Lattice Work

Strip, after fine strip, of moulder’s clay
Laid, layer upon layer
Over the rounded pebble
Over the old balls of rock

Love upon love of love
Laid bare upon bare
Over the smooth soft skin
Over the nubile bodies

Time after time of time
Laid moment by moment by moment
Over a breeze of precocious preciousness
Over the waking of the still to be woken hearts

Been There Done That
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Arvon

More than one week on
How soon memories fade
Laid on the single bed
When all to do was write
Then read, write; speak
About that which was written

Smitten by the performance
In the pure light of play
Stay with the words, let
The rays shine on your first sight
Crumple up the sheets
Ruffle the pillow cases too

Take what you can
At best instil
Remember the time
When a half pint
Was known as a gill

Been There Done That
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Top View

I climb the stairs
After a 5AM start
Things to be put in order
Horse before the cart

A paperweight in the window
Why, who placed it there
Yes, it is sort of Objet D’art
Yet it cuts right across my stare

Where I see many leaves
Have turned from green
To cherry-red, or orange-brown
Or some other fine colours in between

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Home

Today it rains
Some people, in some places
Say that autumn is now with us
Elsewhere, others say they feel cold

I hold onto none of that disquiet
With love close at hand
Also as escape, some might say
Nowhere though shall I suffer

Halfway now to darkness
Raindrops on window panes
Boilers, wood burners, fired into life
Here, where we are to feel the warmth

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Status Report

How the calmness calms me
How the stillness stills me
How the quietness quietens me
How the blue sky brings out a smile

Its light lighting the trees leaves
Here, there, almost everywhere
Long past the time of blossom
The love of beauty is still transmitted

Somewhere a storm is brewing
Even here there are dark clouds
The first of the raindrops start falling
Though the real trouble is a good way off

Been There Done That
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