• Last Scene

    . Carried aloft over snow-streaked Jura Winter’s shadows shortening Happiness back-packed overhead Lockers filled with duty free gifts To the future Oblivious to the virus carried In the words we shared That had dared me a dream Of peace and calm Life normal . CLP 04/07/2020 Read more

  • On Endings (xii)

    Is all really lost? Decision made to stop search Missing. Inaction. . CLP 22/06/2020 Read more

  • On Endings (xi)

    What the fuck happened? Seismic shift in perception Chasm revealed . CLP 23/06/2020 Read more

  • On the Stage

    Curtain separates Players from keen audience Fire exits are lit ~ No dress rehearsal We act out our own futures Influence endings ~ Endless monologue Echoes through empty hallways Off un-pictured walls ~ Dialogue of birds Settles in heat of high noon Marks out the day ~ Epilogue pays out Finite line too quickly unspools Read more

  • On Endings (x)

    “You’ll get over it” One of most popular lies And most wished for dream . CLP 23/04/2020 Read more

  • Too Quick by Half

    Listening is not done well With half an eye on the time Impatience in the soul Fear at the shoulder A mind full of mess ~ So when? Now? Or later When this moment’s Past . CLP 01/07/2020 Read more