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; […]
An amplified invasion so disturbs the peace; a cavalcade of decibels on drill: marching the streets, pounding the kerbs. Exploding sound-grenades and mortar shells. A wall of sound, invisible to touch, yet so capable of […]
To this point, there’s a statement of intent: the sending of a message; the promise to commit; it’s this sets the precedent, this then becomes the line of sight, from this all else is judged […]
He came, he went, he left her with the baby. Then (as though hardly-done) he moped his lot. The burden of self-pity said: “save me, I am lost – stripped of cause and future plot”. […]
Once upon a time I presume he danced, for there was rhythm in his shuffling gait. I suppose there was a time when he chanced to skip the pavement, to jump the fence, skate upon […]
When the rose of last year’s love was not replaced, she whispered “I loved you” and shed a tear. She closed her eyes and through her memory traced his pattern; she imagined he was near. […]
