Thursday, 31 August 2023

 strange light

a grey day turns pink 


love in the air

 end of summertime 

another new pill added 


to my autumns

Wednesday, 30 August 2023

 meteorological 

summer they say is over

i don’t

 the stones that stole the footfall walked the breeze

Tuesday, 29 August 2023

                proven

global heating predictions


           cold comfort

 four tomatoes 

in a red colander 


on a wet day

Friday, 25 August 2023

 life is a gamble

even at the cross’s roads

you place your bet

 with the sunrise

the day has arrived

at a new place

Thursday, 24 August 2023

 blue sky 

clouds 


of anemones 

 meeting the poet

he seemed so ordinary 

just pen and paper

 foxes abed

waiting for the bin lorry


black bags

Tuesday, 22 August 2023

 just time

to collect the windfall apples


it is late

 skipping

down the path to the sea

two butterflies

 floating

on a sargasso sea of words

elvers leave in droves


clucking

in the warm straw

laying eggs



dripping

from a deciduous morning

dew drops

 i was going to use artificial stupidity

but i prefer the real thing

 they taught me and i learned it all away

Monday, 21 August 2023

 summer  and

the boys feast on halcyon 

completely unaware

 cracked mirror

i see two eyes and three legs

four dimensions

Sunday, 20 August 2023

 clouds 

borne along by the wind

born in blue 

children of the sunshine

all of them naughty boys

 on the dark dawn tree

there is one leaf in the sun


and then another

Friday, 18 August 2023

 alcohol and sport

the opium of the masses

as the world burns

Thursday, 17 August 2023

 gentle breeze

second mug of tea

warm rain

 i think too much

therefore what i could be


i am not

Wednesday, 16 August 2023

 unexpected guest

the smoke from the fire

genuflecting 

Tuesday, 15 August 2023

    overgrown by time

  my grandfather’s grave


     one more lost soul

 decisions

a cat waking up decides

to go back to sleep

a cat waking up decides

purrfecto mondo 

 gusty 

racing a butterfly 


down to the sea 

 sitting cat

waiting for a decision 


sunshine

 washing line

damp grass and footprints


dawn sunshine

Monday, 14 August 2023

 closer to the Buddha 

the bigger your smallness 

become you

Sunday, 13 August 2023

           fuck!

hanging in the air

  like a red flare


 climate change

changing climate

Friday, 11 August 2023

melting plastic


nurdles and hectares 


sad words emerge

 the tree 

in the cemetery 


is dead

Thursday, 10 August 2023

we carry water

because we are the water

we carry on

 climate change

beneath the air conditioning 

washing machines spin

the footballers have clean kits

so all’s right with the world?

Wednesday, 9 August 2023

 little fingers

proffering a penny


sweet counter 

 summer falling

from the trees

 every year 

more cherries

more birds

 riding down the wild

white horses of the sea

tea ceremony 

       ðŸ”¥ protesters 🔥

the emperor’s new clothes 

     worn by everyone

Tuesday, 8 August 2023

 steady rain 

plums and apples shining 


slow sky

 the words are the icing

the speaker is the nozzle

we are the cake

 hectares 

all the old maps


are burning 

 war

a young man’s grave


an old man’s scar

 cremation  

euphemism descending

as the furnace clicks

Sunday, 6 August 2023

 snatched words

wormholes to another world’s

vast fastness passing

 let them drink a mea culpa of this their shitty sea

Thursday, 3 August 2023

tired eyes 

it’s the weight of it all

hardly grass 

 dirt 

under my fingernails 

tomorrow

 the crematoriums are on fire

Wednesday, 2 August 2023

 naughty boy

remembering wot i did


i did!

Tuesday, 1 August 2023

 scanning a tweet

i read the word artist


as arthritis

 hi siri 

take a haiku

noted