Competition – Page 25 – Boadicea's Chariot

Indoor ornaments

A simple wood carving from Malawi, for this competition

Just a short reminder, as is the custom, to any charitable Charioteer poets out there that haven’t yet entered this month’s poetry competition. Closing date is midnight on Tuesday (23rd October). So far, there are four entries. Two apiece from Soutie and Janus. I’d like to thank these guys and not just for the poems. Both of them have been keeping the place ticking over during this quiet time. Gentlemen, take a bow.

Details of the rules can be found here.

Photo Competition #33 – Indoor Art

Indoor Art

On the left you will see three fish, you should have seen my face when Mrs.S arrived home with them, purchased from a local flea market, ‘its art’ she told me.

I dutifully ‘strung them up’ (fishing gut) hung them from a suitable spot and I’ve got to like them. They are easy on the eye, always on the move and much easier to clean than a fish tank!

So, show me what you’ve got, a picture, ornament, sculpture, anything that adorns your home (or somebody else’s but extra points if it’s yours!)

There, that can’t be too difficult, you don’t even have to leave the house to submit an entry.

As usual I’ll accept multiple entries from cherished colleagues.

Closing date 27th October.

Photos #32 – A Winner

Sorry I am late, it has been a bit hectic around here the last few days, more about that later perhaps.

Anyway Photos, a good selection of entries from many of the usual suspects, I thought they were all good but there can only be one prize.

It came down to being between Soutie and John Mackie in the end. Both captured the theme perfectly and both are good shots taken in difficult circumstances. John’s cephalopod is of course a champion at camouflage and can render itself almost invisible on any background. Soutie’s ‘bok ( I’m not smart enough to distinguish the difference between a Springbok and an Impala except that an Impala here would have four wheels and a big engine) has headgear so obvious that one wonders how it could become inconspicuous, but the thorny bush provided a perfect hiding place. It was a revelation to me (no pun intended) that so distinctive a set of horns could become part of the background. A well deserved win for Soutie and a very honorable second for Mr. M. Thank you to all who entered and over to Soutie for the next.

Hidden Nature?

I was sitting here minding my own business when something slowly moving through the sky attracted my attention. Bird? Plane? No, a blimp, an airship, a Zeppelin, heaven forbid a barrage balloon. What IS the hidden nature of this object?

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The invisible man

He stands at the robots everyday
got no work, got no pay
A cardboard sign, states ‘look at my life’
four hungry children and a pregnant wife Continue reading “The invisible man”

Charity away from home

Down in the smoke in Berkeley Square –
Sans nightingale, at J Walter T –
Then the Prince of Wales -they took me there
To see the famed Sweet Charity.

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Do I have to decide?

OK, I suppose I must. The four lovelorn souls who dared to reveal their pain for the sake of the Chariot Cup all did themselves proud. Lots of passion and pathos, as required, and four very different love-objects: Soutie’s Kadett, JM’s Lulworth, Arrers’ Muse and JW’s Lilian. So many lines to savour and rhythms to tap to.

But needs must. Thank you again to all the poets but……………. Continue reading “Do I have to decide?”

Photo Competition #32 – Hidden Nature

Cherished fellow charioteers are not required to read the post, the title says it all.

But I do have a light at the end of my long driveway, it’s a “low wattage” light of course (sorry could not let that pass). Continue reading “Photo Competition #32 – Hidden Nature”