Thursday, 12 February 2026

Late afternoon in Salisbury

Jake singing quietly - 

Immersed in Mobilo -

Looking up with his gentle smile -


Salisbury 

February 2026

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

Blue notes

Litening to blue notes, you held my hand  -

I love seeing you I said -


You held my hand more tightly -

I thought I want to tell you everything -


There were more blue notes - 

More moments of you - 


Your smile -

The warmth of your hand -



Swanage 

February 2026

Longing for sleep

Longing for sleep - 

Those deep pools - 

Those still shores.-


February 2026

Monday, 9 February 2026

Being made of air

Beguiled by tattered shreds of a poster -

Tongues of paper hanging from a wall -

By the words a day of trance -

I imagined myself dancing -

Being made of air -


Bournemouth 

February 2026

Sunday, 8 February 2026

Each silent moment


A yacht on the still sea -

The reflection of the mast on the water -

The heaped flints on the sand -

Each silent moment a pearl of memory -


South Beach
Studland 

February 2026

Saturday, 7 February 2026

Joyous birds

Wearing my Charborough tweed -

A lobster sashshaying to the beat of the XR drums -

Singing our way through the rainy streets -

Past Pret a Manger and Wetherspoons -

Holding up kindly flags -

Laughing with the comrades -

Passionate words like joyous birds -


Bournemouth 

February 2026

Friday, 6 February 2026

Reading The Line of Beauty

I'm reading The Line of Beauty -

I remember the house in Highgate -


The beautiful manners of my hosts -

The boy with the Eton tie -


February 2026