The sudden dieback of aspen trees removes bands of gold from the hills. An autumnal poverty watered perhaps by drought? Defoliation or...

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Tongs gripped the elements in air Alkali metals Alkaline earths My teacher pulled some out of oil He said barium burns ‘apple green’ He...

She is a kind woman Her partner is open But heat frosts over time in these divided days She is considerate Her partner is caring rhythms...

Coherence of logic has its uses The concentrate of rationality Tastes like an arrogant riposte to faith The religious meme is fierce...

Armour keeps you safe. Red ommochromes make you throb against the languid, green setting. Arbour. Circles. Body shelter that darkens in...

Happy 2021 All! Just sharing a poem I wrote for my Bro on his birthday in 2020: Joe Montana Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and the other 49ers....

Peahen, your inventive design upsets Reasoning. The sensors in your crest are acoustic eyes, meshed like the southern Parkes Observatory....

Hi All. My poet friend Elsa Hammond tells me that the recording of the Hatchery of Shadows launch is now publicly available on the TORCH...

Have you heard her speak? The surmounter Her voice is more discernible these days The silencer’s gone She speaks freely in sentences...

In moments of transitional sleep, do beepers of joyousness sound in your mind? The ones you love Your own flesh and blood recombined into...

Three cheers for the common Myrtle plant! Asteroid flowers that shine and grant whiteness - without night skies - Its oil is velvet fog -...

Science poets are free. We split infinity, write split infinitives and see beauty in both.

Below the surface. The crushing. The heating stifles to mark out the volcanic process. Rocks are nearly squeezed into the same places....

Innate Morphine is made in poppies. A Reticuline epimer converts to Thebaine, and then enzymatic methyl group oxidation triggers a flow....

Thanks for much for subscribing to my blog or following it! Please do send me a list of your preferred poems. Here is poem number 100!...

Part a You watched The Fly at the movies, back in 58, and ran through the coal black. You were sucked out of the graveyard, shrieking in...

A photon has its wavelength made longer - by coldness? Altered light climbs out of a gravitational well The redshift is one blade of...

In memory of John Marsh 26th December 1947 - 30th August 2020 The wisest garment We chewed the fat over many years with friendship set on...

The barber shop pole lighthouse frames the right It stands proud guarding the blue-grey canvas Sky that shows comfort blanket-cloud,...