His spite like thorns on his tongue

WhatsApp was like a Wasp sting -

The touch of some scuttling insect -

A gnat flying into my mouth -

I remembered the man -

His know it all voice -

His toadying -

His spite like thorns on his tongue -


October 23 2026

Waiting for the book group

Waiting for the book group to arrive -

The house arranged like a stage set -

Apple logs heaped up artfully in the grate -

A hummus dip in a Cretan bowl -

An uncorked bottle of red -


The Old School House 

East Stoke 

October 22 2026 

A poet with dangerous hair

My heart racing -

It's getting dark - 

I'll hear a poet who has dangerous hair -

Newton Manor Hall

Swanage 

October 21 2026 

Chilled Carling and Star Trek

Chilled Carling whilst I watch Star Trek on Freeview - 

Some lost channel -

Taking me back to the hall of residence -

All of us hoping to see some alien beauty -

Long legged Uhuru at her console -

Or a blonde yeoman with wonderful hair -


October 20 2026

My dad raising his glass

I remember my dad watching Roads to Freedom Roads on the glowing Ferguson - 

Daniel stalking a youth around a bar football table -

Mathieu beguiled by Ivich -

 

Those last moments in the tower -.

My dad raising his glass -

Mathieu finding freedom - 

Purbeck Sounds Studio

Swanage

October 19 2026 

The path to Swyre Head

I'd forgotten how beautiful it was - 

The white trees behind the drystone wall - 

The deep valley with the house and the lake -

The path under the ancient sky - 

The barrow, high above the sea -

Swyre Head

October 18 2026 

A jigsaw wizard

Finding a superhero's eye -

Shaping a dinosaur's tail -

Jake's a jigsaw wizard - 

Macklin Road 

Salisbury

October 17 2026