The Oracle She stands in the cave mouth, gazing down at the sea, blue, glittering. On the sea is a white-sailed boat. In the boat is a man, black-bearded, with a request. She is a mouth nothing more to the man, who is nothing more than a black beard to her. The cave yawns; the […]
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Haibun for an uneasy peace One day These things are mine Hope Rage Sunflowers Vixen sniffs the wind
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B00FMR7Y0U? Insouciance Insouciance This morning where the thrushes sing unseen and where the blackbirds hunt, spring marches on relentless as the movement on the eastern front. […] Read more … Evensong The birds sang at evening beneath the gently falling rain, and nothing stirred that I could see, no eyes peered silently, […] Read […]
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Imbolc the world crisped new not a banknote […] Read more …
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No music, only dreams Read here, and find much more of her wonderful poetry. Note: There is also a book available:
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Night walks Read the poem here.
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A lover In the hanging trees, the shrivel-fruit are dark as no-moon and bitter as sloes, black the shadows, pinched, a dead hand’s grip. Through the leaf-rustle I wade though briar’s cruel canes bar the way, … Read more …
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After the fire After the fire The fire is ash, the dark sky darker, and the rain falls heavy as sorrow. There was no tapping at the window, the places set remained empty, […] Read more …
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The sun is on the meadow The sun is on the meadow The sun is on the meadow, the hawk is on the wing, and beneath the leaves’ dry murmur, I can hear the chaffinch sing. […] Read more …
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