• On Thunder

    within seconds of flickering shadows on walls shaken foundations ~ CLP 28/07/2021

  • On Off

    without direction we wander quite happily we are not clueless ~ CLP 27/07/2021

  • On Empty

    imagination is fuelled by fumes of hope I’ve lost sense of smell ~ CLP 26/07/2021

  • On Cigarettes

    he announced I have given up! six weeks and it’s rare I feel the lack I knew just what he meant having given up on us but he omitted how raw that rare how this rare is more like blue there is still a pulse when the knife goes in I twitch ~ CLP 25/07/2021

  • On Hope x

    sand grain off balance others out of kilter fall wind and tide smoothed shore ~ CLP 25/07/2021

  • On Hope ix

    however long night sunrise clears away darkness flowers reopen ~ CLP 23/07/2021

  • On Hope viii

    words stuck in our throats escape contraction, open our eyes, free our hearts ~ CLP 22/07/2021

  • On Hope vii

    when will this sadness end? she asked, because she knew it must we both could feel the cold lump of it in our stomachs, welding us together when we are both happy? I offered, to see how happy might sound it sounded like a bowl of tears a set of randomly selected letters it reprised

  • On Hope vi

    we will meet again that is written, ’tis our fate yes, all will be fine ~ CLP 22/06/2021

  • On Hope v

    light across hard ground miles devoured with smiles alive to what’s new ~ CLP 21/07/2021