Tuesday 29 June 2021

 sparrows

in the gladiator arena 

a cat waits



baby sparrows

in the tree above the cat

infant school

Friday 25 June 2021

Wednesday 23 June 2021

 summer morning 

into the window of death


bangs a wood pigeon

Tuesday 22 June 2021

Monday 21 June 2021

Sunday 20 June 2021

Saturday 19 June 2021

Friday 18 June 2021

walking the plank

they said she could play wendy 

she said no i won’t  

Tuesday 15 June 2021

 all the dead poets

we are not what you make us


do their eyes say that


their words said different 


can you say different

 "do not wash"

warned my dirty hat


on your own head be it

Monday 14 June 2021

 fall you will

if you jump to conclusions 

look then look again

Sunday 13 June 2021

 today is one day full

 marionettes 

tomorrow’s child pulls the strings


you did you know

 a fly in my tea

an ant in the cat’s saucer


summer ends

 so far up the tree 

has the cat taken my fear


growing stronger 

 in the garden 

strawberries and cream


a plane flies over

 sitting in the grass 

honey dew falling like rain

on the cat and bird


honey dew

life is so sweet sitting here 

waiting for the owls


evening sunshine 

sitting on the thinking bench

ah - honey dew


Thursday 10 June 2021

 life

it’s all about the gametes’

zygote

everything else

is nothing else

 frogspawn

tomorrows wobbling

yesterday 


seaside 

the same difference

always


it is just that

rolling pebbles

move me


black pebble

such a hot handful 

of summer


the pebbles

roaring as one

storm beach


the castle 

how many have patted you 

just like me



sandcastles

each with a prince and princess

and a moat


driftwood 

the world at our feet

beach combing


the twins

flotsam and jetsam 

beach combing


head to head

the storm comes thundering in

wild swimming


 nail varnish

amyl bloody acetate

worra pong

 heavy light rain

a low high tide


i may i 

Tuesday 8 June 2021

 who will read 

when we write of the end times


that we didn’t

Monday 7 June 2021