lockdown | discover | thirty poems

Image | May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 | andy townend

Throughout April, Ben Huberman and the WordPress Discover team team hosted Discover Prompts.

My daily response involved an impromptu poem and a photo made (with one exception) in Accra where I am ‘locked down’ accompanied by an occasional quote or snatched lyric from a song.

You can read all my poems here.

Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.

now I been out in the desert, just doin’ my time
searchin’ through the dust, lookin’ for a sign

– lyrics from further on (up the road), bruce springsteen

lockdown | discover | thirty | grateful

Image | April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 | andy townend

*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, reasons to be cheerful, accra, ghana*

My final contribution to the WordPress community initiative for the lockdown period in April 2020 – Discover Prompts Day Thirty: Grateful.

Thanks to Ben Huberman and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate and lending us all their support and encouragement.

Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.

the juice of a carrot, the smile of a parrot
little drop of claret, anything that rocks

– lyrics from reasons to be cheerful pt.3, ian dury and the blockheads

lockdown | discover | twentynine | list

Image | April 29, 2020 | andy townend

let's make a list

of all that we can't do
           no longer do
             long to do

let's make a list
 
    of what we might do
         one (fine) day
        if we are still
                       allowed
                              to

*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, are you (list)ening, accra, ghana*

For the WordPress community’s latest initiative Discover Prompts Day Twenty Nine: List. Thanks to Ben Huberman, and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate.

Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.

well my soul checked out missing as I sat (list)ening
to the hours and minutes tickin’ away

lyrics from better days, bruce springsteen

lockdown | discover | twentyeight | focus

Image | April 28, 2020 | andy townend

they came in the night

when we were not looking

when we ticked the box to the t&cs

when we looked the other way

when we ticked the box to the t&cs

when we were having so much fun

when we ticked the box to the t&cs

and then

when our focus was elsewhere

their plan was complete

when we ticked the box to the t&cs

they took it all

away

*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, the are theirs, accra, ghana*

For the WordPress community’s latest initiative Discover Prompts Day Twenty Eight: Focus. Thanks to Ben Huberman, and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate.

Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.

(They) are virtual.

we got a file on you

lyrics from blur

lockdown | discover | twentyseven | team

Image | April 27, 2020 | andy townend

like these three
we will

survive

whatever the weather
wherever the stream takes

if we run the
rapids
as
a

team

*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, going with the flow, accra, ghana*

For the WordPress community’s latest initiative Discover Prompts Day Twenty Seven: Team. Thanks to Ben Huberman, and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate.

Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.

Find me.

listen to me now
i need to let you know
you don’t have to go it alone

– lyrics from you can’t make it on your own, u2

lockdown | discover | twentysix | hidden

Image | April 26, 2020 | andy townend

hidden
           
           behind walls
           (electrified) fences

           behind words
           (electrified) tensions

           behind facades
           (i've created)

           behind excuses
           (forged) 
           from
           fear

           it’s time
           no 
           longer
           to (remain)

                               hidden

*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, electrified, accra, ghana*

For the WordPress community’s latest initiative Discover Prompts Day Twenty Six: Hidden. Thanks to Ben Huberman, and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate.

Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.

Find me.

’cause I’ll be you and you’ll be me
there’s lots and lots for us to see

– lyrics from, she’s electric, oasis

lockdown | discover | twentyfive | magic

Image | April 25, 2020April 25, 2020 | andy townend

of winding roads

of rivers in full flow
of mountains peaked
of futures, ripe(ning) with possibility
of burning leaves
of candy apples
of that first, taste
of that first, warm glow
of that smile
of that lingering goodbye
of those letters
of the end

of        tears
of        dark long nights
of        bandages and sticky tape(d) care

of hope
of that smile (again)
of another day (in the sun)

of all things bright and beautiful
of not forgotten toys
of (those still remembered) windswept moors
of oceans deep
of stars that never go dark

of paths not yet travelled

of (all) these things

is made

magic

*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, paint her, accra, ghana*

For the WordPress community’s latest initiative Discover Prompts Day Twenty Five: Magic. Thanks to Ben Huberman, and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate.

Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.

Wave that wand, Tinkerbell.

down here on magic street
love’s a fool’s dance
i ain’t got much sense but I still got my feet

– lyrics from, girls in their summer clothes, bruce springsteen

lockdown | discover | twentyfour | elixir

Image | April 24, 2020April 25, 2020 | andy townend

really a road runner that much is clear
who whatever the weather knew no fear
…when in need of relief
…was quite the thief
unwrapping and perspiring ‘e licks ‘ere

*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, bottled it, accra, ghana*

For the WordPress community’s latest initiative Discover Prompts Day Twenty Four: Elixir. Thanks to Ben Huberman, Krista Stevens, Michelle Weber and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate.

Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.

Drink deep.

lockdown | discover | twentythree | note

Image | April 23, 2020 | andy townend

a note from me (today)
to me (tomorrow)
and all my other (tomorrows)
reminding me (and you)
that this view is my

window
on

the world
and reminding
me (and you)
that

a

smile

costs

nothing

*image made with iPhone 11 Pro 4.25mm f/1.8 lens, post it, accra, ghana*

For the WordPress community’s latest initiative Discover Prompts Day Twenty Three: Note Thanks to Ben Huberman, Krista Stevens, Michelle Weber and the WordPress Discover team for stepping up to the plate.

Stay safe and well and let’s fight this thing together, and make sure we don’t forget the lessons we learn when we reach the other side.

Make a note, of that.

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