***
the ship
sailed
to the horizon
then it fell off
the edge of the world
***
the child
wondered
what went on
behind
the sky
***
***
sitting
in the old gnarled
apple tree
the child felt safe
and looked beyond
***
the child
caught tadpoles
and put them in jam jars
she cried
when one by one they all died
***
folded
newspaper boats
ticked
the ribs
of the lake
***
the child
played
with the quicksilver
spread it apart
but it joined itself together again
***
four
but three and one
then three but two and one
two but one and one
now only one
***
the
porcelain
doll
she sat
and watched
***
whose daughter ?
unbelonging
not belonging
no place
no time
***
the child
lost
herself
in
the landscape
***
the fairy child
born
of humans
the womb
empty
***
***
the
archway
painted
dark unknown
constellations
***
moon shining in bedroom
I got up to find light switch
no switch or door ,just walls
and a window with no glass
I reach for the moon
***
if
I had
not awoken
I would not
have seen the lightning
***
***
the
black hand
of the shadow
reached out
and pulled...
***
the
stemless
flowers
stars
in the sky
***
a slice of melon
touches
the top of the hill
I get to the top
reach out, but it is not there
***
the
twisted limbs
of the hawthorn tree
gently cradled
the full moon
***
moon's
silver
rays
silently
restored her
***
the moon
whispered
sweet nothings
to the reflection
in the pool
***
beautiful
wicked moon
reflecting
ocean's
wishful desire
***
two
cats
pounce at once
a frog
escapes
***
dog
sits next to cat, Jade,
on bench
both in
identical poses
***
cat Jade
ever disdainful
edges away
inch by inch
from dog sitting on bench next to her
***
dog watching
cat Jade
intently
Jade
looks straight ahead
***
while I'm writing
about
the cat and dog
a peacock butterfly
alights on these words
***
now
a bumblebee
lands next to butterfly
both resting on my notebook
together
***
I cannot resist
my finger
touches the bee
ever so gently
it tickles
***
I sit on a bench
under willow bower
writing
around a peacock butterfly
and a bumble bee
***
***
the cat
sits
on my thatched swing
swinging
watching the rain
***
***
fat tabby cat
lying on the table
a sudden rainy squall
cat gives daggers look to sky
rain stops, cat resumes cleaning
***
***
tiny spiders
floating
'cross my garden
on
threads of silk
***
I was up early
waiting all day
for a parcel
the cats came in for their evening meal
I waited in vain
***
black
and white cat
leaping
as if competing
in a hurdle race
***
cat climbs carefully
through cat flap
jumps on my lap
gives me a present
a huge fluttering emperor moth
***
a
white cloud
in the sky
mirroring
white cat asleep on shed roof
***
willows
waving
an arch
painting
a rainbow
***
***
voices
of
the flowers
singing
melodies
***
fairy castle
in the sky
clouds keeping it safe
from
prying eyes
***
melancholic sound
of the drowned village
church bells
over the moors
sadness prevailed
***
a distant bell
the sad sound
of the drowned village
to make way
for the reservoir
***
like
downy white feathers
from heaven
cherry blossom petals
floating in the breeze
***
rain
beating against
glass pane
the garden
distorted
***
***
droplets of rain
on
the window
a dot by dot
picture
***
rain
dribbling
down glass pane
into
a river of tears
***
rainstorm
stops
suddenly
everything
clear, bright and detailed
***
at the end
of the point
of each leaf
a perfect
raindrop
***
the field of ravens
looked
at her
and
watched
***
the
loveless
wind's
urgent
confession
***
***
the
wind
was furious
a lonely
windswept tree
***
sky
reflected
in window
seagulls
swooping through the pane
