• On Sleep

    Eyes retreat from light Muscles laid still lose tension Calm of day’s slack tide.   CLP  26/11/2018 Read more

  • On The Edge

    Shuffle of the sea Sifts and shifts the line of shore Birds follow the tide.   CLP  26/11/2018           Read more

  • On The Underground

    Shaped to fit tunnels Twisted beneath the city Steel sclerotic veins . CLP 25/11/2018 Read more

  • On Nightlife

    Echoes of drunken youth Fill the sleepy city air Alarmed birds sing out . Songs from blackbirds Awake under amber lights Hope of dawn found false. . Weary sleep disturbed Workers wrestle with nightmares Birdsong wakes dreamers . Time mocks tired eyes Becomes a slippery snake When will peace arrive? . Lovers enrapt lie Barely Read more

  • On Interculators

    In conversation Ears and eyes are essential Tongues are merely guests . CLP 24/11/2018 Photograph by kind permission of Barbara Turney Wieland Read more

  • On Autumn XI

    The viburnham sheds Blood and gold foil without shame Her flowers blossom. . CLP 23/11/2018 Read more