Elemental

  Elemental Last month’s rain seeps through brickwork, falls through nothing then splashes. Woodsmoke snakes between boat and roof, flattened by the tunnel. Water churned by the propeller bounces off two walls then settles. The tiller’s oak is warm under my hand. Every so often it shudders.          

Coat-hanger

first of all – apologies – I have done this back to front – and I never knew that was how to spell coat-hanger   is where you will find the neatly folded navy blue nine to five next to the colours that clash Saturdays there is the waterproofed ready for any weather and the […]

Jack the Dripper

He prefers to use sticks, trowels, knives and dripping fluid. The floor is his preference so he can see it from all sides. His body, gravity and viscous flow of paint create spirals, fractals drips and splatters. It is all encompassing. There is nothing else. He has no fear of changes The painting has its […]

Truth

Truth It’s the truth. You can face it if you want, duck it if you don’t. Twist it if you like, say what’s wrong is right. But nevertheless it’s the truth. Or is it?

Idealism

I wish the world was a better place where no one died a violent death or starved for want of basic food or choked on a polluted breath. I’d like to think there’s one solution on which humanity could agree. Will it be a revolution? Tried it once; it’s not for me. So, here I […]

Day 15. Abstracts

  Abstracts. Oo-er. Here’s ‘Fear’ by Ciaron Carson: http://www.poetryarchive.org/poem/fear (Thank you for the idea, Paul – Alone and fearful in an alien city.) Give your poem an abstract title. Then fill it with concrete images.