Poems

For Jude We’re back, where we began, Or near enough, cosmologically speaking. A time, to mark occasion, Has arrived, if we’re chronology-keeping. Once more, into those breeches, We squeeze ourselves, though we’re more upholstered. Physical […]

There is a place I want to go, So please indulge this harmless fantasy That I want to share with you. I’m not sure if it exists in reality, But if I can picture it […]

A man pours himself into a glass. A man stands in the dark. He switches on the light to the corridor, and is silhouetted by it. He walks down the length of the corridor. At […]

Sugar falls Relief comes Time strains Skies lighten Wonder palls Passion drums Heart drains Eyes brighten Virtues sleep Heroes wake Lies slicken Wise listen Statues weep Rivals brake Clouds thicken Teeth glisten Hollow rises Gaggles […]

In the kitchen, Surrounded with the spice and flavour of cooking, I rattle my pots, Beat my eggs, And pummel my dough. The kids run all about, Slamming the doors, Shouting down the street, And […]

The killing happened on Monday. The grief poured out on Tuesday. The rage built on Wednesday. The tension rose on Thursday. The rain poured down on Friday. The mob hunted on Saturday. The scapegoat was […]

With three, a hand of bridge, With two, a ménage à trois, With ten, a football team, and with twenty-one, a game. With eleven, a jury, With four, a full car ride On a weekend […]

This is a poem about being thirty-nine years of age. To attain the age of thirty-nine Should, all things considered, be very fine, As was Neil Armstrong, when he walked the moon. It is the […]

Sun on skin Butter on toast Sport on telly Arriving on cue Ham on rye Eye on you Some things are good together Out with friends Service with smile Tea with milk Room with view […]