A black and white, super-furry seat cover
deceives me into seeing, momentarily,
a dalmatian in the driving seat
a poetical response following close observation: pebbles for rivers of stones
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Monday 30 January 2012
Imprinted behaviour
Never mind that we’ve had this dishwasher several years
I still step back to avoid the dripping from the door
of the previous one.
I still step back to avoid the dripping from the door
of the previous one.
Sunday 29 January 2012
From my upstairs window
Sandwiched between the background of iced grass
and the sparrow-coloured sparse-twigged hawthorn hedge
a Sunday parade of buggy-dragging golfers
and the sparrow-coloured sparse-twigged hawthorn hedge
a Sunday parade of buggy-dragging golfers
Saturday 28 January 2012
On my way to buy a morning paper #25
Sadly, the stooped caution of the woman
crossing the potentially icy road
belies the high-flagged confidence
of her vivid scarlet coat.
Friday 27 January 2012
Influence
Awaiting Amazon’s delivery
of the next Mark Billingham
I begin A.L. Kennedy's 'Paradise';
immediately feel altered impact
and glad I resisted Pride and Predj.
Thursday 26 January 2012
On my way to buy a morning paper #24
Pat, of the dirty smoker's laugh
usually in black but today a bright pink fleece
and I try to remember whether
she used to be a head teacher
or was it something I made up
in Alan Bennett mode?
usually in black but today a bright pink fleece
and I try to remember whether
she used to be a head teacher
or was it something I made up
in Alan Bennett mode?
Wednesday 25 January 2012
Yes I know, but now and then, OK?
Smug pleasure as snug
as my tight black jeans
that at sixty-plus
I'm not wearing a nice mauve cardy
and a serviceable-coloured skirt
as my tight black jeans
that at sixty-plus
I'm not wearing a nice mauve cardy
and a serviceable-coloured skirt
Tuesday 24 January 2012
On my way to buy a morning paper #23
Recycling bags
straight-sided and close-packed
along the half-dark pavement edge
An instant, urban Giorgio Morandi
straight-sided and close-packed
along the half-dark pavement edge
An instant, urban Giorgio Morandi
Monday 23 January 2012
Requires no imagination
Low sun through the kitchen window
across the white worktop
where I wiped with a too wet cloth:
casts shadows, makes lace.
across the white worktop
where I wiped with a too wet cloth:
casts shadows, makes lace.
Sunday 22 January 2012
Hope MuDJoB is safe-housed
Fractals of red in my overnight wine glass
illustrate my concern felt on hearing
of an overnight fracture of earth in Chiapas
illustrate my concern felt on hearing
of an overnight fracture of earth in Chiapas
Saturday 21 January 2012
Dilemma
The jigsaw he did last week, when ill
is still sitting on the dining table
Now he's better can I clear it?
Or do I need to wait
until he decides he's well enough?
is still sitting on the dining table
Now he's better can I clear it?
Or do I need to wait
until he decides he's well enough?
Friday 20 January 2012
Seen from the bedroom window
He wears an army parka
balaclava
goggles over eyes
Holds a chainsaw double-handed
and he's chopping down the trees
balaclava
goggles over eyes
Holds a chainsaw double-handed
and he's chopping down the trees
Thursday 19 January 2012
Artistic licence?
The hero in the novel I am reading
receives a beating.
Lies there, blood-stained, mucus, vomit, piss,
and I wonder how he ever regains his self-esteem
sufficiently to fully function later.
receives a beating.
Lies there, blood-stained, mucus, vomit, piss,
and I wonder how he ever regains his self-esteem
sufficiently to fully function later.
Wednesday 18 January 2012
Tuesday 17 January 2012
Winter art
Scraping frost from the glass
white from black interior
I see another version
of Tony Bevan's 'Rafters'
white from black interior
I see another version
of Tony Bevan's 'Rafters'
Monday 16 January 2012
On my way to buy a morning paper #22
Rectangles delineated
by patches of part-frozen ice
scraped from a now-departed car.
by patches of part-frozen ice
scraped from a now-departed car.
Sunday 15 January 2012
End is nigh?
Silence unnaturally thick
and from the window, nothing, very still.
Too easy to believe we're about to tumble off the edge
and from the window, nothing, very still.
Too easy to believe we're about to tumble off the edge
Saturday 14 January 2012
On my way to buy a morning paper #21
Glorious pink promise
dish of dawn
spiced with a scattering
of silhouetted geese
dish of dawn
spiced with a scattering
of silhouetted geese
Padding, not plagiarism
Stories in songs
sung by Dylan and Knopfler
add substance
and voice
to my fictional heroes
sung by Dylan and Knopfler
add substance
and voice
to my fictional heroes
Friday 13 January 2012
Dance class at the gym
Seen from behind
one woman oddly lacking grace,
out of synchronicity
with the others in the row
one woman oddly lacking grace,
out of synchronicity
with the others in the row
Thursday 12 January 2012
Someone else's jigsaw
my fingers itch
pick up the pieces
place correctly
withdraw quickly
hide them once again
pick up the pieces
place correctly
withdraw quickly
hide them once again
Wednesday 11 January 2012
On my way to buy a morning paper #20
A creamy cloud-escaping moon
an unaccustomed quantity of cars
a startling crow
inject a sense of urgency into the dawn
an unaccustomed quantity of cars
a startling crow
inject a sense of urgency into the dawn
Tuesday 10 January 2012
Monday 9 January 2012
Ninety minutes late for the paper
Mis-matched same-age schoolboys
uniform failing to disguise
the randomness of puberty
uniform failing to disguise
the randomness of puberty
Sunday 8 January 2012
Saturday 7 January 2012
Saturday
The house to myself for a whole day
first time in ages
and I am as a long-tethered balloon.
first time in ages
and I am as a long-tethered balloon.
Friday 6 January 2012
On my way to buy a morning paper #19
Lilac clouds this morning
and I ponder on the possibility
of purple rain.
and I ponder on the possibility
of purple rain.
Thursday 5 January 2012
Wednesday 4 January 2012
On my way to buy a morning paper #18 (late)
Clouds both pink and blue,
hedging bets:
sex not yet determined.
hedging bets:
sex not yet determined.
Tuesday 3 January 2012
Heard from my bed
Rolling roaring wound round balls of wind
hyphenated by the clatter of the letterbox
hyphenated by the clatter of the letterbox
Monday 2 January 2012
Sunday 1 January 2012
M shed, Bristol
Four dockside cranes
etchable abstraction,
and diamond-mounted squares
in shades of grey.
etchable abstraction,
and diamond-mounted squares
in shades of grey.
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