annh - Hello Poetry

annh Oct 2019

You tilted your halo at me,
While I was polishing my horns,
A twinkle in your eye,
A prayer on your lips;
I can resist anything except temptation.
Can you?

‘There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.’
- Mark Twain

The penultimate line is borrowed from the playful and flirtatious character of Lord Darlington in Oscar Wilde’s comedy of manners, ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’.

#halo #horns #lips #polishing #prayer #resist #temptation #tilted #twinkle #whisper

annh Sep 2019

Written

The writer is unwritten until he writes;
But ne’er of the unwritten does the written writer write.

‘There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.’
- Marie Antoinette

#unwritten #write #writer #written

Sep 2019

putiira

A gift

Expect nothing,
and everything becomes
a gift.

annh Sep 2019

All Is True

“If you want to be a writer, then speak to others and for others, but speak first for yourself. Search within, consider the contents of your own soul, your humanity; and if you’re honest with yourself then whatever you write...all is true. Now, if you can’t save my hollyhocks please leave me to mourn the dead.”

It’s one of those crazy spring mornings when the skies are undecided about what to wear for the day - blue linen, white chiffon, or stormy denim. Rather than venture outside and provoke a fashion disaster, I’ve spent my Saturday morning watching ‘All Is True’. Thought you might enjoy this line from Ben Elton’s fab screenplay.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vt4K5-5_N1s

#all #is #true

annh Sep 2019

Of Banks and Gold Miners

“The conflict at the moment,
Is you're literally,
One tweet away,
From the market being down,
5 per cent.”

My day routinely starts with a quick whip through the AFR, and this line caught my eye. Not my usual kinda post and by no means poetic, but there you go.

'As the impeachment movement picks up, Trump will counterpunch. He's shaping up as a master politician and markets don't like that.'
- Greg Bundy, FAM Chairman

#conflict #counterpunch #down #impeachment #market #politician #thursday #trade #trump #tweet