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Sunday 26 December 2021

New

A new place in which to write
A fresh notebook, you guessed
Through the window is a morning light
Which falls on my recently purchased desk

The writing surface withdraws
Leaded-light shadows pattern the walls
Diamonds are what I see, what I saw
For it is above the apple tree where I sit so tall

This is to be another writing place
I hope for quite some while
To be decorated in good taste
For the eventual rapturous writing style

I look down onto racks of shoes
Through the wrought-iron bannister
There are no greys, or blues
Also the handrail is faded from its lustre




Saturday 25 December 2021

Aftermath

It is twenty-eight days since I began
All of it at home
Yet, virtually
A good bit of it away

Perhaps I did find more
By staying in my own place
Whilst visiting
Those other fine places

Keeping my distance
Oddly I now feel closer
More of an attachment
To Lavender Barn

Also to Houghton Hall
To the Cholmondeley’s
Home for sculpture, with
James Turell’s Lightscape

We have received news
From our charismatic leader
On the next phase
Of social distancing, together yet apart

There is peace
There is quiet
There is sunshine
There are orderly queues at the DIY store

Let us all hope
That this societal caring
May continue, who knows, maybe
We may grow to love each other more


Friday 24 December 2021

Norfolk Quartet (4)

In abstensis
I am to leave you
Drive home
Record my movements
Recollect my thoughts
Upload my images
Then to pause, virtually
By the desk
By the computer
By the fullness of past times


Thursday 23 December 2021

Norfolk Quartet (3)

Light before dawn
Light beyond dusk
Light for the silence
Temptations of musk
Light for the noise
Light for the entropy
Light for the continuum
Temptations of rum
Light for the garden
Light for the house


Wednesday 22 December 2021

Norfolk Quartet (2)

Quietly, on open marsh
Listen closely
So so easy simply to be
Salt laden air
Enters the nostrils
Oh such memories of joy
Settled, free and easy
Alone, yet not lonely
Waiting for nothing
Except knowing full well