Waiting for the eclipse

Waiting for the eclipse -

Looking for angels in the tree -

The return of my lost darlings -

The Old School House 

East Stoke 

August 2026 

Swimming with you

Swimming with you -

Turning to look at you -

Telling you, my heart singing - 

I'm filled with happiness -

Swanage 

August 2026 

A passport to a distant country

I found my Observer's Book of Birds -

A passport to a distant country -

I remember the happiness I had there -

When I remember that happiness, my eyes fill with tears - 

August 2026

Jake draws his house

Jake draws his house - 

My home he says- 

There's Charlie, there's Tess -

I wish I were years younger -

So I might have more time to love him -

August 2026 

Two houses

I live in two houses -

My own, with a seared garden -

My words heaped up like treasured pebbles -

Your house, with its paintings -

The echo of your husband's music -

Your beautiful shadow -

The kitchen where you held me -

Saying love you -

Swanage 

August 2026 

Sheps Hollow

Swimming at Sheps Hollow with Anne and Penelope -

The steep stair hidden in salty greenery -

My heart racing -

Knowing you swim here -

Sheps Hollow

Swanage 

August 2026 

As though my name were Ransom

Walking barefoot on the seared grass -

Gathering apples fallen from the tree -

As though my name were Ransom - 

White lions basking in the garden -

The Old School House 

East Stoke

August 2026