- 05 Jul 20133View
Closet
There were,
In my memory,
jackets, scarves and another dimension
at the back of my childhood - 21 Aug 201346View
Christmas Pudding
You have to know a good recipe,
But also what can be added
And what can be left out;
You - 04 Sep 20131View
the mermaid's kiss
we’re all trying to recreate the mermaid
who kissed us softly on the cheek
as we nodded off to - 18 Sep 201313View
The Bridge
Now and again
I revisit the little bridge
Over the River Loddon, look down at the bank
It's where - 21 Sep 201312View
Red Clay and White Clay
I heard her finger
scrape the chalk board,
jarring me from impending sleep.Phantom
- 16 Oct 20131View
Labyrinth of the Unknown
The labyrinth of the unknown, the hub of ineffable quandaries,
I hear the birds sing as a feeble - 24 Oct 201314View
Pennies
The shape and size
Of the toffees
That came in gold paper,One would be pressed
Big and - 10 Nov 2013View
Little Women.
Boys are still boys long after
they reach the age of manhood,
often indulged, like children - 28 Nov 20134View
Clara and the Pencil
She grips a pencil
Better than a spoon.Slowly lifted,
Then expertly held
In stubby - 29 Nov 2013View
when I was 10
We gnarled chubby knees
on convoluted trees
as we swayed upon the yardarm
sailing stormy - 01 Dec 201311View
Altered States
Dry sand running through small fingers
Breakers drumming and sea kelp that lingers
Sea breeze - 01 Dec 201322View
Artists
We chalked out
our personalities on pavements
bright colours on grey slabs
until the rains came - 18 Dec 201323View
Memory
The stuffy smell of car
And my travel sickness
Is parked outside a pub -
Or perhaps it's a shop - 06 Feb 20141View
Learning to Tie my Shoelaces
Crouched on the stairs -
The last in the house
Still in single digits -Trying a tricky
- 15 Feb 20144View
A Relic of Childhood
Seeing once more the
Old friend's stitched smile
He remembered hugs
Tight enough to pressPart
- 20 Apr 201412View
The Only School on Strawberry Hill
The only school on Strawberry Hill
was where I learned to read and write -
between the railroad - 20 Jun 20141View
Burnout Pete
The pipe crackled a third time
Resurrecting its undead smoker
As his head flew far away
To a land - 01 Jul 201411View
Older and wiser?
As the years pass us by
Do we come nearer to the truth?
Are we a bit wiser than
in our younger - 30 Jul 2014View
Friend
Hello, Dear
Do you remember me?
Your island friend –
with the twisted accent
Don’t you - 03 Aug 2014View
THE CIRCUS
Late summer one year
a circus came to the field near our house.
The large trucks filled with
- 12 Aug 2014View
Childhood Circa 2001
Big Ol' Plane
Why am I so vain?
I'd love to take my toys
Very far away.
Big
- 20 Aug 201411View
I want them back
I want them back
Laughter, pigtails and Lollipops
Bedtime stories and kisses on the forehead for - 21 Aug 20144View
Helios
The smudged sun dips
To stain the city gold,
Anointing the little girl
With glory.For the
- 15 Sep 2014View
One Games
He stood alone in the library
his tousled red hair topping freckles
sweatshirt, jeans and - 19 Sep 2014View
Blood Sport
At age 10 you see a joke
in raspberry blood so I ate
a few and smeared the rest
on my wrist and - 19 Sep 2014View
At Age Five Asking Dad for My One and Only Cigarette
Smoke curled from my dad’s Pall Mall
a red dot punctuating the day.
He exhaled a cloud toward - 17 Nov 20141View
Know
When my name is read out above a sea of red
Know that
Although I’m a fraction of a figure
A line - 18 Nov 20141View
Buoyant Boy
Beautiful, brave, buoyant boy.
Floating, cutting, slicing through the blue waves.
Strokes made - 19 Dec 2014View
Watching Rudolf
The TV set flickers
It’s seven o’clock and
Rudolf’s coming on
channel 10
My red PJ’s fit - 04 Feb 201522View
Seaside
Clouds above us, feet in sand.
You toddle beside me clutching my hand.Bucket sloshes with
- 11 Feb 201532View
Time Machining
The blue swirly slide
on the school playground
reminds...Beckoning a distant time
when the - 11 Mar 201541View
Cauley's Spring
‘Neath Beech and Sycamore,
Through the peppered shadows, flickered patches of evening sun,
We walk - 26 Mar 201564View
Wake Up Yesterday
I want to wake up yesterday
When the sun seemed warmer
When snowflakes were falling stars
When - 20 Apr 2015View
Three friends
Three friends came here
to this bleak and distant place
from kicking up dust
on the disused - 30 Dec 2016View
River Devil
The warm monsoon rain
Sets a tale from an African scene
A child playing by the river bank
Unaware - 18 Feb 20191View
Lost In An Anxiety Dream
The dream,
An early morning awakening.
Past and present merge.
I’m in an unfamiliar
- 25 Aug 2019View
Greve de Lecque Beach (Jersey 1947)
We hitched-up knitted swimsuits that sagged
and stretched if wet. At low tide, we searched
for - 23 Sep 2019View
The Cult of Family
Society has many a secreted taboo
We keep them quiet for protection of who?
Family secrets - 23 Sep 2019View
Breakdown to Breakthrough
The key to mental freedom is relinquishing the unjust
And accepting what was done by learning to - 29 Oct 2019View
The Bad Seed
This one is sunset red, rich as womb blood,
Thick as flesh:
It tastes of fire and sex
And finger - 30 Oct 2019View
The Castle Moat
The scent of wild flowers blend with sun and sea
The waves below splash
Helping him - 05 Feb 2020View
An Afternoon Siesta
post New Year
exhaustion
a siestathe tension fades
drifting awayfleeting images come and
- 31 May 2020View
Patterning 1: Plain
How to start
Teacher will cast on for youIn through the bunny-hole
Round the big tree
Out - 03 Jun 2020View
My sister, ma soeur
My sister, ma soeur.
My flower, ma fleur.
Mon amie d'enfance.
Now you live en