Sweet wounds

The beautiful wings - 

Their sweet wounds - 

Like a sign of some joyous unexpected moment -

Being told love you - 

June 2024

Evening light

Evening light falling on the white hotels -

A glass of red in The Highlander -

The taste of the wine on my tongue when I cross the sands - 

South Cliff

Scarborough 

May 2024

His candidate's smile

Lloyd wears his crisp jacket -

I wear louche courdory -

Lloyd smiles his candidate's smile -

Swanage

June 2024

Her clear gaze

I'm reading about Kafka in Armans -

Imagining these five rivers are in the bloodlands - 

I remember sitting on a sofa with Alexandra -

A kitchen filled with bottles -

Her slim body -

Her clear gaze - 

We talked about Kafka -

Light from the house fell on the pool -

I loved gazing at her long legs - 

Her skin pearled with water after swimming -

Armans

Salisbury 

June 2024

David's muse

David gazes at his muse -

Holds her hand -

I remember her singing in Oslo -

Her beauty and her voice -

June 2024

Lizzie smiles her wicked smile

Lizzie smiled her wicked smile -

A blue scarf round her neck -

She stood before her paintings -

The birch trees, like slim pale girls -

The white flowers against a crimson curtain -

An ebbing tide, a fallow field - 

Rollington Barn

June 2024

That signature

I had shivered reading his terrifying pages -

Dreaded yet longed for Lucy's kiss -

Heard her call my name -

Then take me in her hungry arms - 

Whitby Museum 

June 2024