• no Moon

    this is when I feel it mostthe air thick with mistdesiccated leavesscratching at paving slabsfine webs strung between damp bladescovering verges except where disturbedby fungi pushing through to pour out spores by the milliontonight there is no lunar distraction just railway siding lights, street lights, traffic lights, headlights, crossing lightsred lights topping off a cranea

  • 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 Switzerland iii

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

  • From Leeds

    enjoying the green space by the cathedralspire pricking the blue autumn skystopping me, now a local, to askwould you take some pictures pleasefirst alone, then with my friendlandscape then portraitmobile then iPadwe’re going home tomorrowto the other city of woolthe one of the hanging sheep ~ CLP 16/09/2021

  • Waiting…

    …for the heat to hot upthe sun to spot mefor clouds to comepull me under their coversand soak me throughI’m ready ~ CLP 08/09/2021

  • Man-made

    blocks lined-up from blue-printsradiate back late summer heatdeny sleep ~ CLP 07/09/2021

  • on cloud

    it’s been dark so longbut for one ray of sunshinehearing you smile ~ n.b. Haiku CLP 02/09/2021

  • The Dancer

    in this moment I saw youimpressed upon the sheet of heavenyour wingslifting you above allthat ever bound you here ~ CLP 30/08/2021

  • August vi

    somewhere in between heat of summer / autumn mist dry shimmer of leaves ~ CLP 13/08/2021