A Sweeter Vintage
Forgiveness is wine that has to breatheit needs to sit a whileuncorked to slowly warm so that the cloudy lees will falland once again the glass pours clear a sweeter… Read more “A Sweeter Vintage”
Ophelia
Stones in my pocketsweigh me downand roll like eggs while I wade in the bluefurther than I thought my nerve would ever holdchill creeps a frosty band… Read more “Ophelia”
Winter Pond
Frosty winter pondWater glass obscured by snowFish dance in private
Pillion
To live life vicariously is to be a shadow riding pillion on someone else’s bike!
Two People In A Coffee Shop
They talk about the trainThey talk about the rainThey talk until only they remainThey talk until the waitress passes with the binsThey talk and talk and talk… Read more “Two People In A Coffee Shop”
Far From Home
You can vandalise with lies it doesn’t have to be a kicking shoe think of the harm a whispered word can do untethered spite left free to… Read more “Far From Home”
Donald
You don’t have to be Macbeth for your name to stink of death there is blood on your hands an indelible stain it will follow you around… Read more “Donald”
The Mood For A Feud
In the mood for a feud then V is the letter you need for vendetta
Life Balance
Pile them upstack stone on stonehold each onebone on bonefeel the rocksbetween your fingersrough and smooththe feeling lingersweigh each pebblein your handlift it from the shifting sandlet… Read more “Life Balance”
Anew
Anew is not to wipe the embarrassing stains of the pastanew is to take them with youwave them like a flagwear them as a reminder of your former… Read more “Anew”
Missing Kissing
In the year of missing kissingit was masks for simple tasks like queuing for breadditching foreign travel so we all stayed home insteadwe swapped hugs for elbow… Read more “Missing Kissing”
Murder Weapon
I need your help. This was the beginning of a longer poem but I liked it the way it was. Then I thought this is so simple,… Read more “Murder Weapon”
Move On
They told me grief was a river, to float me to a better place I sailed along its waters at a slow and steady place and now… Read more “Move On”
Crimbo Limbo
I make no apologies for the profanity-2020 you have been a shocker and you deserve what you get!
Final Song
Release the mind and find that earthly care is merely aira puff of wind blown through your handa ripple over shifting sandfor then we fully understandour worries were… Read more “Final Song”
The Old Song
I want to write to set the literary sky alight with words, bright birds that take me with them in their flight transcending earth to give me… Read more “The Old Song”
Lost Things
The sun a golden earringThe moon a silver pennyThe earth a marbleLost down the sofa of the universe
Child’s Perspective
Today I held the oceanmeasured the span with my own two handscaptured its sum with my fingers and thumbit’s very deep and blue and calmbut I held… Read more “Child’s Perspective”
The 15 Minute Poet 