he placed his leather jacket

he placed his leather jacket

over her mid-summer shoulders

she thanked him

with a meaningful smile

then she ran

such that he had to chase her

this was how

their life was going to be

beside oceans

also on aeroplanes

his passions

knew no boundaries

descending through mists

landing among sea frets

his desire lifted

to clear his clouded mind

in every part

of every life

there will be absence

was there a cupboard

at the foot of the stairs

in every place

there is another place

a story as yet untold

or never to be told

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I have this thing

I have this thing

which I wish to do

that I want to bring into being

yes it is work of sort

but a creative effort

to bring a purpose

there will be writing

and reading

and recording

also art

of ones own

also art by others

this will be

my outpouring

for anyone who wishes

to make a connection

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we awake to death

we awake to death

at the nerve ends

of our existence

those sharp tingling

pains of chronic waste

see there goes another one

and another behind the thigh

on the rim of the knee

somewhere between the shin bone

and the ball of the ankle

in this way we are reminded

of our body’s impermanence

for one half of the sensation

is a new life beginning

samsara

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you invited me

you invited me

and I was compliant

yet unable to begin

the deeper conversation

for it was

your line dance

your island

your cottage

your double bed

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in two thousand and five

in two thousand and five

after a bit of a wobble I took a decision

to try not to forget

to keep you alive

through poetry and dreams

and meditation

in two thousand and twenty one

i asked our son if we could begin

a deeper conversation

yes a story he said

because he doesn’t do feelings

he suggested to base it on call of duty

my father, his grandfather had been

a paratrooper in the second world war

shot down

left hanging in a tree

until he was recovered

who knows where

my brother jack

puts me straight

about the facts

of my father’s injury and capture

he also gifts me the belief

that this should be his story

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