That moment

Looking up -

Dizzy with scent of cut grass -

Walking barefoot -

Seeing apple blossom on the tree -

Remembering you kissing my cheek -

The shape of your neck -

Your breath against my face -

Wanting that moment never to end -

Swanage

2026 

After the jazz

After the jazz - 

The yearning clarinet -

Lizzie -

Tipsy with the red - 

Zinging with mischief -

Swanage 

April 2026

 

Primroses

Walking to Highwood we saw primroses -

Each pale flower like words spoken in tenderness -

Remembered years afterwards -

The April sun was low in the sky -

Young trees cast slim shadows -

Later, the moon would fill the sky -

Highwood 

April 2026

Invisible voices of joy

We had two teas from Joe's -

Anne still zinging from the sea -

Easter visitors unfurled deckchairs -

A greyhound tiptoed through the waves -

We'd walked on Nine Barrows Down -

It was Easter Sunday -

Skylarks were invisible voices of joy -

Studland

April 2026

Browsing in Black Pug Books

Leafing through a foxed Fontana -

An early Poirot -

Malice in art deco mansions -

The Belgian smiling his fastidious smile -

Wimborne 

April 2026

Water Lane

I imagine living in Water Lane -

The river flowing past my house -

Gentle ghosts on its steep stair -

Exquisite paintings on the walls -

I'd walk there from the cathedral -

Past quiet doorways -

Heating music from gracious rooms -

Remembering joyous afternoons -

I'd imagine you -

Beautiful and smiling -

A clock slowly ticking -

Sunlight falling on a shaker chair -

Water Lane 

Salisbury 

April 2026

Lizzie Gardens

Trees in new leaf in Lizzie Gardens -

Blossoms falling on the grass -

Playing sharks with Jake -

His smiles a promise of summer -

Salisbury 

March 2026