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In the distance, the permanent close distance,The uniform tempo looms.It booms.The steady, slow, dull, dread, drone of a timpani of tyranny.The throbbing thud of armour-plated hooves on the ground,Heavy and steady,Marching in perfect time.Cloaked in shadows with no weight,They weigh in with punches made of leaden leather memories.Jabs of childhood,Crosses of marriage,Parental uppercuts,Pounding, pounding, pounding.OneContinue reading “Punchbag”

When the dawn light meets the moon sight, In the blink of a Magpie’s eye, The slate grey clouds are warmed, And with no time to stay They quickly wash on by.

    We knew each other like a butterfly knows an ancient tree;You were there all of my life. But now those delicate wings of yellow sleep,In the silence of an ocean deep,And the leaves fall like tears down oak bark cheeks. To be the mother of a song is to gift joy.So, when notesContinue reading “The butterfly and the tree”

Sat on a barrow above the bones of some other’s ancient ancestors, Ourselves, resting, on a cushion of dried ochre pine needles dropped over many years.The late summer sun dissolves over the Sussex downs as it has done since long before we gave them that name.The brilliant light picks out the passing flecks of silhouettedContinue reading “A Sussex sundown”

I wrote this for Mental Health Awareness Day after spending time reflecting on my darker days. ………………….. The suffocating silence of the crowd breathes heavily through the stone walls built of granite bricks chiselled into shape and place by the masons of neglect. And the Facebook post read; “here if you need me”. Skin, heavyContinue reading “The Mason’s neglect”

There is a green field far away,Without a barbed wire wall,And in that field sits a canvas church,That claims to welcome all. The priest sits in the pulpit high,And calls the flock to prayAnd like all good obedient lambs,They beg to be let to play. No sacrament is shared herein,In fact, nothing is free,But you’reContinue reading “Canvas Church”

April 12. Today’s brief; try writing a poem that makes reference to one or more myths, legends, or other well-known stories, that features wordplay (including rhyme), mixes formal and informal language, and contains multiple sections that play with a theme. Try also to incorporate at least one abstract concept – for example, desire or sorrowContinue reading “The game”

April 5. We were asked to choose a musical genre and a line for inspiration then select one or more words from a list to include in our poem – I chose to try and use them all in a frivolous poem Imagine, if you would,A centaur playing a dulcimer aboard a yacht,Its hooves tipContinue reading “The centaur and the dulcimer”