2023

Landslide

There was a hotel here:grand it was before the ground slipped awayfrom under its feet,leaving doll’s house roomsopen to larger eyesbefore reaching the tipping point,doors sliding into dust Now tree roots bind its remainsinto packed bunches below the surface:a kind…

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Not Phoenix

This is not Phoenix, though birds are born again from the mysterious marshand recycling is in evidence There is heat too,feet on burned ground,suspicious vehicles surroundingthe hidden broadand desertout beyond the Yare:ruins of old civilisations,sails and wheels A marsh harrierdisguised as a…

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The sands of time

Autumn comes lapping round my ankleslike an incoming tide It is a Sunday in Augustand I stand barefoot in the sands of time An unexpected breeze touches my mind – flames in my brain set by an arsonist:parts of me are…

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Crazy golf

In the clifftop garden the flowersare orange and yellowbut the stream is dry She gazes into the futureI stare into the past: I need special glassesbut still the image is fuzzy  We play crazy golf:it is a close match Out at…

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