• on autumn

    rich pickings lie herecarpet of horse chestnut leavesremnants of summer ~ n.b. Two Egyptian Geese nosing their way through leaf litter, barely visible in an English city centre. CLP 12/11/2021

  • on mist

    clouding boundariesunsettling settling of doubtssoftening edges ~ CLP 11/11/2021

  • bee

    visitingattractedthen distractedor discerningthe trace of othersbeforemoving onor backto one you knowstill openwith a tasteyou knowand trustfor now ~ CLP 21/09/2021

  • on colour

    under the rainbowlife exists in bands of greynothing black and white ~ CLP 05/11/2021

  • on evolution

    cast of dinosaurhallowed nave filled with childrenchurch to museum ~ n.b. Good use of an otherwise underutilised public space. ~ CLP 30/10/2021

  • on the bench

    we sat and watchedcommon darter watching uswarmth of autumn sun ~ CLP 27/10/2021

  • on competition

    going nowhere fast?there is an alternativeto the free market ~ n.b. How can it be free when it’s costing the Earth? ~ CLP 26/10/2021

  • what a hoot

    it’s been reported that scientists(those men and womenwho observe, record, theorise and test)that birds (perhaps owls)who live by rivers of noise(take the M62,choke chain of The North)have upped the volume of their callsto make themselves heard(when hailing the dawn, or calling up nightor impressing potential mates)here a soon to be gone wood, a curtain(about to

  • Lunacy

    whatever happenedthat separated we twono longer matters ~ n.b. The Moon and Earth forever tied, always apart. CLP 21/10/2021

  • autumn

    come turbulent skiesgive me everything you’ve gotthrow down your challenge ~ CLP 20/10/2021