***
blue
origami crane
lists to one side
the sky
unfolded
***
lightning struck
blackened tree
points to the sky
the crows
sit in the next field
***
clear blue evening skies
bright white sun
shining through crystals
rainbows dancing
indoors
***
vexatious
sky
a
false
dawn
***
morning
revealed
a lonely
curled
laugh
***
***
the
motorways
in her mind
rumbled with traffic
all day long
***
walk away
leave
behind
all the baggage
you do not need
***
not
quite
of this world
sort of
half somewhere else
***
the blue beads
on her necklace
came unstrung
she watched them
search for every nook and cranny
***
the soul
itself
sees and hears
opens
all the windows
***
she came
into the room
and watched the sleeping form
then returned
through the walls
***
she
stood still
so long
her secret roots
went into the earth below
***
***
she became
the ghost
of the tree
her unseen roots
reaching into the earth below
***
the sorcerer
wrote in the sandstone
a runic message
time blurred the letters
but the words still potent
***
iridescent
bubbles
floated through the air
fairy
carriages
***
even
when
the sun shone
he was surrounded
in endless night
***
her
silence
unmade
the
past
***
the
puppets
came to life
in
shadowy corners
***
her shadow
deserted
her
and went
in search of its own life
***
***
the
unseen
had changed
their
invisible places
***
the beggars
in doorways
day after day
the hardened hearts
walk on by
***
he
fell down
bleeding
everyone
walked round him
***
she
went
where the wind took her
because
her wings were broken
***
the
thought
taking shape
someone dropped
and broke it
***
behind
the eyes
the pictures
moved
relentlessly
***
unwrap
the parcel
bit by bit
but it won't
go back together again
***
stopped
at
the crossroads
there
was no signpost
***
***
the
roads
led nowhere
only
back to themselves
***
the marionettes danced
then
someone cut their strings
the stringless puppets
stepped off the stage
***
inwardly
she
knew
she
understood
***
he
was
a magician
he
lies
***
***
flickered
between
worlds
belonged neither to one
or the other
***
the imagination
more real
and vivid
than
the real world
***
she rewrote
the story
of her life
until
she had the life she wanted
***
shop
mannequins
unclothed
a graceful
ballet
***
it
is there
forever
I may
return to it
***
truth
wrung
through the mangle
comes out
unrecognisable
***
she looked
at the room
it wasn't the same
was she looking
through the right eyes?
***
***
your
ghost
hollow
as
your life
***
unexpectedly
broken
they
can't
be mended
***
the ship
sailed
to the horizon
then it fell off
the edge of the world
***
the child
wondered
what went on
behind
the sky
***
***
sitting
in the old gnarled
apple tree
the child felt safe
and looked beyond
***
the child
caught tadpoles
and put them in jam jars
she cried
when one by one they all died
***
folded
newspaper boats
ticked
the ribs
of the lake
***
the child
played
with the quicksilver
spread it apart
but it joined itself together again
***
four
but three and one
then three but two and one
two but one and one
now only one
***
the
porcelain
doll
she sat
and watched
***
whose daughter ?
unbelonging
not belonging
no place
no time
***
the child
lost
herself
in
the landscape
***
the fairy child
born
of humans
the womb
empty
***
***
the
archway
painted
dark unknown
constellations
***
moon shining in bedroom
I got up to find light switch
no switch or door ,just walls
and a window with no glass
I reach for the moon
***
if
I had
not awoken
I would not
have seen the lightning
***
***
the
black hand
of the shadow
reached out
and pulled...
