• On Hope

    Why are we waiting? All the band’s friends are here No one else will come. . n.b. Ah! Some parents have arrived, perhaps now we’ll have some music. Dutch Criminal Record were the main act. I enjoyed the up-tempo, high-tone guitar work and snappy bass with sympathetic drum accompaniment. XTC / Orange Juice for the Read more

  • On Blue Sky (III)

    Crystalline azure Fine ice particles sparkle Frost sheet from on high . CLP 13/04/2020 Read more

  • On Blue Sky (II)

    Callous seducer I cast off winter clothing Now am under-dressed . n.b. Hope over experience. What was I thinking? It’s early March. . CLP 13/03/2020 Read more

  • On Blue Sky

    Heaven opens out Space and time to consider What is important? . CLP 13/03/2020 Read more

  • Unreal

    “None of this is real” She said, but I replied, “See? It is. We are here” . CLP 12/03/2020 Read more

  • Social Distance

    We had enjoyed the fish and chips With a glass of white wine Our meal only slightly tainted by the whiff of corona virus, Covid-19 in the air The sterile formica tables and clinical strip-lighting Could not protect our conversation from being infected Along with eighty percent of those about us With the impending sense Read more