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Home » Postaday

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kids on a dilapidated merry go round

The Old Steel Gate

by Melinda J. Irvine23 July 201723 July 2017

How many little boys have passed tickets shouting their delight through this old steel gate? © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Gate I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Finding Jerry, Free Verse, Poetry DailyPrompt, Fiesta, Free Verse, Poetry, Postaday
three feral cats

Three Cats Run Away

by Melinda J. Irvine18 July 201718 July 2017

three moxie cats flex their ambitions then run away © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Moxie I'm part of Post A Day 2017 SaveSave

Little Poems, Poetry Cats, DailyPrompt, Free Verse, Poetry, Postaday
new rice

New Rice

by Melinda J. Irvine13 July 201713 July 20171 Comment

the late sun falling into each new stem of rice © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu Poetry, Postaday, Rice, Senryu
three men in a tractor black and white

Afternoon Caper

by Melinda J. Irvine12 July 2017

faded sun finding its last men waving goodbye © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Caper I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu
street art mural of a homeless girl Philippines

The Outdoors Life

by Melinda J. Irvine11 July 201712 July 20172 Comments

Do you have the grit for the outdoors life? A life where you'll sleep not alone (but alone). Where everyone sees, but no one sees you. Where everyone knows you, but nobody knows. © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Grit…

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Culture, Poetry, Verse DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, Street Art, Verse

Little Savage

by Melinda J. Irvine10 July 20173 Comments

every thing primal in your wreckless purrrrrrrrrr © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Savage I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu Cats, DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu
white flowers

A Stranger

by Melinda J. Irvine8 July 20173 Comments

"Jerry!" I called loudly, a fist filled with branches a cell phone camera in the other, awkward under the mass of white flowers trying for a picture. But it was a stranger who turned around walked back smiling and held…

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Free Verse, Poetry DailyPrompt, Free Verse, Poetry, Postaday

Cat Has a Name

by Melinda J. Irvine7 July 201723 February 20182 Comments

This is Maxine and she is definitely not allowed inside. Well mostly anyway. © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Tether I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Finding Jerry, Pets Cats, DailyPrompt, Postaday
small white flowers

Aloft

by Melinda J. Irvine5 July 20175 July 2017

little white sail inside a green sea aloft © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Sail I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Haiku, Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Haiku, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu
group of kids eating chips

The Kids of Purok 7

by Melinda J. Irvine3 July 20173 July 2017

Jerry visits an old playground where his house used to be © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Scamper and Snack I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Finding Jerry, Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu
metal tricycle frame

No Passenger

by Melinda J. Irvine3 July 20172 July 20171 Comment

all the day she waits as afternoons roar with no passenger © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Passenger I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Culture, Free Verse, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Free Verse, Poetry, Postaday
BBQ sea snake sticks

Sea Snake Snack

by Melinda J. Irvine2 July 20174 Comments

curious me I kinda wish I'd eaten one mmm kind of © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Snack Weekly Photo Challenge: Transient I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Culture, Little Poems, Photo Essay, Poetry DailyPrompt, Free Verse, Poetry, Postaday, Snakes
kitten and toys

Little Family of Strays

by Melinda J. Irvine1 July 201723 February 201821 Comments

Yesterday on our afternoon walk, I swore I heard some lost kittens calling each other. To be honest it's actually hard not to find or hear lost kittens on afternoon walks, there are so many street dogs and cats roaming…

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Finding Jerry, Pets Cats, DailyPrompt, FindingJerry, Postaday
blurred photo of children walking along a bush trail

Roots

by Melinda J. Irvine30 June 201730 June 2017

along an old trail we walk to grandmother's house seven kids and me © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Roots and Gray I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu
view from the top of Bito-on Island

The Island of Stars

by Melinda J. Irvine29 June 20171 Comment

to the top we climbed in the sunny shining "ulihi ulihi gid kami" they passed us by going to the down we are so late so very very late © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Sunny I'm part of…

