• on Ukraine xxiii

    reading a poemare you a star dancer ordreaming of dancing? ~ n.b. Thank you for reading my poem, ‘Star Dancer and Her School of Dance – Francis Picabia 1913‘ . We don’t know each other, but I wish you well. CLP 11/04/2022

  • Marie Celeste

    She approached in full rigCatching every breathSilent as a swan on that silvery seaThere was just the Moon watching herAnd meAdriftLike night’s ships shouldShe seemed to steer clearSo, was it me or she who veered?No bored inquiry could ascertainI threw out an old lineSoon found myself aboardAll ship-shape, lights ablazeFully crewed with memories of menWho

  • on memory

    CLP 26/03/2022 so impressed was Iyou lie scratched under my skinreasons still unclear

  • on time

    on Railway Terracesign out of oblivionone way ticket, please ~ CLP 06/03/2022

  • on light

    memory dream moontime circuit repetitionreflection of love ~ CLP 16/02/2022

  • on light

    pink sky in morningmatches eyes dragged through night bydreams, memories, fears ~ n.b. ‘I’ll sleep on the train’ he thought, ‘Adapt and survive.’ He repeated his mantra, laughing at Fate’s capricious nature. ~ CLP 05/02/2022

  • on light

    I rose to meet hershe winked at me through thin treeslost her by sunrise ~ n.b. The full, silver moon led me across town before slipping away – a merry, chilly dance! CLP 18/01/2022

  • on white lights

    intermittent wipersbroken linesmarking where to cutthrough naked treesclawing at the sheetof cloudsbright red trianglesblack on whitewarning dartssharp bendswhite on blackapproaching one-eyed carwobbles past close enoughto make me winceand I hear you”Slow down.Watch out for the deer.”And this is what happens;you become part of my worldas I drive toward yours ~ CLP 10/01/2022

  • on time

    quickly faster nowhurry up mustn’t be latethis is all I have ~ CLP 25/12/2021

  • on time

    falling off a cliffyesterday has disappearedyour presence absent ~ CLP 13/12/2021