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4 May: A Cadralor Poem
A Few Thoughts After Lunch 1.There’s a bird by his foot. It doesn’t fly.It’s not asleep, and it doesn’t move.It waits for him to turn the soil,so it can peck at what’s trapped beneath. 2.The air is still as grey. Grey is never noticed.Invisible. Unseen as the back of a page.I remember the Grey Man.…
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3 May: The Video Call
The Video Call It sounds like there’s a string quartetin her living room, but she says it’s the radio. Her table is lit with tea lights, candles thattwinkle, they wink at you, probably scented like spruce or pine or something herbalcalled Howling Horse. She says she’s unwell. We’ve known each other our whole lives.Our mothers…
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2 May: Two Chairs in an Empty Field
Two Chairs in an Empty Field We’ve hours to spare, and indifference to endless road work. The Autobahn is walking pace – we are two empty chairs in a field going nowhere. That ache down my leg woke me again. Again, we’re back to the back. L4. L5. Couldn’t stay in bed, so I walked…
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April 2023: Last Photo on the Card
The StoreBaelt Bridge in Denmark. This post is in response to Brian’s monthly challenge Last Photo on the Card. Brian (aka Bushboy) asks for the Last Photos on your phone/camera/SD card. Here is the last shot taken using my iPhone 14Pro Max. Shared on Twitter with @bushboywhotweet
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30 April: An Eddying Swirl
Her Eddying Swirl It’s those clouds in forked streaks.Shades of blue and contemplation, How long has it been between kisses. She was once ripe with birth.She was once more than taffeta. Life is an eddy, a swirl, and one dayher heart will forget to beat, but for nowshe wonders, Who am I to feel so…
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30 April: A-to-Z Challenge
Z is for ZL You feel an icy danceof blades on your face, intense as a matador’sfixed gaze on a bull. And trees are loud asangels’ horns in the wind. It’s a shattering touch,winter’s frozen drizzle. For A-Z Challenge. ZL: the abbreviation for Freezing Drizzle. Written for the A-to-Z Challenge. Declared theme for the challenge…
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29 April: A-to-Z Challenge
Y is for Yellow Snow In golden waves, and in your eyes.A blinding language. This pollen, is a Midas fog. From pines, drifting on winter’s last snow. But the boy’s three, and everything’s about wee and pee. A-Z Challenge. Yellow Snow: Snow given a golden or yellow appearance by the presence in it of pine,…
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28 April: A-to-Z Challenge
X is for an X-Ray Burst Not stars nor moon,it’s a pinprick of sun.Its negativity pulls at your core. Invisible.Blistering.A lightning scar. And the air itches with calamity. For A-Z Challenge. X-Ray Burst: In solar-terrestrial terms, a temporary enhancement of the X-ray emission of the sun. The time-intensity profile of soft X-ray bursts is similar…
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27 April: A-to-Z Challenge
W is for Wintry White dovesWaiting in the apple treeWhile snow falls It’s apple on the table weather, so the tree understands expectations. For A-Z Challenge. Wintry: when a low pressure system produces a combination of winter weather (snow, freezing rain, sleet, etc.) that present a hazard, but does not meet warning criteria. Written for…
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26 April: A-to-Z Challenge
V is for Virga And too soon she’s gone.A wisp. Taken flight throughan open door. Her voice as a memory lingers.It’s as if she’d fallen from a cloud,and evaporated. For A-Z Challenge. Virga: Streaks or wisps of precipitation falling from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground. Written for the A-to-Z Challenge. Declared theme…