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Free Verse, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Free Verse, islands, Poetry, Postaday
piece of an old sewing machine in black and white

At the Back

by Melinda J. Irvine28 June 2017

decades turned this wheel like clothes worn, falling into that place at the back © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Wheel and Knackered I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Free Verse, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Free Verse, Poetry, Postaday
in the fish market

Buying Fish

by Melinda J. Irvine27 June 201728 June 2017

dodging rain tubs filled with last night my morning begins along mud splatters and shouts of 'Ma'am! "You buy? Ma'am, you buy!" my green rubber thongs step around two tiny girls in freshly checked uniforms and bits of sun shine…

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Culture, Free Verse, Poetry DailyPrompt, Free Verse, Poetry, Postaday

Papaya

by Melinda J. Irvine27 June 201727 June 2017

papaya sweet-scented flower the whole night © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Perfume I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Haiku, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Haiku, Poetry, Postaday
boy on the shoreline low tide

Two Hot Days Later

by Melinda J. Irvine26 June 2017

he wanted pets trapped small fish and shrimp in plastic cups © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Cringe I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Finding Jerry, Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu
small white hibiscus flower

Monarch in the Garden

by Melinda J. Irvine25 June 201725 June 20171 Comment

stately white flowers hold tall their golden sceptre perfect lined satin © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Illusion I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Nature, Poetry DailyPrompt, Haiku, Hibiscus, Postaday, Senryu
piece of a discarded bicycle wheel

Dogwood Original Photo Challenge (Week 15)

by Melinda J. Irvine25 June 2017

WEEK 15: Artistic (Metal) Cold, hard steel. Shiny Aluminum. Or even rusted and broken down. Find your inspiration in metal this week. The Dogwood Photo Challenge The Dogwood Photo Challenge is a series of weekly assignments responding to a theme…

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Photo Essay Dogwood52, DogwoodWeek15, Postaday, Rusty
Filipino girl with a bottle of shells

We Watched the Tide Fall

by Melinda J. Irvine24 June 201725 June 20171 Comment

we watched the tide fall chased tiny fish into cups swimming till sunset © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Commit I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Low Tide, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu
some marbled paper hanging to dry

A Box of Marbled Paper

by Melinda J. Irvine23 June 201723 June 2017

My mother is a talented artist and has experimented in many different mediums over the years. One of my favourites is paper and only yesterday I was thumbing through some paper marbling she did for me last year. At the…

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Art Creativity, DailyPrompt, Paper Art, Postaday
Jerry reaching for fruit on the tree

Endless Energy

by Melinda J. Irvine22 June 201722 June 20171 Comment

Jerry my little loop-de-loop from sun to gone, it sleeps but it never stops © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Loop I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Finding Jerry, Free Verse, Poetry DailyPrompt, FindingJerry, Poetry, Postaday
banner in the Philippines protesting martial law

Don’t Take Your Freedoms For Granted

by Melinda J. Irvine21 June 201721 June 20173 Comments

When I first came to the Philippines three years ago I thought it would be a great idea to blog about  the issues I was witnessing here. Typhoon Yolanda had just happened and there was a lot of talk about…

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Activism, Culture DailyPrompt, Peace, Postaday

Ice-on-a-Rope

by Melinda J. Irvine20 June 201720 June 20178 Comments

There is alway a little bit of comedy to be had in a large block of ice being strapped to a tricycle or rickshaw or tethered by a narrow rope. Particularly when these huge ice blocks aren't hand carved from…

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Culture DailyPrompt, Ice, Postaday
glass coke bottles stacked into a truck

Reusing the Bottle

by Melinda J. Irvine19 June 201719 June 20173 Comments

Sitting in a bamboo stall drinking soft-drink out of a glass bottle by the Philippine roadside is like an adventure. It's oppressively hot and noisy and the overcrowded buses and trucks and tricycles dragging bamboo stems three times their length…

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Culture, Environment DailyPrompt, Postaday, Recycling
stack of think spined books

