• 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 wheel

    changes of colourcannot disguise realityworking a treadmill ~ CLP 29/10/2021

  • 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

  • on the edge of town

    fearful of darknessblinded to lunar beautywe stumble through night ~ CLP 26/10/2021

  • digger blues

    big yellow machinewith extendable armbig yellow machinewith extendable armcaterpillar tracksaudible reverse alarm big yellow machinedoing valuable workbig yellow machinedoing valuable workdigging up concretelevelling off all the dirt big yellow machinestarts at eight o’clockbig yellow machinestarts at eight o’clockoutside my windownoisier than morning birdsong ~ n.b. It was a late finish last night, the prompt arrival

  • 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

  • on Friday night

    with dance macabrewe laugh at the masque of deathplay Russian roulette ~ n.b. What on Earth is going on? CLP 23/10/2021

  • Lunacy

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

  • autumn ii

    as if I’d forgivethe discomfort inflictedfor your trick of light ~ n.b. British weather: fickle, or what? CLP 20/10/2021