***
the
stemless
flowers
stars
in the sky
***
a slice of melon
touches
the top of the hill
I get to the top
reach out, but it is not there
***
the
twisted limbs
of the hawthorn tree
gently cradled
the full moon
***
moon's
silver
rays
silently
restored her
***
the moon
whispered
sweet nothings
to the reflection
in the pool
***
beautiful
wicked moon
reflecting
ocean's
wishful desire
***
two
cats
pounce at once
a frog
escapes
***
dog
sits next to cat, Jade,
on bench
both in
identical poses
***
cat Jade
ever disdainful
edges away
inch by inch
from dog sitting on bench next to her
***
dog watching
cat Jade
intently
Jade
looks straight ahead
***
while I'm writing
about
the cat and dog
a peacock butterfly
alights on these words
***
now
a bumblebee
lands next to butterfly
both resting on my notebook
together
***
I cannot resist
my finger
touches the bee
ever so gently
it tickles
***
I sit on a bench
under willow bower
writing
around a peacock butterfly
and a bumble bee
***
***
the cat
sits
on my thatched swing
swinging
watching the rain
***
***
fat tabby cat
lying on the table
a sudden rainy squall
cat gives daggers look to sky
rain stops, cat resumes cleaning
***
***
tiny spiders
floating
'cross my garden
on
threads of silk
***
I was up early
waiting all day
for a parcel
the cats came in for their evening meal
I waited in vain
***
black
and white cat
leaping
as if competing
in a hurdle race
***
cat climbs carefully
through cat flap
jumps on my lap
gives me a present
a huge fluttering emperor moth
***
a
white cloud
in the sky
mirroring
white cat asleep on shed roof
***
willows
waving
an arch
painting
a rainbow
***
***
voices
of
the flowers
singing
melodies
***
fairy castle
in the sky
clouds keeping it safe
from
prying eyes
***
melancholic sound
of the drowned village
church bells
over the moors
sadness prevailed
***
a distant bell
the sad sound
of the drowned village
to make way
for the reservoir
***
like
downy white feathers
from heaven
cherry blossom petals
floating in the breeze
***
rain
beating against
glass pane
the garden
distorted
***
***
droplets of rain
on
the window
a dot by dot
picture
***
rain
dribbling
down glass pane
into
a river of tears
***
rainstorm
stops
suddenly
everything
clear, bright and detailed
***
at the end
of the point
of each leaf
a perfect
raindrop
***
the field of ravens
looked
at her
and
watched
***
the
loveless
wind's
urgent
confession
***
***
the
wind
was furious
a lonely
windswept tree
***
sky
reflected
in window
seagulls
swooping through the pane
***
blue
origami crane
lists to one side
the sky
unfolded
***
lightning struck
blackened tree
points to the sky
the crows
sit in the next field
***
clear blue evening skies
bright white sun
shining through crystals
rainbows dancing
indoors
***
vexatious
sky
a
false
dawn
***
morning
revealed
a lonely
curled
laugh
***
***
the
motorways
in her mind
rumbled with traffic
all day long
***
walk away
leave
behind
all the baggage
you do not need
***
not
quite
of this world
sort of
half somewhere else
***
the blue beads
on her necklace
came unstrung
she watched them
search for every nook and cranny
***
the soul
itself
sees and hears
opens
all the windows
***
she came
into the room
and watched the sleeping form
then returned
through the walls
***
she
stood still
so long
her secret roots
went into the earth below
***
***
she became
the ghost
of the tree
her unseen roots
reaching into the earth below
***
the sorcerer
wrote in the sandstone
a runic message
time blurred the letters
but the words still potent
***
iridescent
bubbles
floated through the air
fairy
carriages
***
even
when
the sun shone
he was surrounded
in endless night
***
her
silence
unmade
the
past
***
the
puppets
came to life
in
shadowy corners
***
her shadow
deserted
her
and went
in search of its own life
***
***
the
unseen
had changed
their
invisible places
***
the beggars
in doorways
day after day
the hardened hearts
walk on by
***
he
fell down
bleeding
everyone
walked round him
***
she
went
where the wind took her
because
her wings were broken
***
the
thought
taking shape
someone dropped
and broke it
***
behind
the eyes
the pictures
moved
relentlessly
***
unwrap
the parcel
bit by bit
but it won't
go back together again
***
stopped
at
the crossroads
there
was no signpost
***
***
the
roads
led nowhere
only
back to themselves
***
the marionettes danced
then
someone cut their strings
the stringless puppets
stepped off the stage
***
inwardly
she
knew
she
understood
***
he
was
a magician
he
lies
***
***
flickered
between
worlds
belonged neither to one
or the other
***
the imagination
more real
and vivid
than
the real world
***
she rewrote
the story
of her life
until
she had the life she wanted
***
shop
mannequins
unclothed
a graceful
ballet
***
it
is there
forever
I may
return to it
***
truth
wrung
through the mangle
comes out
unrecognisable
***
she looked
at the room
it wasn't the same
was she looking
through the right eyes?
***
***
your
ghost
hollow
as
your life
***
unexpectedly
broken
they
can't
be mended
***
