Last time I turned blue Scratchy bills formed big shadows. I'll keep it dull thanks.
The Importance of Avoiding Attention
Kruger Series – The Shallows
Playing is easy Leave the dark waters behind; Feel for the shallows
Kruger Series – Sunbird
To drink up the sun Means everything grey turns pink And love comes easy
Kruger Series – The Myth of the Spotted Lumberjack
She's not heaving wood But rubbing off her fragrance 'Essence of popcorn'
Haiku – Retreat
Sea’s retreating tide Gathers the heart’s jetsam. I’m young when I sleep
Haiku – Lazy Eye
Obscured by shadow; Iridescent in sunlight: The colour of love
The Magpie’s Spell
In a garden shaded by trees, Life outside washes by in the breath of the breeze Which rides the bells of the canterburries Warming to the sunlight bleeding through a perished fence Mr Piebald walks to the stone ring of a bird bath, And gazes dumb, Into the shallow mirror of the pool... Still.... Continue Reading →
The Fool
“Why the hard frown?” I’ve basked in sulphurous pits Waded through ocean’s spit Only to be picked out by this circus clown. Let me sit and “hiss”.
Sea Dogs
After my December trip to the Galapagos islands, I started putting a few verses together, and am hoping to continue on the nature poetry front if I can bring myself to hit 'publish' without too much self-loathing. One of my favourite experiences on this trip was waking up at dawn to photograph the return of... Continue Reading →
