• Wishing You Well

    I fell in Toppled over the lip When I was looking down Listening for my stone to hit When I lost balance And found myself Falling Beyond where sunlight touches Dropping past where the bricks turn algae green Beyond the point where light grows dim I fell Until I found that I could stretch Correct

  • On Numbers 2

    Is this what you get When splitting one evenly Or what becomes one? ~ Factors or products? You choose. CLP 20/10/2020

  • On the Surface iv

    Obvious question draws out the old, bare-faced lie “No, everything’s fine.” ~ n.b. Who’d think Alexander Johnson would give a straight answer, or indeed ever answer? Obviously this senyrū could be related to other situations. CLP 15th October 2020

  • Come Away, Now!

    The brothers shouting At each other in the street Steaming drunk One boiling, spoiling to fight Pour it all out Break it all down Smash it up ~ The elder pulls him away Looks for another bar They can stop at for another drink To slow things down. Stop. Think. ~ CLP 07/10/2020

  • On Ending

    Suddenly, mid-word the ink ran out and just left a faint impression ~ n.b. My pen, a gift from a friend who acquires them from the Lausanne Palace, dried up. Just when I was thinking of something else. ~ CLP 06/10/2020

  • Poem Found in Poems

    I’m in love In a cemetery of secret desires Soft lips, all for one Until dawn breaks Gently, I came to his shore Coincidences cocked my senses Breathed love that penetrated me A rose blooming in a garden of roses Watered by crocodile tears ~ n.b. Today, 1st October, 2020 is National Poetry Day in

  • On Love

    Between a close friend and lover is a fine line but a hard border ~ CLP 27/09/2020

  • On Calm

    Realisation of the inevitable; unavoidable ~ CLP 27/09/2020

  • On Friendship

    Over years it grows Constant through Life’s vagaries Time no barrier ~ n.b. For Mary and Chris. CLP 21/00/2020

  • On Dreams v

    I heard you clearly Why don’t you just come back home? Your voice; the wrong face. ~ CLP 14/09/2020