Wallace dancing in the joyous house ..

We rode the Peugeot northward -

Sleepy travellers in the motorway world -

The sky lightening above the slip roads -

Blue signs guiding us to Sophie -

Wallace dancing in the joyous house -



Friday 7 March 2020


Scarborough 

A bright star fallen from the sky ...

We looked out out across the cove -

Low cloud touched the hills -

The wind carried the rain to half hidden farms -

The stricken poet had once called in here -

A bright star fallen from the sky -




Wednesday 4 March 2020

Lulworth Cove
Dorset

Charlie held up his dark glass ...

There was a three pints of Harveys fire in The Kings Arms -

Logs, like fragrant bones, blazing in the grate -


I gazed at the optics -

Charlie held up his dark glass -




Wednesday 4 March 2020


The Kings Arms
Wareham
Dorset

Nursing memories of midnight Jamesons ....

Richard gave our orders to the waitress -

Scrambled egg with tinned tomatoes white bread -

The windows of The Country Pantry were veiled with steam -

We nursed our memories of midnight Jamesons -

Tony Leung, his suit soaked with rain -

Maggie Cheung's lipstick stained cigarette -

How we might whisper a secret to a hollow tree -



Monday 2 March 2020


The Country Pantry
Southsea 

Amongst headless angels ...

We walked past headless angels -

I wondered if I might find my grandfather -


I tried to remember his voice -

The blueness of his eyes -


I soon lost my way amongst the angels -

There were so many lost names amongst the trees -





Monday 2 March 2020


Southsea 

Another midnight taxi ...

Another midnight taxi -

The green jewels of the dashboard -


The half heard songs from the radio -

The rain falling on the empty street -



Monday 2 March 2020

Southsea 

What would Bruce do ? ...

Richard and I watched Diehard 4 -

Bruce drove a rig the size of The Great Eastern like a crazy rodeo star -

A cruel karate Amazon perished in a welter of flame -

A sneering villain unleashed his thugs whilst I drank a bumper -

FBI agents pursed their lips -


Bruce was a demi-god in a vest -

Unstoppable -

Wise-cracking -

Now, whenever I had doubts, there could only be one question -

What would Bruce do ? -




Monday 2 March 2020


The Old School House
East Stoke
Wareham
Dorset