They left their words upon the air like feathers -

I saw him in my dream last night - 

There he was - 

I knew in my dream that he was dead - 

I saw him again in his final bed - 

Yet in my dream the dead walked with the living - 

I heard their voices - 

Their hands touched mine - 

They left their words upon the air like feathers -

Tuesday 10 April 2018

The Old School House 

East Stoke

Dorset 

Birthday gifts ...

These paintings were my birthday gifts - 

This was my dance - 

This was my wild garden - 

This burning sun warms my house - 

I swim in this turquoise sea - 

A boy plays a lyre under my olive trees - 

This is my bed of asphodels - 

These bright fish were caught for me - 

11.48

Tuesday 10 April 2018

Charmed lives in Greece, Ghika, Craxton, Leigh-Fermor

British Museum 

The chapel on the hill ...

I took my prayer to the chapel on the hill - 

Soft rain fell upon the quiet land - 

Cattle grazed in watery fields - 

A leafless tree joined earth to heaven - 

Violets were a tender purple - 

Wood smoke scented the air in the village - 

The sea was veiled in mist - 

An egret flew above a swift flowing stream - 

I placed my prayer upon a shelf of gentle stone - 

I left a white shell upon the folded paper - 

Stay with me, your special boy I'd written - 

Through the ancient doorway my life waited for me - 

10,46

Monday 9 April 2018

St Catherine's Chapel

Abbotsbury 

The hidden house ...

We saw the deer in the garden of the hidden house - 

This was their hour - 

They cast their silence upon the lawn - 

Our tongues were stilled - 

No words came - 

The birds sang their songs - 

The white tree touched the gentle stone - 

March 

2018

Highwood 

Dorset 

Walking along the sand bar at Shipstal Point ..

We walked along the sand bar at Shipstal Point - 

Small waves broke upon the pale shore - 

Leafless oaks netted the wind - 

Tidal creeks held the ebbing tide - 

Low lying islands were dark with shadow - 

We smelled the coconut scent of the gorse flowers - 

We heard the mysterious words of the birds - 

14.00

Saturday 7 April 2018

Shipstal 

Arne

Dorset 

How the years have surprised us ...

Jack Johnson was singing in Billy Winters - 

Cool boys with beards like Walter Raleigh were serving Americanos - 

We watched the kite surfers sweeping across the bay - 

They tamed the salty gale with strong hands - 

I thought of asking for a fiery cocktail - 

There were forget me nots in flower along the path - 

A small castle faced the shining sea - 

Rowing boats were half buried in the sand - 

A delicate teapot was left upon a green table - 

We talked about our children and how the years had surprised us - 

12.50

Friday 6 April 2018

Billy Winters 

Portland 

Unstrung pearls ...

I walked with Anne along the river to Redcliffe - 

Soon the poplars would be in leaf - 

The three trees on Saint John's Hill would wear their Easter blossom - 

Yachts rode the rising tide -

I picked a celandine flower - 

I held memories in my hand like unstrung pearls - 

15.46

Thursday 5 April 2018

Redcliffe

Wareham 

Dorset