Valuables

Ribbed sleeve ends
Bring a structure to proceedings
Provide a firmer bond
To the softer pullover
Here now pull yourself together
What sort of friend
Would a lover make anyway


from The Hebrides - Water and Stone
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Home Service

Ever so, my mother
With her love of letters
Contentment that creeps
As lead on typeface setters
Footsteps in pleasant places
Ragged trousers, wind in sail


from The Hebrides - Water and Stone
Christopher's Poetry collections can be found on iTunes and on kindle by clicking the highlighted links

One Crow to a Tree

One crow to a tree

It's not easy living with you

It's not easy living with me

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

It's heaven just seeing you

It's heaven you just seeing me

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

The ache of not being with you

The ache of not being with me

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

The impossibility of freeing you

The impossibility of freeing me

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

The end, the end of me and you

The end, the end of you and me

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

The thought of hearing from you

The thought of hearing from me

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

The idea of him near to you

The idea of him near to me

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

The tearful fear of fearing you

The tearful fear of fearing me

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

The closure of the dream of me and you

The closure of the dream of you and me

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

One crow to a tree

From the Collection One Crow to a Tree - Love in Separate Houses available from Lulu

Separate Houses

I went to look around a show home

A new development on the edge of the city

It was a Sunday afternoon

Full of rain and wind and cold

The floors had carpets

The windows had curtains

The central heating worked a treat

There was no television

I wrote to you that evening

Said I was sad that we were apart

Happy that I could give you a home

Lost across a sea of my own findings

The brochure said no deposit

Low interest for first time buyers

Solicitors and search fees paid

Assistance with relocation

I had lost all creative imagination

Beaten by my own past beliefs

This wasn't what you wanted

Of that I was uncertainly certain

Another time, I stood at the bus stop

Getting wet in the nights drizzle

I was happy, without sufficient reason

Though well clear of the developers estate

From the Collection One Crow to a Tree - Love in Separate Houses available from Lulu

Beaumont Salon

One sunshine Friday afternoon

Twenty and a few years before today

You should scrunch your hair

She said, when you blow dry it

A new place, a new town

A new island, a new rapturous love

Scrunch your hair, at the back

She said, as you blow dry it

Your hair sure looks good

My lover said; who's done it

Twenty and a few years before today

One sunshine Friday afternoon

From the Collection One Crow to a Tree - Love in Separate Houses available from Lulu