Outside the Emporium Cafe

Wearing my sunglasses -

Hiding my eyes -

Trying not to show how much I longed to see you -

Your husband telling me about acid jazz -

Emporium Cafe

Swanage 

May 2026

In Boscanova

A drowsy piano in Boscanova -

A girl with red hair and piercings -

A single tulip in a vase -

Boscanova

Boscombe

Bournemouth 

May 2026 

In Chococo

Ordering a flat white take out in Chococo -

Bank Holiday visitors watching the deft barista -

A young man with a prophet's beard -

His beautiful girl adorned with mysterious tattoos -

Chococo

Swanage 

May 2026 

The more precious

Reading Leonardo Sciascia in the garden -

The lawn newly mowed -

Birdsong -

The fragrance of cut grass -

Warm sunlight - 

The more precious because of the lateness of the hour -

The Old School House 

East Stoke 

May 2026

Walking by the sea

Walking by the sea -

I imagined the dark eyes looking at you -

The long journey -

The teeming bodies -

The memory of the ashram -

Your younger body in some pose -

I thought how brave you are -

I said you are precious to me -

Swanage 

May 2026

Those long hours

Remembering the sleepless night -

Wearing those long hours -

Even now, in the bright day -

May 2026

A boy made of joy

Like a carefree whirlwind in the soft play -

Leaping like a hare from the slide -

A boy made of joy -

Lighter than air -

Jenny's 

Salisbury 

April 2026