We're in Curiosity

We're in Curiosity -

Open 363 days a year -

Buying a torch for Jake -  

A toy stunt car with  Jacob on its snarling bonnet -

Glow in the dark moon and stars -

Above us a pale shining sky -

Filled with sadness and love -

Swanage 

November 13 2026 

After hearing the news

We walked in light from heaven -

The world was new again -

All the trees were golden - 

Arne

November 12 2026 

An unmapped continent

Before me is an unmapped continent - 

Nameless stars fill its skies -

The edge of the world runs through it -

November 11 2026 

Watching Black Doves

I'm watching Black Doves -

A beautiful assassin slips off her dress -

Murder cars wait in dark streets -

November 10 2026 

We ran from the sauna to the November sea

We ran from the sauna to the November sea -

You were so brave and beautiful running across the sand -

I told you later that I loved every moment -

The wonderful coldness of the waves -

The sauna as hot as the sun -

Sitting next to you -

Your lovely body only inches from mine -

Studland 

November 9 2026 

Looking at "Gosport In Old Photographs"

I saw the town which had been my world - 

The Ritz Cinema where I'd seen Doctor Zhivago - 

The harbour with the long grey ships - 

The boating lake - 

The small streets where I'd worn my new skin -

Sighing after girls - 

Shutting the book - 

Remembering when my friends were heroes -

When we had wings to chase the moon - 

Sandford

November 8 2926

NIgel's dreadlocks

I miss Nigel's dreadlocks -

His bright clever eyes -

How he wore shorts even when the air was icy -

Rescued donkeys -

Could quote Berkman -

Got up at dawn to walk the salty lanes above the bay -

Thin body casting a trickster's shadow -

Sharing his stories -

The anarchists in Budapest -

Picking apples for dizzying cider in Britanny -

Being a roadie for the young Ian Drury -

Showing his scars from The Battle of the Beanfield -

Now living in his van somewhere in Scotland -

A sly angel with a beguiling tongue -


November 7 2026