ENFP = Messy

by Melinda J. Irvine19 June 201718 June 20173 Comments

I'm an ENFP (that's Myers-Briggs talk) and basically that means I'm messy. Yep, by nature I'm one of those creative, messy people that has a desk filled with papers and other junk without a hint of filing. These days I'm…

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The Writing Life Artistic Photography, PhotoChallenge, Postaday
abstract sketch in blue pen

The Mental Health Section

by Melinda J. Irvine19 June 201719 June 2017

Thumbing the sketchbook I find the mental health section Volume 1: "She Thought She Might Implode:" In Blue Biro. Volume 2: (Out of Print) © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Detonate and Volume I'm part of Post A Day…

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Art, Free Verse, Poetry DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday
garbage truck in the philippines

Men in Trucks

by Melinda J. Irvine18 June 20174 Comments

Having worked for so many years as a manager in charge of Workplace Safety my heart always goes out to the men, women and sadly children who have no choice but to accept hazardous working conditions. Just look (in the video…

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Culture, People DailyPrompt, Postaday, Safety
little kid in a party hat

Back to School

by Melinda J. Irvine6 June 20176 June 20174 Comments

More than two months of summer vacation ended yesterday as Jerry trotted off to class in his school uniform and shiny new school shoes. He was super excited. Part of the excitement is being allowed to get his own tricycle…

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Finding Jerry DailyPrompt, FindingJerry, Postaday, School
hibiscus stamen

Brassy

by Melinda J. Irvine5 June 20178 June 20171 Comment

upright all the day sun-burned pink and pale, orange hibiscus flower © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Brassy I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Haiku, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Haiku, Poetry, Postaday
Don't block the driveway painted on a garage door

The City Speaks

by Melinda J. Irvine30 May 20176 Comments

© 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Radiate I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Photo Essay, Poetry DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, The Homeless

Dogwood Original Photo Challenge (Week 11)

by Melinda J. Irvine28 May 201728 May 20172 Comments

WEEK 11: Landscape (Reflection) Find a way to show your landscape/natural beauty in reflection. The mirror world revealed. I just loved the way this neon Billboard from the SM Mall in Iloilo City infused new light into a dirty street puddle. Swapping…

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Photo Essay Dogwood52, DogwoodWeek11, Postaday, Reflection
just before sunset over the newly ploughed rice paddies by Melinda J. Irvine

Surviving the Trip

by Melinda J. Irvine26 May 201726 May 20173 Comments

Whenever Jerry and I are riding the highway in a tricycle I do have the odd morbid thought about whether we will survive the trip. Tricycles are great for photographs, the scenery is so close you can literally touch it.…

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Finding Jerry DailyPrompt, FindingJerry, Postaday
portrait of Jerry in a tricycle Dogwood52 DogwoodWeek10

Dogwood Original Photo Challenge (Week 10)

by Melinda J. Irvine26 May 20173 Comments

WEEK 10: Portrait (Environmental) Show a subject in their natural habitat. Their place of work or hobby is a great start. Tell their story with the environment. The Dogwood Photo Challenge The Dogwood Photo Challenge is a series of weekly assignments…

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Photo Essay Dogwood52, DogwoodWeek10, Postaday
thick clouds of the islands of gigantes, Estancia Philippines.

Storm

by Melinda J. Irvine25 May 201728 May 20178 Comments

storm's precipice monsoon strikes the mountain evanescent © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine This poem was published in 50 Haikus (Volume 1, Issue 11) a literary journal featuring only Haiku poetry in open form. Daily Post: Precipice Weekly Photo Challenge:Evanescent I'm part…

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Haiku, Photo Essay, Poetry DailyPrompt, Low Tide, PhotoChallenge, Postaday, Storms

Expanding the Reach of My Blog

by Melinda J. Irvine25 May 20179 December 20192 Comments

UPDATE 19 June 2019: this is no longer an appropriate SEO method and is not approved by Google. Using it may actually damage your SEO efforts. I have already deleted the reciprocal links off my website. Mel.

