He stays up all night With a cow giving birth Looks after poddy calves for all he is worth Happiness inhabiting his soul As he murmurs To small bony heads Big brown eyes And spindly legs That run to meet the one Who offers sustenance He’ll spend his day Praying for rain For the herd […]
I’ve been sad for a few days I’m absorbent like that Melancholy grabs my head Sits on it like a gargoyle This morning My dogs The cows I walked away from my gargoyle Left it by the side of a dusty track It will creep back Eventually Always does Comes looking for love But for […]
It’s raining And for tonight That is poetry enough If you don’t know what I’m talking about – the post is here
Crickets in the grass Calling to the Pale gekko as he crosses the glass Runs around the wall towards them A car whines along the highway It means the breeze is in the north When I can hear them I sit here quietly Waiting for rain There aren’t any moths To rush around the light […]
