The umbrella dances to the song of the rain Up and down, open and closed as the showers pass intermittently Delicate wire frame strung beneath the lightest of covers My fingers hover gentle, I don’t want to break it Both strong and fragile simultaneously Fine bones and beak spring to mind As when I handled […]
Every day we enter the virtual world through our screens – some spend more time here than others. Even if you have no social media accounts, where do you bank and shop or just ask a question, look up a map? How are you reading this? The virtual world – where does it begin and […]
Outside the sky is polished silver Thunder ripples Sky gongs bonged to call distraction to attention My brain is grinding words slowly Granular meaning, awkwardly applied The plumbing is rusty from lack of flow Many are discarded Few make the cut My dog jerks at another roll of thunder I murmur words of distracted comfort […]
I’m refining. I prefer the word refining to minimising. The latter feels like I am eroding my pile of belongings whilst the former hints at perhaps, using better judgement to choose what remains. Writing, as a craft, is a little like the acquisition process. Eventually, after years of choosing far too many words and then […]