WritingBiz DailyPrompt, Postaday

Banana Blossom

by Melinda J. Irvine24 May 201724 May 20172 Comments

ripened bract unfolds her music, line and textures dance inflorescence © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Impression

Haiku, Nature, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Haiku, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu

Collaboration

by Melinda J. Irvine23 May 201713 June 20173 Comments

layers of rain, greened spent leaves over damp soil (earth's) collaboration © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Collaboration I'm part of Post A Day 2017

Haiku, Nature, Poetry DailyPrompt, Haiku, Poetry, Postaday

Unmoored

by Melinda J. Irvine22 May 201722 May 2017

adrift in the wash bucket he climbed my arm unmoored © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Adrift and Unmoored

Free Verse, Poetry DailyPrompt, Free Verse, Poetry, Postaday

Qualm

by Melinda J. Irvine21 May 2017

oh there once was a girl called Miss Vine who could hang like a thread from a power-line she hung there avariciously gobbling free electricity until someone pulled the wool from the twine © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Qualm and Descend

Limerick, Poetry DailyPrompt, Limerick, Poetry, Postaday

Jackfruit

by Melinda J. Irvine20 May 201720 May 20172 Comments

every market corner stained with your pungent odour ma'am! you not like this? © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Notorious  

Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu

Wretched Heritage

by Melinda J. Irvine20 May 201720 May 20175 Comments

i am living a tradition my eyes pieces of tin, metal scraps for hands feet (torn nails) just look at my toes! but don't get too close you don't want to see all i've got © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Weekly…

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Free Verse, Photo Essay, Poetry Free Verse, PhotoChallenge, Poetry, Postaday, Poverty

Early

by Melinda J. Irvine19 May 20178 Comments

light passing torn clouds palm leaf rags tattered hut poverty a man into rice fields out the window of the bus © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Photo Challenge: Reflecting

Free Verse, Poetry Free Verse, PhotoChallenge, Poetry, Postaday
Night Sounds, a poem by Melinda J. Irvine

After Dark

by Melinda J. Irvine16 May 201716 May 2017

night sounds dogs, Dogs, DOGS fiesta’s steady THUMP Thump thump © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine

Haiku, Little Poems, Poetry Haiku, Night, Poetry, Postaday

Endearing Moments of Hospitality

by Melinda J. Irvine15 May 201715 May 20177 Comments

One thing I really love about Philippine culture is their commitment to hospitality and helping strangers. Here's a recent example (about 30 minutes ago in fact). Expecting to buy drinking water from my usual small store, I scramble out of…

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Culture DailyPrompt, kindness, Postaday
Final by Melinda J. Irvine

Final

by Melinda J. Irvine14 May 201714 May 20173 Comments

There is a courage in final the last stroke the brush lain; there is a courage at final the full stop the send. There is a courage in final the last line the light turned the calling and ending the leaving you gone.…

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Free Verse, Poetry DailyPrompt, Free Verse, Poetry, Postaday
Fish in the market co-operative of Estancia, Philippines.

Pursue

by Melinda J. Irvine14 May 20172 Comments

fresh fish shine under market light a living © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Pursue

Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu

Beside the Fancy Shopping Mall

by Melinda J. Irvine13 May 20172 Comments

twisting bamboo maze rickety walkway stumbles sodden, someone's house © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Maze

Haiku, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Haiku, Poetry, Postaday

Pieces of Pink

by Melinda J. Irvine12 May 201712 May 20171 Comment

random memories fairy floss, flowers, kids, poo all my year in pink © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Pink

Little Poems, Photo Essay, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Pink, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu

And then, suddenly, her dream changed

by Melinda J. Irvine11 May 201722 March 20194 Comments

© 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Better I was in a dark depression when I wrote this découpé poem back in 2014: it felt nice to edit it today and make it a little bit better. At the time I…

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Découpé, Poetry DailyPrompt, Depression, Fairies, Poetry, Postaday, Recovery

