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Sheep
when we appear at the gate their bleating starts calling of ewes to lambs lambs to ewes locating each other in panicked calls so anxious are they at our arrival ~ a pair of sturdy lambs burrow under a ewe knocking the flighty beast off-balance pull hard at her teats for comfort lambs who already Read more
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The Magic Picture Tree
What do you see in the shape of this old oak tree Shaped by lightening, prevailing winds, minerals and time? I saw an opera singer, big as a house Someone else a buried cross What can you shape from this old oak tree? ~ CLP 25/05/2021 Read more
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Late June
early evening rain falling heavy on hot soil, tarmac, stone evaporates fast, forms humid stock, soured by sweat bubbles up in steaming cumuli that boil over drive down dust, pollen and temperature so that tonight we might sleep unless it doesn’t and the thick soup simply simmers as we pull covers off, ache for breathe, Read more
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Dream #24
you must know this one where you reach out as far as you can then not reaching what you stretched for start to fall towards a ground so distant you cannot see it you cannot fly resistance is useless you tumble through parting air and you rediscover fear as the ground approaches so fast, so Read more
Journey of Words 