Travel Companion
The journey’s end and returning to the startaduly child, visit to the parent of pastthe mother, the future […]
Project Type: Poetry
146 posts
The Black Wall
The walls have eyesembedded in the grainby their arboreal pastcooncentric creation of years.Blackened boards, tarred preservationembued with dark […]
The Fallen
Lying fallen on winter’s earthneither the beginning nor the end.On a May morning whispering summer’s promisewarmth shone on […]
Mirror
Is the face in your mirror notthe beauty that looks at me?A nose too big, uneven ears,brows that […]
Acclimatised To Silence
Crying, my first sounds,and I cried for two years more.I cried for hunger, I cried of anger,I cried […]
Empty Room
The strong walls we buildprotecting our private worldsvestibules of our secrecycompartments for our sanity.Rooms, communal we sharecostumed and […]
Feed the King
Clean sharp linesthe glowing displaycolourful temptationpromising instant satisfaction.Served in a bunchicken or beefsingle serving condimentspresented on a plastic […]
Go!
The place where you used to sitno longer has your shape.Your framed face adorns a wall,now your presence […]
The Vulnerable Reason
You were differentfrom the crowd of conformingstanding out,aware of your uniquenessthat you worewith undrerstated pride.Like the othersyou performed […]
Flirtation of light
Reflecting, the world is not as it seems.Appearing static on the great flow,images distorted, golden lines blurred, wrinkled […]
As I Lie
After my fall, I lieAs I have been lying,to create a mythology of existence,the reality of an untruthful […]
Georgian Squares
Coal holes in resplendent decorationa reminder of darker timeswhen sulphurus clouds would hang lowover Georgian squares in colonial […]
Thirty Minutes
Two dark windows to sadnessa smile to bury the pain.Waiting for the next customerbreathing nicotine to kill time.Beneath […]
Dark Room
The dark room, light fledwhen I clicked the switch,unheard noises fill the space,creak of wood, gurgles in pipes.Waiting.. […]
Rendezvous
Your fall, golden death, so admired. Wind blown, destination unknown. A surrender to the air laid to […]
BFF
You see me, a singularity, A person of solitude, But I have company. My companion, a constancy, A […]
The Square
The Square The dark lines lead the way, to carry the eye and our path follows, each one […]
Silent Faces
Silent Faces Faces of time that do not tick, numbered and silent, they look out at passing lives […]
Crack
Brick and mortar, rough reality beneath the smooth render of a public face. The first crack, goes unnoticed. […]
The Creeper
The Creeper These months I have admired you Lit by the summer sun Casting a shadow, an elegant […]
