NaPoWriMo: Cecilia Satterthwa​ite

April is National Poetry Writing Month. In celebration of poets everywhere, and to encourage those who are just embarking on their literary journey, I will be posting poetry (not mine) each day for the month of April. Please take a look and enjoy this special art.

Cecilia Satterthwa​ite

Stories have always buzzed in my mind, but it wasn't till my health deteriorated that I started writing, being inspired by an interview of Catherine Cookson. In it she said she planed the plot and characters while resting. Needing to rest a lot at the time I thought writing stories might be fun.

The first piece I wrote was a science fiction story, but discovered I didn't know the science it needed. After doing a science degree with the Open University made me happy that I knew enough to get by I started to do creative writing courses. It was at the classes I started to write poems and stories for children.Although stories are wonderful, poems have a richness of sound and meaning that for their size can out shine any prose.

Zoo Twilight is a fun way to learn the alphabet.

You can find out more about Cecilia Satterthwa​ite on her Authonomy profile. 

Zoo Twilight

Ants walk over paths and through grass

Bats flying their flickering flight pass

Cats who fluff up their fur and swear

Dogs who’ve watch the sun set bark

Elephants trumpet as dark gathers

Flies swarm from the lake

Geese fly in to doze on lawns

Hippopotami emerge to graze

Iguanas hurry to their burrows

Jays squawk sleepily in the eves

Kites hide in the walls

Lions roar out a challenge

Monitor lizards flick their tongues  

Nocturnal gnats appear around lamps

Orange moths gather to dance

Pelicans formation swim as they fish

Quail scamper to shelter of roots

Rabbits nibble at lettuce

Swans large and small head landward

Turtles bite chunks of greenery

Unloved skunks scurry along the trail

Voles creep beneath the shrubs

Wrens snuggle down in their nests

Xylophones ring out from the house

Yawning children wander home

Zebras watch them go