In Jenny's soft play

Anne reads The Smiley Shark to Jake in Jenny's soft play -

Young mums sip coke -

There's bland boppy music -

A girl wearing a hijab brings french fries -

Rain falls on the five rivers -

The cathedral spire touches the clouds -

Salisbury 

June 2026

When there were no more songs

Whilst Pili sang, I watched you listening to her passionate voice - 

You were wearing a blue scarf -

Your smile when you saw me filled my world -

When there were no more songs, we held each other -

You stroked my back -

Love you you said -

June 2026 

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