NIgel

Once he had been a falconer - 

Befriended princes of the air -

Received tribute from bees - 

Dreamed of noble galleons - 

Swanage 

January 2024

The high bedroom

The high bedroom above the rooftops -

Reading Nostromo on the sofa - 

Dreaming of summer in winter's bed - 

Scarborough 

January 2024

The joy of its blueness

After the long night, walking on the shore - 

Looking up at the sky above the ribbed sand - 

Lost in the joy of its blueness - 

South Bay

Scarborough 

January 2024

Those sad toys

I sipped my cappuccino in the pristine space -

Heard creatives murmuring - 

Gazed at the installation -

The hanging fabrics, like prayer flags - 

Those poignant annuals -

Those sad toys - 

Woodend

Scarborough 

January 2024

I saw her again

I saw her again -

Her pale flawless body - 

Her long tensed thighs - 

The indifference of her gaze - 

Scarborough 

January 27 2024

A dream of Scarborough

I saw the print in a tawdry window - 

This LNER dream of Scarborough -

The dazzling sea -

A woman like a taut bow diving - 

The elegant lido -

The slim girl in a backless dress - 

Her narrow waist -

Her lover's smile -

January 26 2024

Scarborough 

Waiting for Rishi

The surfer shook his tangled dreadlocks -

The sea knew the lean body under the blue fleece - 

His grey eyes shone - 

We're waiting for Rishi he said - 

25 January 2024

West Pier

Scarborough