All I saw was them

Tess reading to Jake - 

Holding him close -

Love came down -

All I saw was them - 

Salisbury Library 

March 2024

All he sees

Jake holds a pebble -

For him a marvel - 

Walking in his new world -

All he sees strange and wonderful -

East Stoke

Dorset 

March 2024

Salisbury in the rain

A nana washed up near The House of Cards -

A wild eyed gaffer with a snarly coat -

The ragazzi drinking cider outside the Library - 

The watchful police car - 

Salisbury 

March 2024

Mowing the lawn

Mowing the lawn -

The fragrance of the cut grass -

The long shadows -

The dreaming apple tree -

The Old School House

East Stoke

March 2024

The wind carrying winter

The bones of trees held ghosts of summer -

Memories of leaves casting cool shade -

Mazy paths, birdsong - 

Sand now where there was bright grass -

The tide washing white roots -

The wind carrying winter - 

Studland 

March 2024

A whiskey for poets

A whiskey for poets - 

For remembering the Liffey -

For my dad saying here they are -

Buck M, Stephen D -

Leopard and Molly -

For my heart to feel the loss -

To lift my glass and hold his memory on the tongue - 

East Stoke

March 2024

A vermouth with Adriana

A cappuccino after the jacuzzi - 

Still soothed by those lascivious bubbles -

Imagining drinking a vermouth with Adriana - 

The Grand Hotel 

Swanage 

March 2024