Ephemeral

by Melinda J. Irvine10 May 20171 Comment

summer tides fall little friends an island weekend © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Temporary

Finding Jerry, Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu

A Simple Island Life

by Melinda J. Irvine9 May 20174 Comments

Each morning begins before the sun appears over the cliff raining daylight along the leeward living below our 21st century sun. Monkeys grab at fruit scraps (sometime pets) a few chickens and fecund dogs wander a small shore. Children squeal…

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Free Verse, People, Places, Poetry DailyPrompt, Free Verse, Islas de Gigantes, Poetry, Postaday

“was accidentally bumped to a coconut tree … due to slippery wet road”

by Melinda J. Irvine9 May 20179 May 20171 Comment

you are dead and i am dying left behind embittered lying static stationed tombed abyss lifeless life reduced to this you are dead and i am lying heart unlit as you lay dying wretched anger’s silent hiss twisted wreck it’s…

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Poetry, Verse DailyPrompt, Death, Grief, Postaday

Exposed

by Melinda J. Irvine8 May 201714 September 20192 Comments

children rock mid-summer playtime © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Exposed

Haiku, Little Poems, Photo Essay, Poetry DailyPrompt, Haiku, NoFilter, Postaday, Sunset

Panicked

by Melinda J. Irvine5 May 20179 May 20178 Comments

hearts in our bellies baby jyn swallows a coin emergency OP © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: Panicked PS: Stopping by the house after the operation (below) baby Jyn doesn't show any signs of being rushed to the city…

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Giving Back, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday

Seaward

by Melinda J. Irvine4 May 20179 May 2017

toward home engine sounds none © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Post: None

Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Islas de Gigantes, Poetry, Postaday

Solitude

by Melinda J. Irvine11 February 201711 February 20172 Comments

© 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitude

Nature, Photo Essay Leaves, PhotoChallenge, Postaday

Heard

by Melinda J. Irvine9 February 201715 February 20171 Comment

through the sounds of dogs banana leaves sway roof tips men haul up fish nets © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Heard

Haiku, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Haiku, Poetry, Postaday
This is where the alt-tag goes!

The Tremble of Drums

by Melinda J. Irvine8 February 201715 February 20171 Comment

dinagyang parade warriors dance for maidens the tremble of drums © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Tremble

Culture, Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Dinagyang Festival, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu

Lovingly

by Melinda J. Irvine7 February 20177 February 20171 Comment

'Ghosts cannot remember their sons,' said he. 'But mother's cannot forget their love' said me. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Lovingly

Finding Jerry, Poetry, Verse DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday

A Recognised Craft

by Melinda J. Irvine6 February 201715 February 20174 Comments

long since a palm tree weaved tight, neatly stitched by hands above now below © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Craft and Recognize

Art, Haiku, Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Haiku, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu

Overwhelmed

by Melinda J. Irvine5 February 201715 February 20177 Comments

tiny bamboo barque thick winds squall her man and net islands vanish aft © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Overwhelming

Haiku, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Haiku, Poetry, Postaday

Repurposed, Reused, Recycled

by Melinda J. Irvine4 February 201725 October 20185 Comments

One thing that delights me about the Philippines is it's dedication to repurposing, recycling and reusing everything. Filipinos are the most industrious people I have yet met when it comes to knocking something useful together at a pinch and for…

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Culture, Photo Essay PhotoChallenge, Postaday

He’s Never Seen Clean

by Melinda J. Irvine3 February 201715 February 2017

tiny warrior wall that’s never seen clean which is the artwork? © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Clean

Art, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday

He Needs No Friends

by Melinda J. Irvine2 February 201715 February 20174 Comments

Arrived unwilling, he rusted (hammered in tight). Forgetting what for. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Resist

Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu

Praying for a New Moon

by Melinda J. Irvine1 February 20172 February 20179 Comments

This moon has a scent black and pungent a small crack surrounded in smoke. It slashes at your door when the lights are gone, and demands a daughter. She bargained herself for her small sister’s stead (did the little girl see…

