Tuesday, 21 April 2026

it is time is is

 

is it time it is



just  now   here 

at this point in time

everything is

   just perfect

in the sun morn

the easterly laughing

uproarious at the cherry blossom

in a giggle of pink snow


my cuppa placed just so

cat snoozing alongside

the close distance of     of

   soft music 

a breath so deep it is a sea cave

full of sky blue

if there is more

i cannot put my finger on it

there are too many blossoms

stopping me just in time


t i   m      e


Monday, 20 April 2026

water discourse


water discourse


the river 

is longing 

for the sea


the sea

is longing 

for the mountains 


the mountains

are longing 

for snow


the lake

wants to be 

the sea


the sea

wants to be

the lake



waves of clouds

over the mountain’s

reign  

Sunday, 19 April 2026

poetus operandi

 poetus operandi 


quietly patiently a poet

waiting in the reeds

with a decoy and a quacker 

until a thought alights

then bam! bam!

giving it both barrels


Friday, 17 April 2026

out it comes

 out it comes


and then it comes

slowly at first

the incoming smile 

then in full spate

my arms open wide

an intake of breath 

salts the main brace 

of another great swim

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

A ride on the tube ~ a prose poem

 A ride on the tube ~ a prose poem


Subliminal; buried beneath the noise is the noise. Everyday’s commute muted as the mundane. The track of a thought is caught whereas the clatter of the track’s squealing becomes nought. The lullaby of the carriage swaying my eyes to close upon the dark windows. The dark thoughts of the person behind the opposite reflection are an eye into my dark thoughts. Ad_um_brated the points clatter and I smile inside at my growing collection of words. The lighted reflection of the clamour of laughter lightens my demeanour. Now there’s a word for my essay I smile surreptitiously. Now there’s another word I think and that thought smiles into the light of the next platform. Not my stop. Don’t want to stop this merry go around of abstracted creativity. Even as the cables outside undulate into the next tunnel my smile is personalised to me alone. Not one snake knows me or my thoughts I think, neither I theirs. This black and white journey colours my thinking. We all sway in unison our separation lost in the timelessness of our thoughts. Schuum ~ the doors open ~ I get off on it again. 

Tuesday, 14 April 2026

enough tears

 enough tears


if you say enough

if enough words say

that is enough tears

they will still flow


down the cataract years

white water spittled

into eyes that flinch

at flinching


stay shut and blinkered


for what can one do 

but look forward to the end

of another’s beginning 

Monday, 13 April 2026

theatrical prop

 theatrical prop


my mother had a prop

down in the garden

flat on the bottom 

a V on the top

all the washing on the line

they blew just fine

until to pulley broke

and oh my god no joke

all hell broke loose

that bloody noose

that V on the top

was the bottom line

i swear it was

i saw it see 

just like yesterdee

it was