Poems

Left

11 September 2014 1:00 pm

Who is there left that you can talk to? Days go by. ‘Friendless, deserted’ (The Beggar’s Opera?) — left in…

Out of Reach

11 September 2014 1:00 pm

Think of a hand-slip, a spun summit bothered by mist, the whirr and thrum of dark metals, a stranded face…

Left

11 September 2014 1:00 pm

Who is there left that you can talk to? Days go by. ‘Friendless, deserted’ (The Beggar’s Opera?) — left in…

Out of Reach

11 September 2014 1:00 pm

Think of a hand-slip, a spun summit bothered by mist, the whirr and thrum of dark metals, a stranded face…

The Indian lady at the chemist

6 September 2014 9:00 am

I trust her look the shadow round her eyes her level stare explaining paracetamol these ones are strong take them…

The Indian lady at the chemist

4 September 2014 1:00 pm

I trust her look the shadow round her eyes her level stare explaining paracetamol these ones are strong take them…

The Indian lady at the chemist

4 September 2014 1:00 pm

I trust her look the shadow round her eyes her level stare explaining paracetamol these ones are strong take them…

Like a Prayer

30 August 2014 9:00 am

The heat in the day-room can put you to sleep there’s a man reciting the days of the week like…

Like a Prayer

28 August 2014 1:00 pm

The heat in the day-room can put you to sleep there’s a man reciting the days of the week like…

Like a Prayer

28 August 2014 1:00 pm

The heat in the day-room can put you to sleep there’s a man reciting the days of the week like…

80 sq yds per gallon

23 August 2014 9:00 am

Nothing brings him to the door quite as surely as Silexine Watertight, the complete waterproofer. One Imperial Quart. Opened this…

80 sq yds per gallon

21 August 2014 1:00 pm

Nothing brings him to the door quite as surely as Silexine Watertight, the complete waterproofer. One Imperial Quart. Opened this…

80 sq yds per gallon

21 August 2014 1:00 pm

Nothing brings him to the door quite as surely as Silexine Watertight, the complete waterproofer. One Imperial Quart. Opened this…

One Afternoon

16 August 2014 9:00 am

In Aljezur we took a walk And paused above the river where, Among the rushes, swifts and fish, We saw…

One Afternoon

14 August 2014 1:00 pm

In Aljezur we took a walk And paused above the river where, Among the rushes, swifts and fish, We saw…

One Afternoon

14 August 2014 1:00 pm

In Aljezur we took a walk And paused above the river where, Among the rushes, swifts and fish, We saw…

Two Roads

9 August 2014 9:00 am

There are the fast people who check their emails hourly, engage with Twitter and multi- task their way through the…

Two Roads

7 August 2014 1:00 pm

There are the fast people who check their emails hourly, engage with Twitter and multi- task their way through the…

Two Roads

7 August 2014 1:00 pm

There are the fast people who check their emails hourly, engage with Twitter and multi- task their way through the…

Rosa Wedding Day

2 August 2014 9:00 am

More than a thousand buds have arrived in the garden. Yesterday I looked and there were none. Tangled into a…

Rosa Wedding Day

31 July 2014 1:00 pm

More than a thousand buds have arrived in the garden. Yesterday I looked and there were none. Tangled into a…

Rosa Wedding Day

31 July 2014 1:00 pm

More than a thousand buds have arrived in the garden. Yesterday I looked and there were none. Tangled into a…

My Grandmother Said

12 July 2014 9:00 am

It was the First World War. Her husband was away. So she knew fear, but also found new freedom in…

My Grandmother Said

10 July 2014 1:00 pm

It was the First World War. Her husband was away. So she knew fear, but also found new freedom in…

My Grandmother Said

10 July 2014 1:00 pm

It was the First World War. Her husband was away. So she knew fear, but also found new freedom in…