Dreaming of New England lawns ...

I'm reading The Virgin Suicides -

I'm alone on the yellow ship -

Pines shade the rocky shore -

Their long shadows cross the bright water -

I've taken off my father's watch -

There, under the resin scented sky, I dream of New England lawns -


May 2019

On board East Meets West
Off the Lycian Coast, Turkey 

The turtle ...

For a moment I saw it -

Where cool turquoise touched the bright air -

This ancient shape -

This graceful mystery -

Each one of us -

The time we took for a single breath -

Turning towards each other -

Wide eyed, laughing,

Lost in the wonder -

May 2019

On board East Meets West 
Off the Lycian Coast, Turkey 

The sisters remembered their girlhood ...

The sisters remembered their girlhood in the afternoon garden -

The small sister falling into the waves -

The anxious father -

The forbidden streets -.


Each memory uncovered another memory -

Reading Jackie -

Dancing to Top of the Pops -

Wearing eye make up like Twiggy's -


May 2019

Ferring 

Hunter Gatherer ...

We ate a vegan lunch in Hunter Gatherer -

Richard had read his poems here -

His poems were like shy animals -

His soft voice their gentle net -


May 2019

Hunter Gatherer
Southsea

Barney ...

Barney's an Irish Terrier Jo said -

He's twelve years old -

If he doesn't want to do something, he won't - 

Barney had an air of beautiful languid melancholy -

Wallace gazed at him with awe -

For him, Barney was a creature of legend -

A gentle prodigy -

A wonder -


May 2019

Scarborough 

The freebie ...

Every chair was full -

The radio was playing Flowers in the Rain -

A new customer came in -

Andy pointed with his scissors -

I put down Carp World -

Hey Will Andy called out -

Would you like a freebie ? - 

My man here's training -

A young tattooed god stepped forward -

It's a freebie -

Andy turned to the man whose hair he'd just finished cutting -

Sir he murmured -

Would you be thinking of an eye brow trim ? - 


Monday 13 May 2019

Barnets
Wareham

Choosing a tattoo ...

Not far from the Vaults, I came across Rob's Tattoo Studio -

I'd just eaten a bacon and egg roll inside the Vaults -

A kindly bruiser had taken my order -

Do you want the egg broken ? he'd asked -

I lingered outside Rob's -

I thought about getting a tattoo -

I gazed at the designs in the window -

Which one would I choose -

A bass guitar ?

A dragon ?

A Confucian sage ?

Yes, the sage -

But not yet, I thought -


Thursday 9 May 2019

Eastborough
Scarborough