day

Poems for National Poetry Day 2025

It’s been a while since I added poems to the website, currently most are shared on social media or sent out for submissions before posting on my site however that will change as I want to spend time on my website, to cultivate and maybe archive some of my older pieces. That will come in the winter months when my job isn’t so busy.

With that in mind, I thought I’d share two recent poems, from this week. National Poetry Day was on Thursday 2nd October and the theme this year was ‘play’. So i thought I’d partake and write a piece specifically for the day itself. I was already writing a different piece for the incredible weekly TopTweetTuesday poetry share on Twitter/X of the same theme, but using a ‘nonet’ nonetheless. If you’ve read much of my work, you’ll know I don’t do much writing in determined forms but I am always looking to improve my practise.

These are the two pieces which I’ve shared this week.

Poem 1: Written for TopTweetTuesday using ‘Play’ as the theme, with ‘nonet’ chosen for form.

Entertaining Brody 

Claret-tip ivory arcing claws 
signifying his excitement— 
tongue barrel-rolls between barks, 
snout snozzleshifts in air, 
conker marble eyes 
dart to his ball, 
legs scramble. 
Wait. Wait. 
Fetch.

Poem 2: Written specifically for National Poetry Day 2025.

Breathless 

Slightest drift of fingertips 
glance across pearl—
seal with soft-stroke lips,
press, 

blow.

I hope you enjoyed these small pieces.

Stay Poetic,
Paul

Featured Image by Ben Hershey on Unsplash

Natural Causes

From my window,
I can see a sycamore is dying, 
limp branches bereft of leaf and bud,
can’t hide the pallor of the trunk - 
                    a doomed fading grey, 
with sickly green blotches, 
as the lichen’s fate intertwines
with the withering tree.
Soon, wailing saws will end the pain, 
settling buried roots - 
	           to their final sleep.

Thanks for reading Natural Causes. Did the words resonate with you?

I have a few poems lined up to be released over the next few weeks, so keep your eyes peeled for those.

Take it Easy

Paul