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Our people

Celtic supporters singing their hearts out in our tube carriage, green and white shirts on. Their melody talks about happiness, and...

Some thoughts on Feverfew

Feverfew (Anna Saunders) Indigo Dreams Publishing 2021 --   Feverfew  is an impressive book that sings with precision.   Saunders is...

Fill your heart with photons

First poem added to my blog for a while: Fill your heart with photons   Pink-brown cheeks, peach scoops, my baby chick.   Fruit ciders,...

Ontario

Here is a lipogram poem (using letters from the title): Oration in a tarn Orion on air! It? no tar no rot not too tin or no art ration ...

Cantilevers

I am a cantilever. Supported at one end by the grounded truth of the universe. I am a pawn on a cornice chessboard. There is another me,...

Mercury

Silk and salt

The feel of water on your skin is joy. The water’s ideal salt concentration cleanses, without being abrasive, so each pore thoroughly...

The hearing test

Entering the metal-walled room felt like passing through to another world - it felt unearthly. High-pitched beeps were inaudible. They...

1978

New poem accepted by Culture Matters: https://culturematters.org.uk/index.php/arts/poetry/item/4595-1978?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0f7Vj...

War

The germs spun over gleaming theatre floors. Micro hands grabbed lives by their heartsick throats. The others were flat anti-germ...

Tribute

Lord in our brokenness, make us whole. Yours is the glory. is all an anagram of: O, He. Our king. So, we must kneel. Idyll reborn. A rush...

Elementar

Excited to announce that Elementar is released today: https://paperviewbooks.pt/books/elementar/ Thanks, Stephen

Dissecting grass

I wait beneath a noise of pain, I tend my roots. Skyscraper lawn up there is turf, it skins alloys, napalm soft. Break in allies! The...

Bedrock

If geological strata exist in shelves of rock then Heaven might also be a shelf. A stretch of paradise beach surrounding us. Invisible to...

The Rocket

Ronnie’s feathered touch is on show on baize. His white queen charms red ball bee swarms. Ronnie’s rectangle shines under strip lights....

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