The poignant shore ...

Earlier we swam out amongst the Sunday yachts -

I looked back towards the shore -

Those dads barbecuing -

Those deck chairs -

Those sunbathing girls -

Those cherished toddlers -

All those little moments -

How poignant it all was -

How sad and wonderful -


14.31
Sunday 30 June 2019

South Beach
Studland
Dorset 

Cooking beetroot ...

Today we bought beetroot to cook -

Like Marco's cook, in the wooden house -

I gazed at the swollen roots, the thick stems -

I remembered the courtyard near the well -

The Frenchwoman in the garden -

The high palm trees shading the white shore -

Marco's smile -

The boy on the motorbike -

The dark furniture in the high ceilinged rooms -

The bright boats on the warm ocean -


20.42
Saturday 29 June 2019

The Old Schoolhouse
East Stoke
Dorset

Wonders in the sky ...

I found a late night X Files on the smart TV -

The Smoking Man was whispering secrets -

There was UFO light bathing the interior of an aircraft hanger -

Dana was with the lone gunmen -

I remembered how my dad loved the X Files -

He was especially fond of Fox -

I always looked up at the sky he said -

I always hoped to see a saucer -

I pictured him -

Straight backed, scanning the clouds over the seaport -

Longing to see wonders in the sky -


23.45
Thursday 27 June 2019

The Old School House
East Stoke
Dorset

The year's first swim in England ...

Seagulls flew above the pines -

The fabric of the deck chair billowed in the wind -

The waves carried me towards the shore -

They knew the weight I carried in my heart -


Thursday 27 June 2019

South Beach
Studland
Dorset 

We were prophets ...

I was one of twelve thousand, bearing witness in the city -

Old and young, we were one -

We gathered by the river, waiting for the hour -


We were undaunted by the spiel of hollow men -

The wiles of the great ones -

We were prophets speaking truth to power -


Wednesday 26 June 2019

London 

Reading New Worlds ...

When I read these stories I'll be twelve again-

Dreaming of rockets and beautiful planets -

I'll be thin and brown on a rocky shore -

Sipping a coke in Toni's bar -


June 24 2019

Lyme Regis

Sky and sea becoming one ...

We followed the wavering path through harts-tongue ferns -

A bird sang unseen -

The air was warm and still, heavy with moisture -

We were far from the world of cliff tops and windswept grass -


Yet high above Pinhay Bay, we glimpsed the sea -

A pale blue smoky mirror -

Sea fret veiling the waves -

Sky and sea becoming one -


Monday 24 June 2019


Above Punhay Bay
Devon