Happy Christmas – here’s one I prepared earlier (a few years ago)
The hospice
in here each of us is waiting waiting for the next delivery of laundry to arrive wrapped in plastic neatly folded lightly scented looks as if it has never been used before waiting for the next visitor to arrive with pots in plants wrapped in plastic carefully chosen lightly scented just about to flower in […]
the deaf poet
simmers a soup of leftovers whilst he searches for the right paper without lines without margins he settles down to scratch his creative itch with a yellowing finger he hesitates at the edge scrawling barren furrows in turquoise ink he loses a knife to the floor adding salt he shuffles cooling his soup in the […]
If feet could smell
From inside their socks all laced up in plastic the smell of your body appears olfactively bad, from the odour of dimples to the hum of the shins a repulsive reminder of restaurant bins. Every pore, every sweat gland, harbours a smell. If your feet could start talking you might hear them yell “Clean up […]
A view of washing
maybe something that is written about (I don’t know) but something that is mundane – very late – but I bumped into Val yesterday in Tesco’s car park and I have challenged her to post in the next couple of weeks – so here goes ….. God sat down in his conservatory and noticed […]
summer of ’76
nope – it’s nothing to do with geography but more history … men in green jumpers are easy to spot when the summer is warm when the flagstones are hot with their own set of wheels they cruised down our street giving the women an afternoon treat practical chaps who had brought their own […]
in the art gallery
bearded Renaissance man who shops at Ikea buying cheap print on large canvas cooks beans on toast woman who saves cats raves about Baroque wears patent boots and a gaudy frock in the art gallery they enjoy the space between them in general cats avoid him Baroque makes him queasy a beard is a beard […]
27 February – production
Dear poets I am putting on a production in the English Presbyterian Church, Ruthin on Saturday 27 February 2016. The Tale of the Tylwyth Teg began as a poem and has morphed into a story with music. Doors open at 6.00pm for refreshments. The production lasts an hour. Tickets are £5 (adults) £3 (children & […]
Season’s greetings
just to let you know – I put together some of the photographs of us at Erddig – Robbie added a message to Rachel and we sent it through by way of a thank you – Rachel wishes everyone the best for the festivities hope everyone is having fun and your stockings are lumpy – […]
sea
I dress in water head to toe from stiletto bubble heels to a tiara of diamond droplets which melt drop by drop I leave salty kisses which blister paint crack concrete rust metal I wrap the pull and push of the universe in folds of a velvet fine enough to make a ray of sunshine […]