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Romantic Fiction
No one could make this up You sigh But you just keep on Making it up On the hoof Telling your lies Ignoring the truth Can you not see The holes in the roof Of your promised homeland fantasy? . CLP 14/11/2018 →
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On The Breeze
Gentle draught carries Scent and echoes from afar Sea air and childhood . CLP 14/11/2018 →
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On Autumn VI
Butterfly, wings torn Batted by splatter of rain Spirals down with leaves. ~ CLP 11/11/2018 →
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On Autumn V
How bright dragonfly Life sparkles in late summer Passes too quickly . CLP 11/11/2018 →
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On Shingle
Rushing stones swept By surging storm driven surf Spit and hiss at Man . CLP 09/11/2018 →
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On The Beach
Relentless waves Assault makeshift defences Wash away resolve. . CLP 07/11/2018 →
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Nightmare I
She gallops through sleep Creates turbulence of thought Calm in her stable. . CLP 06/11/2018 →
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The Life of Reilly (I)
I last saw him Wandering through the wire Khaki cap askew Jacket smart with brass buttons Polished last night As commanded Flashing flirty smiles At the mouths of Mausers. A vicious frost lay Kindly on the mud. From beneath his weary boots I heard The crunch of ice “Jack!” I called He turned, waved, grinned. I →
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First Light (i)
In the end of night Sun leathered magnolia leaves Resound to beats of rain Set grass blades to shivery dance Cracked soil swells, fills, closes quenched Droplets pool in hollows Shimmering sheets cover all Border foliage floats On the rising flood. . Earthworms Souls from the very depths Swollen, pale pink, choked Join the engorged slugs →
Journey of Words 