Reading The Flight from the Enchanter

I'm in a dark beautiful world -

Drawn to the enchanter's house -


Beguiled by the spell cast by his voice -

The strangeness of his eyes -

October 25 2026 

Reading The Wendigo

The wind shakes the pines -

The last leaves from the apple tree whirl past me on the darkening air -

Rain will soon fall from the swollen sky -

Inside the house, the lights flicker -

I'm reading The Wendigo -

I pour whisky into my glass -


The Old School House
East Stoke

October 24 2026 

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