• Flâneur

    Less of a fork, more like a maze Cul de sac, u-turn, or roundabout route Chris-crossing cities, wandering wild A rambling nose for amuse-bouches and side dishes A taste for sharp turns, an eye for live mains Which road is not travelled when most have been tried? Still working through the start menu, rebooting worn

  • On Imagination

    Does a line exist between memory and dream? You are still with me ~ CLP 05/03/2021

  • On Movement

    We hold form by day take different shapes at night twisted by our dreams ~ CLP 22/02/2021

  • On Valentine’s Day

    London, Paris, Rome Where ever you are I hope Your love’s with you too ~ CLP 14/02/2021

  • On Dreams

    Twisted stories shaped from memories, fears and hopes that shadow the dawn ~ CLP 02/02/2021

  • Piped Dreams

    The door clicks a jar compresses the draught to a whistle that wakes me from your arms, her arms, my brother’s hand I held through a summer night in the respiratory ward down the corridor from coronary care where he would be the next summer and no one could visit while he dreamt of life

  • On 2020

    Memorable year One I would rather forget Finally ends here ~ CLP 31/12/2020

  • On Games

    Walk straight in, sit down Open a fresh pack, cut, deal All cards on table ~ CLP 23/12/2020

  • On Losing (15)

    What’s it holds us back? A strange lack of ambition faux inhibition? ~ CLP 15/12/2020

  • Revealing

    Is it safe to ask? he asked Ask what? she asked. You know he said. You’ve lost me there, she sighed. ~ She had hoped for something more direct; straight-forward, clear But what she heard, was what she feared So with his faint words He lost her there. ~ CLP 17/10/2020