• on morning

    alarmed to new dayfrom sweet scented pillow dreamsyour absent presence~ CLP 22/12/2025

  • on Ukraine

    adventurous youthtravel from South Africaconsumed by Grinder~n.b. Chinese and young men from South Korea, now South Africans chasing work, all have found themselves in dead…

  • on time

    Sat inside the pubDylan Thomas frequentedNo inspiration~ n.b. Swansea, Wales, December. Bleak. CLP 10/12/2025

  • on time

    when the tide rolled inI felt it lift me off my feethold me gentlyI felt no fearas it carried me outit was as if it…

  • on his high horse

    Here’s a man high on a horseA horse on a hillA hill over an estuaryAn estuary to the North SeaThe North Sea stretching to BelgiumBelgium’s Flanders FieldsTo Flanders Fields he sent the finest young menThe finest young men of a…

  • It is not what it is

    What is this cynical acceptanceOf injusticeof discrimnationof iniquityof downright wrong?Powerlessness? Complacency? World weariness?I’m all right, Jackness?Question. Challenge. Confront.It is not what it is.It does not…

  • on the page

    a writer sat downto write about a writerstruggling to writeat a retreat deep in Dorsetaway from daily distractions(obviously, that’s the appeal of a retreat)the story…

  • on Ukraine

    the wolf feigns wearinesswhile circling the flockwhile picking off the strayswhile slaughtering lambsthe wolf licks its lipsreveals a smilemocking the eaglewho also only has eyes…