Your gaze holding past and present

In one of your paintings, you sit like an empress upon a throne - 

Grave and watchful -

Wearing a crown - 

Your gaze holding past and present - 

Your heart the memory of wounds - 

The Lighthouse

Poole 

October 10 2026 

Jake draws his house

Jake drew his house -

He flourished his coloured pens -

I saw his world as he saw it -

There was nummy -

There was daddy -

There was Number 73 - 

Salisbury 

October 9 2026 

Meeting Betsan on the beach

Betsan saw us on the ribbed sand -

As always louche and elegant -

Greeting us with her marvellous gravelly voice -

Wearing a boiled wool jacket -

It was my mother's she said -

We were going for a swim under a  mackerel sky -

She smiled at us as we walked, slender and almost bare, into the waves -

South Beach

Studland 

October 8 2026 

Waiting for Sense and Sensibility

Chilled Jurassic in the auditorium -

Remembering the cathedral before evensong -

The quiet streets she knew -

Waiting for Sense and Sensibility -

The Rex

Wareham 

October 7 2026

Jazz by the sea

Jazz by the sea -

A pale moon in the night sky -

The Penthouse House Trio playing My Foolish Heart -

A tender saxophone whilst I wait for you - 

The Show Bar

The Mowlem 

Swanage 

October 6 2026

As warm as the sun

Forgetting the long hours of the night -

Swimming with you -

Later holding your hand-

You saying our hands are cold -

While your smile was as warm as the sun -

Swanage 

October 5 2026

The last apples

The last apples are on the tree -

I see my shadow -

Longer with each bright hour - 

The Old School House 

East Stoke 

October 4 2026