Threads of air

Feeling myself become threads of air -

Staring at the dark window -

Lost in the dark -

June 2026 

Rain after the long hot days

Rain after the long hot days -

Paving stones cool and glistening in the garden -

Raindrops pearls on the leaves of the apple tree -

June 2026 

Hearing a blackbird sing

Hearing a blackbird sing in the garden -

The moon like a delicate jewel -

The song floating over the churchyard -

No sadness, only the beauty of the song -

Garden of the Old School House 

East Stoke 

May 2026 

Reading Imperial Bedrooms in Salisbury

The curtains were drawn to keep the room cool and dark -

 I was reading Imperial Bedrooms -

I imagined LA sunlight fell on Salisbury -

I held a tumbler of Grey Goose in my hand -

My face showed nothing -

I wondered what else was not real -

Salisbury 

May 2026 

Watching Mulholland Drive a second time

I was beguiled once more -

Spellbound, helpless -

Dizzy with unease -

Caught in a net of dreams -

May 2026

A cobweb of memory

A small hand touched mine as I turned the pages -

I saw my name, written many times -

The classroom a cobweb of memory -

May 2026 

Dark birds

Anne says there'll be a thunder storm -

The air is still -

Dark birds fly over the pine trees -

East Stoke

May 2026