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Activism, Free Verse, Poetry DailyPrompt, DiscoverWP, Free Verse, Poetry, Postaday, violence

No Power

by Melinda J. Irvine31 January 201715 February 20173 Comments

blackouts twice this week warm replacement lights (candles) snug stories and songs © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Replacement  

Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday

A Birthday Begins

by Melinda J. Irvine30 January 201715 February 20178 Comments

Jerry's birthday starts with a big yellow sun: then spaghetti, cake, friends. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Yellow PS: And even though his favourite colour is red, I loved how he chose his yellow birthday cake (because it had…

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Finding Jerry, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Happy Birthday, Poetry, Postaday

Birthdays Pinoy Style

by Melinda J. Irvine29 January 201715 February 20178 Comments

Having a birthday? "spaghetti", "hot dogs" and tang it's more fun here. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Automatic #itsmorefuninthephilippines Cooking my first Filipino styled spaghetti tomorrow for Jerry's birthday treat. Ask a Filipino kid what they want to eat…

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Finding Jerry, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Happy Birthday, Poetry, Postaday

I am Awakened

by Melinda J. Irvine28 January 201715 February 2017

unfollow my lies unfriend my indifference unfilter my eyes © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Filter

Activism, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday

Somebody Clean that Fan

by Melinda J. Irvine27 January 201715 February 20171 Comment

inside simple space we find creative moments family type stuff © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Simple

Family, Finding Jerry, Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu

10 Little Soldiers

by Melinda J. Irvine26 January 20173 May 20179 Comments

ten little soldiers standing on the ground holding up their weapons feeling very proud ten little soldiers fighting for their state fighting for their brothers fighting for their mates ten little soldiers lying brother against brother different coloured states who will…

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Poetry, Verse DailyPrompt, Postaday, Verse

Dodgy but Delicious Street Food

by Melinda J. Irvine26 January 201715 February 2017

Devestation. Missed. No daily prompt poetry yesterday. So sick. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Devastation

Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday

The Successful Delivery of Magic Fish Dreaming to the Philippines

by Melinda J. Irvine23 January 201723 January 20176 Comments

Arriving back in Estancia after more than two months in Australia and one of my first visits was to the family of Jerry's best friend. I had a small bag of gifts from Australia including a Koala plushie and the…

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Finding Jerry, Reading DailyPrompt, Magic Fish Dreaming, Postaday

Philippine Public

by Melinda J. Irvine22 January 201715 February 20172 Comments

women's "comfort" room we squat over grilled river (brown boxed "privacy") © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Post: Privacy

Culture, Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu, Women DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu

Exposure

by Melinda J. Irvine21 January 201715 February 20171 Comment

Dark, drumming, music. Street, colour, city, light. Boy, noise, fiesta, night. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Exposure

Finding Jerry, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Dinagyang Festival, Poetry, Postaday

A Weekend of Rest

by Melinda J. Irvine20 January 201715 February 20171 Comment

a weekend of rest, (I'm still blogging though for fun) back in his country reunited us wandering the festive streets remembering us in bright streets transformed the Dinagyang aesthetic a weekend of rest © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Aesthetic and Overworked

Finding Jerry, Free Verse, Poetry DailyPrompt, Dinagyang Festival, Free Verse, Poetry, Postaday

Ambience

by Melinda J. Irvine20 January 20174 Comments

Tuesday was my last afternoon in Australia for possibly a year or more and the sun's golden ambience lit every tiny detail. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Weekly Photo Challenge: Ambience

Nature, Photo Essay Beaches, PhotoChallenge, Postaday, Sunset

RSVP

by Melinda J. Irvine18 January 201715 February 2017

An invitation (my Philippines is waiting) I write my reply. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Invitation

Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday

Marathon of Waiting

by Melinda J. Irvine17 January 201715 February 20174 Comments

Two months all done. Ready to fly home to you. Brave little boy waits. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Marathon

