• on autumn iii

    it’s been so stillhumid air weighing on us allweary from sleepless nightsfrom self-medicated sleepfrom restless wakingfrom waking aloneand now the leaves movetrees sigh at their reliefthe wind tunes upwheezy gaps in windows and doors ajarasthmatic whistling of telephone cablesclinking lines on mastswaves thick enough to roll the shingleto slap the seawallspit over its parapetand bounce

  • on autumn ii

    abundance of fruitkaleidoscope of colourexcess of weather ~ CLP 04/10/2021

  • on autumn

    here she comesbowling in, late againunapologetic, slamming doorsthrowing her rain-drenched coat on the hallway flooryes, beautiful coloursstriking markingsyour beauty gets you off the hookeventuallyafter the initial shock of your abrupt arrivaland a cup of teawe’ll snuggle downwrap up all cosy relish the dark eveningstogether ~ CLP 01/10/2021

  • on fear

    fight or flight or freezeor stand up and face it downno need to voice it ~ n.b. Does speaking of it make what is feared more likely, or less so? CLP 30/09/2021

  • on fumes

    how long was it, a week?long enough to knowit was long enough ~ CLP 29/09/2021

  • on time

    I have been awaketoo many hours, travellingtoo long, to write now ~ CLP 29/09/2021

  • on Switzerland vi

    constant spinning websilk threads entangle us allwe await spider ~ n.b. Mountains shown are in France…national borders are just lines on maps after all, or mountains, or rivers, or wastelands, or shores. CLP 28/09/2021

  • on Switzerland v

    what defines our worth?our place in society?is it just money? ~ CLP 28/09/2021

  • on Switzerland iv

    meet ten peopletwo work anti-corruptionmountains of money ~ n.b. Catherine Belton’s book “Putin’s People” mentions Switzerland (and London) frequently. She and the publishers are subject to a number of libel suits in London at present. We’ll see how that pans out. CLP 27/09/2021

  • on Switzerland iii

    heat of late Septemberaccumulating moisture brewing thunder storms ~ CLP 25/09/2021