• On Mortality

    i yawn swallow a fly this random occurrence prescient ~ CLP 11/08/2021

  • Possible Endings

    being dragged screaming going down fighting slamming doors stepping off slipping away not waking up or just asking is it Time? a fond farewell ~ CLP 25/04/2021

  • On Water xii

    dirty old canal lone Wellington boot floats questions unanswered ~ CLP 21/04/2021

  • At the platform there stood the London train

    …the London train that was packed with people people with different places to go places thronged with colleagues and / or friends friends some new, some known for years years that have fallen like blossom blossom scented with childhood memories memories diffused by time and tide tide that swept clear a foreign shore a foreign

  • L3: Day 29 On The Bridge

    I was walking back from the shop, carrying a paper bag of groceries in my arms when I reached the bridge. I have been here before, but not like this. There has usually been some kind of run up, run out, or just gradually being run down. Not this time. I just thought, from nowhere

  • On 2020

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

  • On the Moon

    Un-phased, she rises Above man’s temporal world Draws eyes to heaven . CLP 21/09/2020

  • Curtains

    What delights await? Sun bright outside, boxes in Day spoilt for choices ~ CLP 10/08/2020

  • On the Road XIV

    Aw, rats! Unlucky. Never rush, even to a pressing engagement ~ CLP 4th August, 2020

  • Autumnal

    On fields of decapitated barley, the hollow stubble full with last night’s rain, huge straw reels stand askew; great golden wheels left out to dry in the Sun, emitting a musty warmth, while fungi forms in dewy soil on which the geese reconvene to commence their wintery discourse. These large birds’ clacking beaks break into