Finding Jerry, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Poetry, Postaday

Ocean Mosaic

by Melinda J. Irvine16 January 201715 February 2017

Ocean's bright lighting each swell and surge captured, art. Blue and exquisite. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Exquisite

Art, Haiku, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Haiku, mosaic, Poetry, Postaday

What I See

by Melinda J. Irvine15 January 201715 February 20176 Comments

You see what I see. See my world in my poems. Though you, you are unseen. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Unseen

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One Sunset

by Melinda J. Irvine14 January 201715 February 20176 Comments

She warms us, lights us. Of more is she capable, our centre, our sun. © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Capable

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Someday

by Melinda J. Irvine13 January 201715 February 20176 Comments

We will watch the sunset painting names in bright colours (like a family). © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Someday

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Windy Headland

by Melinda J. Irvine12 January 201715 February 2017

Swaying small tree cling in the place where sea meets sky: everything shown. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Cling

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Hills, Dad’s Lost Ear and a Dog Called Sally

by Melinda J. Irvine11 January 201724 January 20178 Comments

The township of Nambucca is uneven and hilly and I set out this afternoon (my last few days in town for another year or more) to put those bitumen striped hills and gullies to good. Exercise. Along the way I met…

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Shine

by Melinda J. Irvine10 January 20174 May 20171 Comment

your end of day flight blackened by the sun's late shine living passed to less © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Shine

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Layers of a Tree

by Melinda J. Irvine9 January 201715 February 20171 Comment

Infinite layers of years, of bark, of living. Yet he can be told. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Infinite

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Walking

by Melinda J. Irvine8 January 20174 May 2017

Before sunset walk photographing river stuff. Nothing specific. © 2016 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Specific

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Not Tonight Dear

by Melinda J. Irvine7 January 20174 May 20172 Comments

Lady gone to sea (her mimsy flanks all about). She won't float tonight. © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Float

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Tempted by the Sea

by Melinda J. Irvine6 January 201722 March 20194 Comments

My grandmother's hands found little ships in tree bark. Tempted by the sea. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Tempted

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Dragon Fruit Cactus

by Melinda J. Irvine5 January 201715 February 20171 Comment

She flowered tonight. Only one night each year her male and female merge. © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Crossing

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Gone

by Melinda J. Irvine4 January 201715 February 20174 Comments

Linen stripped and washed (my friends will still be driving). Soon I'll be gone too © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Gone

Little Poems, Poetry, Senryu DailyPrompt, Friendship, Poetry, Postaday, Senryu

Who was Lost at Sea

by Melinda J. Irvine3 January 20174 May 20174 Comments

the living the left behind facing their ending down inside the sea © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Interior

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Decades

by Melinda J. Irvine2 January 201730 May 20194 Comments

"your daughter has committed suicide" my brother-in-law says to my 80 year old father "and it's your fault!" tonight after years of domestic abuse, violence and insults ... [i hang it up] he rings back, of course. crazed, demanding, belittling,…

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Looking to the North

by Melinda J. Irvine1 January 201715 February 20172 Comments

below the dune-lands is the last day of the year looking to the north © 2016 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Hopeful

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Alone at the Edge

by Melinda J. Irvine31 December 201615 February 2017

an old creek tidal separated from her kin, she hears their songs still © 2016 Melinda Irvine Daily Prompt: Mope

Haiku, Little Poems, Poetry DailyPrompt, Depression, Haiku, Poetry, Postaday

Renewal

by Melinda J. Irvine30 December 201615 February 2017

as a tree grows old nature finds her own sublime ornamentation © 2016 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Renewal

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About Mel.

Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, designer, and musician living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a professional writer is used to support Jerry’s recovery — plus help other marginalised kids see their own potential

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When I'm not writing, designing or playing music, I'm actively building an online learning centre for the kids of Botongon (Philippines). If you'd like to help out, please make a donation via PAYPAL. You'll get a proper tax receipt and regular project updates. More info.
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