• On Pain

    Like breath of autumn When hard frost belies blue sky Our pain dissipates ~ CLP 29/11/2020

  • On Numbers (More)

    It’s said pathogens Have one aim; to reproduce. We no different. ~ n.b. Dress life up as we might, but without children we have no legacy; we die out as a species. All we do has no meaning without the generations that follow. We are otherwise just marking time. The sociability of humanity is how

  • On Numbers 11:57hrs

    Welcome break in rain showers so strong they strip paint trees unmoved drip dry ~ 15/11/2020

  • On Numbers 1.36

    Pursuit of the ¥en Or something more, or much less? Whither goes Japan? ~ n.b. Population growth and over population is a topic of current concern as a levelling off in the global number of homo sapiens is now predicted over the next generation or so. Japan’s current government is considering funding IVF treatment for

  • On Numbers 2C

    Rush of passing car Disturbs still autumn morning Leaf mould scents sunlight ~ CLP 05/11/2020

  • On Trees

    When this wind blows Things sound different After the leaves have dropped To mosaic the floor. ~ This wind bends through the bared boughs Divides to draughts between the trunks Blows low notes from the wood Makes this place an instrument For mournful tunes ~ When we hear this hollow overture Howling from beeches and

  • On Numbers 5

    Leaves, starfish, fingers Five is a magic number One of the many. ~ Odd isn’t it, five? Or should we count the stalk, the wrist, the foot? Then it’s six and even. ~ CLP 19/10/2020

  • On Trees

    Your towel is slipping Each breath of cool breeze reveals Stark inner beauty ~ CLP 19/10/2020

  • On the Moon

    New, she draws out light enlivens heaven’s starred cloth that wraps all in dreams ~ https://www.moongiant.com/phase/10/16/2020 CLP 16/09/2020

  • On the Street vi

    Gutters now blocked by leaves, twigs and dropped masks We’re facing a flood ~ CLP 05/10/2020