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Saturday, 26 March 2022

Out Of Space - Matter Of Fact

I declare
You are my meteor star
Curving through the curved air
Of a deeper love
Steeper than the steepest mountain
A fountain of youth and truth and beauty

So light, so happy
On a blue sky Saturday
Such a tight feeling
That says love stay with me
The keeper of the song
All in all another beautiful day


 

Friday, 25 March 2022

Hardly A Ripple - On The Pond

In this aloneness
There are no leaders to follow
No instructions to misunderstand

I can go my own way
Even if I stumble
And yes, sometimes fall

The moorhen
Plunges half of her body
Headfirst, into the black water


 

Thursday, 24 March 2022

Stabilisation - Reclamation

I could be anywhere
But happen to be here
Trying my best to fall over

Listen to the waves
Listen to the wind
Listen to the curlew or plover

Taking a photograph
Of reeds and grasses
Flattened by the flood-waters


 

Wednesday, 23 March 2022

Slide - Ending In Calm

The rains have been
The sea has been
The salt flats are soddened

The ground slips
Beneath my fanciful trainers
I do a kind of arthritic splits

The style stays with me
One more accident
In a lifetime full of calamities


 

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Before The Voice - Simply The Stature

I will have this moment
Nothing can take that away
And so it is also with zillions
Of previous memories

But this particular time
Of decision and indecision
Needs to find its own secure place
On the see-saw of life

That is why I mention
The Victoria Sponge
And the cup of Americano coffee
As I look out over marsh and sea

I thought it was my friend the farmer
With a walkie-talkie
Looking for the Red Kite
But I could have been mistaken