Monthly Archives: February 2014

Three times three completes the cycle You raise yourself onto your feet Cease to look round Think of the package in your bag What it could mean to you later You had thought the waiting almost Over. Now that the … Continue reading →

How did we get here? A set of events That are some form of puzzle With neither solution Nor end, a chance Encounter that led To a glance In a half-known city Where we are at halt Facing each other; … Continue reading →

Valentine’s Day is now over Your love is not in clover The card that you did not write was not delivered The emotion that you did not feel has not faded away After all it’s OK Refuse your part, say … Continue reading →

The rainbow Betweeen cloud and sunshine The snowdrops Breaking free from frozen earth The sunlight From a low, cold, winter sun The laughter Of our friends as we gather The beauty Of the things which now free us From memory

You watch the storm clouds And an almost invisible rainbow As a weakened sun lights Angry skies above Lincolnshire You are dressed to impress and Already stressed by the thought Of delays at Potter’s Bar Would he wait? You can’t … Continue reading →

In a room rotten with dust The invisible girl makes an appearance A single bar of sunlight catches rust, Broken furniture, portraits of sons Generations lost to histories, wars, other things She looks round, sees it all, wonders what it … Continue reading →

You take your time to say too much today Far too many words; yet what you wanted Lines that take you, make you pause, dream away Ambitious thoughts that might once be mastered You crave a response, something given back … Continue reading →

It used to be that we heard it in the privacy of our own home A police man, perhaps, checking first with the neighbours That this was the right door on which to knock Or maybe a telephone call late … Continue reading →

We are starved ghosts, with hollowed out eyes We speak in tongues, our language our own The rhythm of the music taps out a beat Which we keep to, the exhaustion defeats We hide behind memories and moments We are … Continue reading →