Where is the equilibrium
Between sparrow and sky
Where is the imbalance
Between blackbird and spy
Is that a thrush
Which waits on the gutter
Or is it the Sainsbury’s van
With two blocks of butter
Oiled clothes collected
And put in the washing machine
Yes you’ve guessed it - Eco wash
To turn out environmentally clean
As Nick Lowe’s song Indian Queens began
I had an instant flashback
To a vacation in Cornwall
With my eldest son
I thought about the meditation garden
Where I bought a small Acer tree
Which now stands out front
And is just coming into leaf
Maybe I should have thought
About my first holiday in Newquay
When four of us stayed in a garden shed
On our way to The Sailors Arms
My tea is cold
It’s time for coffee
With buttered toast
I watch the light
Arrive on the green
Blue skies are here
The move is to recording
In a few minutes
My workplace will be ready
Sunlight reflects
From my neighbours wall
Which is also my wall
To the University
Of the Algarve
Then onwards
To Sul
A collaboration
Making real
The dreams
Forging pathways
With delight
In the treading
To the prospect
Of living cheaply
In Europe
West or East
Before returning
To the growing venture
In Grimsby
Where Seth Lakeman
Is playing soon
More than
Yet also
Further away than
That is farther
Than as you appear
Nearer than
Obscure
Yet clearer than
For sure more sincere
Than you might fear
