Poems

Oh dear

13 June 2015 9:00 am

How many times these days I say those words, Muttering them quietly under my breath Or petulantly as the telephone…

Oh dear

11 June 2015 1:00 pm

How many times these days I say those words, Muttering them quietly under my breath Or petulantly as the telephone…

Oh dear

11 June 2015 1:00 pm

How many times these days I say those words, Muttering them quietly under my breath Or petulantly as the telephone…

Relief

23 May 2015 9:00 am

To draw conclusions from the precise force Exerted by a handshake or a kiss Is to confuse a delta’s civilities…

Relief

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

To draw conclusions from the precise force Exerted by a handshake or a kiss Is to confuse a delta’s civilities…

Relief

21 May 2015 1:00 pm

To draw conclusions from the precise force Exerted by a handshake or a kiss Is to confuse a delta’s civilities…

This is May

2 May 2015 9:00 am

The soot sunk clouds have gone — to blacken someone else’s landscape. The tugging, ripping, girl-fight wind that stole the…

This is May

30 April 2015 1:00 pm

The soot sunk clouds have gone — to blacken someone else’s landscape. The tugging, ripping, girl-fight wind that stole the…

This is May

30 April 2015 1:00 pm

The soot sunk clouds have gone — to blacken someone else’s landscape. The tugging, ripping, girl-fight wind that stole the…

Sign of the Vulcan

25 April 2015 9:00 am

She was considered the cleverest girl in the school, and deservedly so, and as such started the lower sixth with…

Sign of the Vulcan

23 April 2015 1:00 pm

She was considered the cleverest girl in the school, and deservedly so, and as such started the lower sixth with…

Sign of the Vulcan

23 April 2015 1:00 pm

She was considered the cleverest girl in the school, and deservedly so, and as such started the lower sixth with…

A Moment

4 April 2015 9:00 am

There it is, the wren. Keep still. Breathe in. The tiny bird with stumpy tail has landed near the windowsill…

A Moment

2 April 2015 2:00 pm

There it is, the wren. Keep still. Breathe in. The tiny bird with stumpy tail has landed near the windowsill…

A Moment

2 April 2015 2:00 pm

There it is, the wren. Keep still. Breathe in. The tiny bird with stumpy tail has landed near the windowsill…

Stolen Kisses

21 March 2015 9:00 am

This elfin child was taken into care, And maintenance devolved upon the State. His whimpering mother was inadequate, His father…

Stolen Kisses

19 March 2015 3:00 pm

This elfin child was taken into care, And maintenance devolved upon the State. His whimpering mother was inadequate, His father…

Stolen Kisses

19 March 2015 3:00 pm

This elfin child was taken into care, And maintenance devolved upon the State. His whimpering mother was inadequate, His father…

Adam and Eve Take an Allotment

14 March 2015 9:00 am

The figure in the shadows stared at Eve And shook the beans inside the bag. ‘Believe Me, crops of serpentini…

Adam and Eve Take an Allotment

12 March 2015 3:00 pm

The figure in the shadows stared at Eve And shook the beans inside the bag. ‘Believe Me, crops of serpentini…

Adam and Eve Take an Allotment

12 March 2015 3:00 pm

The figure in the shadows stared at Eve And shook the beans inside the bag. ‘Believe Me, crops of serpentini…

Up at the Villa

7 March 2015 9:00 am

Figs, lemons, almonds and holidaymakers, the fronds of palms and those fierce plants whose sharp extrusions in place of leaves,…

Up at the Villa

5 March 2015 3:00 pm

Figs, lemons, almonds and holidaymakers, the fronds of palms and those fierce plants whose sharp extrusions in place of leaves,…

Up at the Villa

5 March 2015 3:00 pm

Figs, lemons, almonds and holidaymakers, the fronds of palms and those fierce plants whose sharp extrusions in place of leaves,…

Small things in the cathedral

28 February 2015 9:00 am

A place to see the little things between the monuments and tombs. As in the chapel of St Gabriel, a…