The mundane is wordless Breathless The doldrum sea Quiet Tracking up Tracking down Loading rocks A leaf skitters past on the breeze Drop the rocks into the basket The dust rising Clinging to sweat along my arms Running rivulets down my spine Load the rocks Drop the rocks Turn Bird song Lizard scrambles A plane […]
I read a book yesterday One of the kind that fell into my lap Well in the modern era – and being in a rural area – I actually downloaded it but on the advice of a friend A friend I could have kissed several times during the couple of hours it took me to […]
My mind Like a Fibonacci spiral Unravelling before me This path I walk Around and around Winding tighter Each poem a replica Of the same process That aha moment As I reach the end And then I begin Again +++ It begins with a poem – my poetry is my process – it unwinds and […]
It’s 11.00pm My mind is like a beast that won’t be soothed It wants to worry about things over which it has no control And over And over It is ignorant Like an animal That paces futilely in a pen Again it checks it’s boundaries And again Rattles And roars I sing a lullaby softly […]
I watch you come bustling hustling through the door drop your bag Immediately stop And look around for more Wander towards the fridge The pantry The kettle What will you have in this little gap before the next big thing on your “to do” list commences Taking over your attention Don’t do that! Don’t fill […]
Mindfulness Quinoa Smashed Avocado Wellness Living a good life means… The conversation swirls coalesces depresses the person who has no idea how to why Wry are their lips as they sip an ordinary coffee and ponder the wonder of tuning in whilst all around them are tuning out Have you ever sat alone and listened […]
You sit across from me There are two here and another one just there But they don’t hear you ask “what is it you eat?” with that half bored expression of not really being interested in your own question And I blink Start to think Come – with – me No I don’t want to […]
