We see skin And think it solid Surface appearance That we acknowledge as if the coatings Around those edges are finite Representative Of the individual within They are not. For we are spirits blending and dissolving Into God Someone asked me “What religion do you tick on the statistics” I said none Because I only […]
Seen collectively Trees are easy to dismiss as all the same Time spent with them however Tells a different story They are each unique From bark pattern to leaf To colour to lean To growth And that is one species alone So I go where trees grow To untangle my own Feelings Because feelings To […]
How often we return to the past Because we knew what happened then How it ended And it feels safe Even though Perhaps it failed Or we did Yet the pages had spun all the way to the end And we knew now we could begin again Although the past is always catching up It […]
Sunday Was perhaps the most beautiful day in June I’ve seen Sunny all day Nothing cold (It’s supposed to be winter here) I gardened And pottered I drank tea And afterward I wrote a post For SubStack I haven’t written over there since March I got to the end And nearly left it sitting As […]
I choose the pasta Take the bag Pile it all in Smile And swipe my card Speak to an acquaintance Tick the list Yet underneath I’m writing poetry Trying to make sense Of the thoughts as they pass Lost in the beauty Of a sky Darkening Colours fading As I walk to where I parked […]
There is a pane of glass In my house That the light shines through At 4pm In winter That sunbright shaft Touches the leaves of a plant in the corner That otherwise lives in the dark all day I hold my fingers to the glow Feel them warm Dust motes twirl Turned to gold Magical. […]
We limp along carrying certainty That bucket full of holes Only the pieces I drop Have ever told the truth Today I dropped the burden And walked With empty hands The energy was certain My fingers curled in air It was the bucket that was heavy I tried to carry everything in Without the handle […]
At some stage You become enough And when people walk away You don’t chase If they feel inclined to stay That’s nice Some may prevaricate Standing on the threshold They may threaten you with their absence Or not call Write Hoping you will close your eyes And yearn But don’t, because This is thing they […]
Transformation in the human Is not so obvious as in nature We arrive at the melting pot And overthink The very brink At which it occurs Repeatedly. The caterpillar doesn’t know How not to grow It follows instinct into the cocoon Obliterated it waits Its wings don’t appear They self create And at some point […]
Mary Oliver goes to the woods And I go to my garden Epiphanies bloom like flowers I inhale aromatics Taste parsley and mint Coriander and sage Make herbal teas from the Rosella Lemon balm And thyme Bundles of chives, Kale Bok choy Choy sum And the common lettuce Are added to my breakfast I pluck […]
