Saturday, 5 April 2025

digital age

 digital age


take this digit

not the digital representation of this digit

but this actual digit

the one that does age 

and insert said digit into any sphincter 

that you prefer sir to

turn your digitalis purpurea

and may your manicurist 

file all the online help possible

that heaven yelp can proscribe

Thursday, 3 April 2025

after march april before may

 after march april before may


sunshine

then some rain is forecast

then some sunshine

and so it goes

april you are such an old fool

do you think we do not know you

after all these years

summer comes for you

sooner than you would have us think

and yes the month of may maybe 

or maybe not but

at least march had a twinkle in her eye

a race of lamb’s wool clouds 

across a wide blue sky

now april you have had your say

make way make way

there’s a good cat

that’s my chair

newts and sticklebacks

 newts and sticklebacks 


ahh 

the three-spined stickleback 

in the jam jar of my childhood 

the newts under the muddied stones 

in memory’s quarry

we walked and talked didn’t we

we collected spotted memories

it was great fun

i recall it all

like the soil 

under the fingernails 

of this poem 

written just in time

Wednesday, 2 April 2025

to the sea to the sea

the sky is as blue as the gorse is yellow

the yellowest yellowest blue

the bluest bluest yellow

and the butter of the sun paths

to the sea to the sea 

kimberley wrote a line

 kimberley wrote a line


first it settled here

then it settled there

her butterfly words

touched all the flowers 

in the gardens of my mind

Monday, 31 March 2025

the remiss driver

 the remiss driver


the car alarm calls back


i’m a

i’m a

i’m a


dick!

dick!

dick!

closure of the gulf

 closure of the gulf 


the waters broke

and then closed over

after the meteor fell

the scar was deep and raw

they will find it one day 

embedded in a gasp

so that was it they will say 

in the winter of a soul

one sunbeam talks dust

and that has settled it

once and for all