In Defence of a Nightwatchman
I’ve had a few lapses with my writing a poem a day but maybe can catch up near the end of the month. I’m reading a few poets in translation … Continue reading
On
On This watch is automatically aligned to the body movements of the wearer, meaning when that person lies down its hands close together at twelve o’clock, three o’clock and nine … Continue reading
Love Song to a Meteor
I ‘ve skipped a day so two posts in one today. Love Song to a Meteor I love the way you disguise yourself as precious; you are jet-bronze, but sensible … Continue reading
Dewi Danur -Goddess of the Lake
Dewi Danu is a Balinese goddess who lives on Mount Batur and controls the crops. She hangs outside my bedroom with her ‘sister’ and a red dragon. I like to … Continue reading
Victory
I wrote a poem but accidentally deleted it…the picture will have to suffice until I return. Victory The question, even on a small scale, is, how does the ship get … Continue reading
What ships make us do
What ships make us do I imagine you in the middle of a field in that far country, planting beans and clover. This is actually what you do. It sounds … Continue reading
The Dolphin Sundial
I’m going to call this form a Limitation because I have again put a time limitation on the writing of this poem, in this case 15 minutes before I leave … Continue reading
Before – A Fibonarch
This is one of several made-up forms I and other poets devised in a workshop. This is N’s form and my poem having a go at using it. Fibonarch: The … Continue reading
Deleted
Deleted It’s the old story, over and over again, how someone travels to finish something ends up in bed, travels back to ‘confess’ to the wife who he’s living apart … Continue reading
Outside Sheffield Station
An Equinoctial Outside Sheffield Station In the Daytime The waterfall is set to continuous ripple down a length of horizontal steel. People walk alongside their blurred other selves, having stepped … Continue reading
