14/2023
She folds him neatly into her handbag, Torso first, then legs and arms tightly Wrapped around that main part of his, And lastly his head, tidily compressed To fit into… Continue Reading
Browsing Category: Poetry
13/2023
I am not cursed with an organised mind; Instead, it’s all tangents without a circle In sight, tripping from one thing to Another, and skirting the boundaries Of credulity when… Continue Reading
12/2023
She had nothing on her legs but skin, Right up to just below the point of interest Where her skirt began and the skin Smoothed its way beyond. She stood… Continue Reading
11/2023
It may have been sleepwalking that brought me To this place, pockets heavy and holed with keys From every house I’ve dreamed myself in, And scars across the backs of… Continue Reading
10/2023
An accident of birth, this High status in a crumbling Institution which robs the people Of their self-esteem and money. Misplaced faith in a system Which values class over takent,… Continue Reading
09/2023
#FASTIDIOUS Is not a word to be used about me Nor in modern poetry. If I were TSE I might Try to find a convoluted counterpoint To it, or if… Continue Reading
08/2023
THE KNOWING There is no certainty in the knowing, Always that small nook of doubt, The crick in your neck asking if you can Really be sure of anthing. And… Continue Reading
7/2023
TAILSPIN So far down the whirlpool, That infinite spiral, I can’t See the top of it any longer, On this interminable swift And terrible fall, I remember The definition of… Continue Reading
6/2023
England’s borders were never open, Not since the days when all peoples Mixed across geography and its boundaries, And before Anglo-Saxon was even An idea in historians’ minds. Populated by… Continue Reading
5/2023
This is new. Hair, skin, arms, Entwined in light. By now, our Electricity has fused And bound us to each other’s Sweat, Tears, extremities. With each Inhalation, every Touch, we… Continue Reading