Podcast: Fran Smith

Fran Smith joins me to talk about how she discovered poetry. She reads some of her poems and challenges us to write poems about trees. There are also sonnets which we both wrote in response to Jonathan Edwards' prompts in the last podcast.

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Poem: Sandstorm by Fran Smith

Fran Smith has written the following poem in response to Julie Prichard's prompt — a grain of sand. Fran is a regular at poetry events in Newport and Cardiff and it's great to have this wonderful contribution. I hope the prompts on these podcasts inspire many more original poems from listeners. You can hear my response to Julie's prompt on the most recent podcast with Will Ford who also has a prompt for you to try.

Sand Storm

Insignificant like grains of sand, molecules of

Shells crushed; a life living once, but now

Ground down to ground catching glimmers of

Sun rays mirroring unity with laser light

Significant for a moment, shining as a star in

Limelight; light moves on, and on and on into

Desert wilderness; deserted in ordered chaos

Blowing up storms of drought causing flesh to

Burn wretched and shrivel to flakes of dust to

Dust to dust: Lost in myriads of desert sand,

Deserted again.