Missives

I hope she will be okay. Death is an unkind cut What good does it do What does it mean Nobody knows. Is there a connection A meeting…

Haway the lads. Do gods smile Do they laugh Share a joke Over a pint And a packet of crisps They might even smoke A stogie Immortal is as immortal does The beer lies cold In the…

There was ever an excuse, Poor representation Is more normal than not. Pour the concrete Plug the hole Let the devil worry about the detail As by the good grace Of a…

It is a life, Less demanding For the earnest schoolboy Too young for work, Discovering the country Following the tumble of a mountain stream Where it was still possible to jump…

There is nothing To keep me From rolling Into a ball The night is nothing much I can tear it down Throw it away Peel back the layers Somewhere under there Is a meaning I cannot…

Eyes glazed The lids Heavy with sleep In the middle of the day Unwelcomed I don’t want to lie In the same breath As saying I don't want to die Not quite yet For pity's sake Sleep…

Sometimes Of a morning After purging in the toilet Washing and shaving, If that’s what stokes you up, Looking in the mirror Has a way of grounding the best of intentions After a…

Well done her. Even from an upstairs window, In Harrow or High up in an Enfield council block Nineteen floors or more, Anxious about fireproof cladding And emergency protocols,…

Having curly hair In the sixties, Before Jimi Hendrix came over From America to set fire To his guitar and play Sunshine of Your Love Over Lulu’s end-of-show song On Saturday…

There is much more To delusion Than pretending you are free Nobody has a monopoly Everybody uses vision Differently Is more than a line from a song I don’t waste my time On a comb…

I would hate it, The confinement Of a cruise. Wrapped up in a blanket On a promenade deck Watching the horizon As ageing lotharios Dinosaurs And nere-do-wells pass by Stuck in a…

A single rose In a jar On the windowsill Goldfish floating In suspension A gift from the funfair An incentive from The rag’n’bone man (Any old iron Alive alive-o) With his horse…

The tears come easily He has begun to think of them As cleansing regret His eyes were sore From a lifetime Of having seen too much There would be no going back To make changes. He…

When there were shipyards Old cities built On manufacturing Flat caps were a symbol Of brotherhood They were doffed To toffs Flung into the air When your team scored A winner at…

Boarding house There is a vacancy It lies behind the eyes Which seem to stare into space Over the top of the glass The head tilted back The mouth wide Almost as if the top half Of…

I will not go out again. I can wander Inside or out Of mind Imagine trees Sharing tips With the north wind Promising a return On an investment I can sit Behind a window Or step…

I can wander Inside or out Of mind Imagine trees Sharing tips With the north wind Promising a return On an investment I can sit Behind a window Or step outside Weigh the meaning…

When I lie down To rest my bones Hoping to fall asleep I struggle to remain Supine Without fearing death The unknowable My insufficiency. Come to think of it I am confused about…

Spain beat Sweden by two goals to one. As the Cuckoo Throws out another egg The Lion eats his young, Banishes its rivals After a fight, Even his own son, And is promiscuous. The…

Are we all obsessed Forever preoccupied Am I Drowning in self Reflection The weight of the world The burden Of stars The billions who wait For redemption Those who gave up Before…