From where I sit, I watch a public stage; a cast of shadows with seasonal script. Impromptu cameos that shall not age; characters unrehearsed and unequipped. A festival of snippets with short parts; segmental sentences: […]
Tag: shakespeare
Ten Times Over
In pursuit of perfection’s guarantee we chase that which is better than the best. Nothing could not “ten times the better be” as steadied, then readied, for Time’s cruel test. All the world’s treasuries do […]
Best at Dawn
To a hillside, a crop of houses cling, overlook a harbour; a city-port. White-washed walls absorb a sunlit morning. Train-tracks and traffic underline a thought. Birds, gulls and terns, etch the sky with traces of […]
Out of Nothing
Make something out of nothing. Justify effort. Zero sum. Write a nil report on emptiness with white clouds on blue sky. Null and void substance. Abstractions of nought. Make something out of nothing. Vacant plot […]
To some extent…
A thoughtful pose has contemplative poise; its purpose is more poignant than profound. In posture it’s positioned and so deploys a line of thought before it breaks new ground. It’s a ponderous thought without anchor; […]
Four-legged Rort
To overcome the arrogance of thought I must learn to draw what’s seen not known, I must then, confront the four-legged rort that would have my tables with all legs shown. For as long as […]
One More Sonnet 