Hannah and Holly and Jade and Jen

Hannah and Holly and Jade and Jen walked from the hills to the shore in the sun for a swim.Hannah blew bubbles and sang a tune – then the others joined in and they played until noon.They’d frolic and gambol whilst down by the sea – as the sun cracked a smileas wide as can […]

More than myself

Can I create more than myself And if I can, must I? Is livelihood (like solitude) About to pass me by? At times we associate With a view  – a sight to see A sense of fatal curfew – Of our own mortality Can I build a house to share – Must I share it […]

She

She tells a joke – I laugh aloud She shouts obscenely – I agree She wanders over to The other side – I laugh, aloud, At me Caught in life’s maze – A puzzle solved Caught in the rip Within the sea I raise my hand For help to come Life yet lived – My […]

Best friend

Fallen from the table Devoured in an instant Opportune, she lives for here and now Like smile on an infant   Found amongst the grass Eaten – pure instinct The lips, the sense of smell inspect What to us is non-existent   She lives her life from down below We live ours from up above […]

Bart Simpson and the little girl

Her feet didn’t touch the ground Hard when in the air Dummy was her parents’ new best friend Brought silence, to be shared   Bart Simpson kept her company Twisties fell to floor She smiled as she turned her head Inquisition knocked on door   Movement, ever, oh so fast Tablet entertaining Attentive of the […]

My bird

The bird seemed to follow my roving eye As he walked beyond where I lie He seemed to know, with eye I spy – Sitting there that day. He never seemed to have a care No matter for how long I stared Or how controlling was my glare He was there, it seemed, to stay […]