• on summer

    talk of clear blue skyand here it is, like crystaldevoid of hirundines ~ n.b. Where are the swallows, martins and swifts? I was lucky enough to hear their familiar squeals, then count seven swifts later this evening, but not a swallow or martin, above the houses, or down by the lakeside earlier. CLP 24/06/2022 Read more

  • Contactless / Miradas-19

    A pamphlet containing five of my poems from the first Covid-19 UK lockdown has been published in the ‘Unmasked Writings’ series by Egg Box Publishing of Norwich. The experiences of those days seem quite distant now. Having WordPress and you, its lovely online readers and writers, was a central part of the experience and crucial Read more

  • on light

    this our stage backlitfrom hereon in ’tis Summerflowers turn to fruit ~ CLP 22/06/2022 Read more

  • on light

    all you can musterfrom heaven, Earth and watercelestial blue ~ CLP 21/06/2022 Read more

  • on time

    light fills June’s night skywe swing toward the Solsticegratitude in hearts ~ CLP 20/06/2022 Read more

  • on time

    don’t be afraid, look backthere’s water, other stuff toobridges have been crossed ~ CLP 19/06/2022 Read more