• on the train

    It makes me sad that we have to do thisPick up a trayTake off our coatsPlace them with our bagsWatch them being watchedAs they go through a scannerWe’re just catching the 10:10hAcross the plainThrough orange and olive grovesPassing lemon trees glintingIn the low winter sun breaking over the sierrasOnce the only barrier between Murcia and Read more

  • on winter

    new year’s day ends with a stunning light showthe Sun demonstrating its power in a silent slow burnthe shift gradualfrom a touch of pink outlining the cloudsto this vermillion daubing of the skybroad brushed streaksstroked up and out from the very core of our stargiving depth to skeletal treesover-whelming all that is whitethe Earth glows Read more

  • on morning

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

  • 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 end jobs somewhere in Ukraine. The old man in Moscow is no longer content with killing a million of his country’s own sons, but is still seeking fresh blood and Read more

  • on time

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

  • 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 came for meand youwere that tidethe sea our home~ CLP 29/11/2025 Read more