Poems

Wanting to be in a room, with people Without speaking To feel their light on my closed eyelids To share their warmth Caressing the back of my hand As it holds the arm of this […]

My love is like a list Neither exclusive nor endless Neither obsessive nor shallow When I hear the right name No matter where I am No matter what care occupied my mind, just the moment […]

The stillness overcomes me. It comes in waves, over weeks. There’s a low that’s ever too low. So low. Solo. So slow. The sun hangs low in the sky, And sets too soon. There’s a… […]

The consoles played their festive tune, Late afternoon in the semi-detacheds. Crash, crack, thud, zap and boom! The dads found they were overmatched. Thus they hurriedly withdrew, And awaited the new Doctor Who. Through town […]

That wasn’t all I meant to say. The words can get stuck. There’s more, if you’ll listen. I wanted to tell you: I want you, I need you. Those words are so worn, Wouldn’t blame […]

When the night folds I want you close at hand It doesn’t matter who you are You don’t need to know my name In the dark I want the touch and smell of living flesh […]

Where is it, if not here? It’s not here either. Or here. Or there. Or where you are, or is it? Is it? Is it? I left it somewhere. In a glass, I think. An […]

Bad enough that we broke, our Frustrations had multiplied like bacteria. Our dreams weren’t realized, and had grown spiky in parallel, like the deepening lines on our faces, And compromise squeezed us like a vice, […]

Reading poetry is good for you Like broccoli and sprouts Like vaccinations Like checking the pressure of your car tyres Like removing the matted hair that blocked the plughole Like jogging around the estate whilst […]

The beauty The delight The agony The fear The endless possibilities built above the vault of emotion I listened to them being described, plotted and extrapolated Like Euclid’s parallels, stretching to infinity Like Borges’ library, […]