A ribbon of seaweed ...

Butterflies flew before us - 

Wild garlic scented the air between the trees - 

We followed the path to the sunlit hilltop -

Gulls flew above the bright grass - 

Below us, the stone circle was hidden by dark pines -

A white yacht danced upon the water - 

There was still salt upon my tongue - 

A ribbon of seaweed around my wrist - 

Saturday 30 May 2020

Kingswood, Nine Barrows Down

Studland 

Dorset 

My heart a wild bird ...

White horses -

Wind blown sand - 

That first moment - 

Salt in my hair - 

Lifted by the wave - 

My heart a wild bird - 

Friday May 29 2020

Knoll Beach 

Studland 

Dorset 

Watching Grayson ...

I'm watching Grsyson Perry -

I'm tipsy -


Grayson has an unsettling gaze -

Those big glasses -


He's talking about his childhood -

Essex and class -


Lockdown -

No one wants to be in front of a television -


Flock wallpaper -

Like asking a fish about water -


Laughing like Konstantin -

A painting of Grayson as a bride -


Cage fighters -

Being vulnerable -


Something about a teddy bear, Alan Measles -

The Saint Sebastian of Covid 19 -





Thursday 28 May 2020


The Old School House
East Stoke
Dorset

Ghosts at noon in Salisbury

The streets near the cathedral were empty of people -

They were as haunted and spellbound as if painted by Chirico - 

I saw ghosts at noon  - 

Angels in Penny Farthing Street - 

Wednesday 27 May 2020

Salisbury 

The brighness fell upon her from the sky ...

I followed Anne into the sea - 

The clear waves held her -

It was as though we were in an ancient story - 

The brightness fell upon her from the sky - 

Tuesday 26 May 2020

Knoll Beach 

Studland 

Dorset 

Tracing the path of a reborn sun ...

I should be reading an early J G Ballard -

The Drought or The Drowned World -


The sky is different -

I breath air filled with strange voices -


I'll take the name of an enigmatic doctor -

I'll trace the course of a reborn sun -




Monday 25 May 2020


The Old School House
East Stoke
Dorset 

Cherry cake ...

I remember my mum baking cherry cake -

Round The Horne on the kitchen radio -

My dad mixing Guiness and McEwans -


Anne, using my mum's recipe, brings back those Palmyra Road days -

The armchairs in the lounge -

Top of the Pops after Tomorrow's World -




Sunday 24 May 2020


The Old School House
East Stoke
Dorset