Lighting the third fire of November

Lighting the third fire of November -

Flames from kindling lapping fragrant bones of pine - 

Picking up Over Sea, Under Stone -

Going back to the joy of reading Puffins -

Safe in the kindly house - 

A beloved voice calling me to tea - 

The Old School House 

East Stoke

October 30 2026 

When I'm with you

When I'm with you, I have a secret life -

I can't stop thinking about you -

How I long to see you -

For there to be happiness for just one hour - 

October 29 2026

Watching Minotaur

Sometimes I had to look away -

The anguish of the faithless wife -

Z markings on parked cars -

The lies on posters -

The husband's murdering hands -

The two sleazy detectives -

Orders from higher up -

Fuck me why we bother -

The Rex

Wareham 

October 28 2026

When every day had been summer

Dale greeted me wearing a Halloween themed dry robe -

The wind shook his caravan -

He smiled his warm vague smile -

He'd been smoking weed listening to the rain -

Remembering when he'd been a lost boy -

When every day had been summer -

Swanage

October 27 2026

When every day had been summer - 

A half term silence in the hall

Waiting for the Fareshare van -

For Glynis with her big hair -

Les with his wrinkled brow -


The volunteers with their lanyards -

Rain sweeping over the playground -

A half term silence in the hall -


St Mark's Primary School 

Swanage

October 26 2026

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