Tuesday, 24 March 2026

 love letter

sent to her in junior school 


headmaster’s room - now!

time was chasing

her on my three wheeler 

me on her scooter  

 scaffolding

the bamboo lives again

- cherry blossom 

Monday, 23 March 2026

 supermarket orchids 

flowering and flowering 


- not one bee

fossil fuels 🙏  fossil fuels 🙏 


‘a record-breaking early-season heatwave’ 😕 


hormuz 🙏  hormuz 🙏 


the bombs are dropping 

but the penny has not   

 the black cat

with the turquoise collar

belongs

Friday, 20 March 2026

 she accompanied herself

where she once feared to tread

so lonely now

lost in the madhouse 

lost in the madhouse 

 usefulness over

landing full square in life’s bin


a very close shave

 taken forsaking

the fasciculation of


life’s indecisions

Wednesday, 18 March 2026

 through tiny rips 

the plum blossom pours


forth white


 motorway madness

having missed execution 

the squirrel turns back

Tuesday, 17 March 2026

 when this wall

was but half a wall


he placed this stone