Charlie's Moonshine

Charlie's moonshine -

To be sipped with a daring tongue - 

Salisbury Sunrise -

Moonraker's Revenge - 

Salisbury 

March 2024

Walking in a Grimshaw

I'm walking in a Grimshaw -

Soft rain -

Glimmering pavements -

Mysterious buildings -

The statue of a horse, pawing the cobbles -

Being in a dream - 

Dorchester 

February 2024

After the rain

After the rain, a hot toddy - 

Joyous capfulls of The Famous Grouse -

Dollops of honey -

A tart sliver of lemon - 

Logs blazing in the stove -

The beautiful strangeness of After Nature -

East Stoke

March 2024

Brownskins

Grafton leans forward -

He knew the bitterness of hateful skins - 

Brownskins are the racists now he says -

Isle of Portland 

March 2024

Jane's painting of Karabortlen

There was the village - 

 The terracotta tiles warmed by the sun - 

The chimneys above fragrant hearths -

The trees with their eloquent birds - 

The far off mountains - 

The place where I had spent precious hours -

Where there was a garden I still see when I dream - 

Ferring 

Sussex 

March 2024

Sudden wonderful light

I had heard the sea beyond the white bungalows -

The rain had stopped falling on their salty lawns - 

Sudden wonderful light fell from the sky -

Foam shone on dazzling pebbles -

I remembered how Ken had gazed upon this beach -

I felt him near me - 

The light drove away my sadness -

Filled me with love and memory - 

Ferring Beach 

Sussex

March 2024

Jane stands before her painting

Jane stands before her painting -

My dear ones conjured by the magic of her eye and hand - 

She smiles her shy smile - 

Later, she dances to slow salsa music - 

Another painting, she says, was painted by the wind -

Ferring

Sussex 

March 2024