This came to me fast, early yesterday afternoon. I heard the phrase “All of the above” on the radio, and…
8th May 2021Confession: rather optimistic about how much I usually achieve;but that’s poetic licence for you! No: never blues on…
Composed on the same morning as the previous poem, May 4th. 8th May 2021I had intended a fast straight track…
5th May 2021April this year breezed sunny, steadily cool, and shower-less.May, now, has galed in Marchly, its first holidayRain-reining children…
Transcribed 30th April 2021April’s first rain – and today is the 28th!Its drappling of the skylight woke me;So, tea brewed,…
12th April 2021A true Northerly, wind of Arctic dryness,Steadily flecking the bay this April morning. Sky cloudless, sun clearly strongIn…
29th March 2021As you toil up shouldering a heavy sackSome obviously irritated people step back,Stand above the path, to let…
I always say I don’t know where my poems come from; therefore, I can’t know what is wrong when they…
24th February 2021As soon as ease of rain, dress for out! Step from your prisoning house,And with that happy-tinkling keyFirmlock…
The original idea has been stored in my recorder quite a while:as it’s the 31st, and a grotty morning anyway,…