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Friday, 22 August 2014

Hallgarth in August

The lights are out, the power is down, rain beats it's way through the trees. The tittle tattle of a thousand and one creatures is silenced. A perfect time for contemplation, let my meditation CD begin. I’ve listened until my toes tingled, and for sure there were a couple of power naps along the way.

The rain is gone, the traffic returns, the railway too, but not yet any sight, or sound, of the power.


Thursday, 21 August 2014

Seersucker

Soft blue sky
Warm winds breeze
Too enticing to leave
Time to plunge
To swim in Cleethorpes sea

Mother and daughter
Wet and wild and free
Twist their cotton garments
As my mother used to wring
The washing, back in 1963


Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Natural Beauty

Immense storms wash out
The heavily thunderous black sky

Preparation for the blue light
The delightful blue sea of morning


Tuesday, 19 August 2014

Relinquish

Your hands on the wheels
My eyes slowly closed
Sat by your side

The aroma of warm rapeseed
Hits me in the instant
That we judder to a standstill

How then to let the eyes close again
Unable to trust my own instincts
Unsure of future cloudless skies


Monday, 18 August 2014

Inevitable Decay

The teenage boys have gone
The girls soon followed on
All that the parents can say
The young fathers are away too

All thats left here, in this place
Are the wasted-today cobwebs
Of King Coal’s once fortune zoo