Perplexed by the passage of your passing; the path you have chosen not to complete. Death, that easy option, that ever-lasting expression of nothing more than defeat. Through your dangling obituary death speaks: “dirges from […]
Month: May 2015
Renovated Dream
I’m living in a renovated dream. Walls come tumbling down before my eyes. Rose-coloured glasses wash away the theme of ‘tangerine trees and marmalade skies’. Gone is the porter, that plasticine man. Gone from his […]
So Be It
So be it. Luck and chance have had their fun: coins flipped, dice tossed, cards dealt with nonchalance. So be it. In the end the deed is done; that flippant toss invites a strong response. […]
Elliptical Stance
An elliptical stance; a solstice night; remnants of Autumn; blanket of leaves; haiku syllables; captured sound and sight; severe frost; white footsteps; icicled eaves. Snippets, half-formed, in the absence of heat; cold-fusion; liquid air; saturated; […]
Beautiology
What business has science in beauty’s art? Is beauty to be studied, laid out bear, exposed, analysed, to be pulled apart; interrogated crudely, hair by hair? I have heard ‘beauty’ many times expressed: “… as […]
Monarch’s Nurse
You are the keeper of a chrysalis. The holder of a butterfly in wait. Do you appreciate her emphasis; sensitivities; condition of her state? Are you in touch with her proclivities? Are you conscious of […]
One More Sonnet 