Cowering Point
I will cast the final vote Take a moment to compose myself Wait until the trap has sprung Leave the letter open Many hands make hard work light Most mistakes won’t be put right alone Your heart makes...
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Where we were Cloth climbed rope Billowed out and round like cloaks Echos of the waters stirred Fell down like stones into the harbour On eyelids there rest shapes of sun Silhouettes of new horizons...
View ArticlePendulum
It’s all in the turn of the cards I had no regard for the hours won And though we were close once The song is remembered for the note it ends upon The song fell silent The beat of my heart starts...
View ArticleCaught Out
What would you give to be whole-heartedly true? Out on the brink with no hand-hold And no escape route? You can run You can run It all comes out when you come down It spells aloud when you’re...
View ArticleSemaphore
In the road In the streetlight I was stood, frozen My feet like standing stones Leaden weight Halfway home Turn the tape The soles of my shoes Couldn’t stand to step back from you I was hooked,...
View ArticleRickshaws
Don’t hold back Don’t move my hand away I will keep calm and stay I’ll watch the feathers fly in spades Don’t alter Don’t be caught off your guard You can fall flat But you’re harder and stronger than...
View ArticleThe Watchers
Don’t make a sound The Watchers are waiting The merry-go-round horse is escaping The shadows are hidden But given a key you can see them Don’t set foot outside The highwayman hangs round the roadside...
View ArticleShards
In the winter when the winds made moan I left the house without a coat And was gone Caught amidst the roar of sticks and stones I let myself go Drive on, draw deep Pull the curtain round now While...
View ArticleStella’s Telescope
I thought I’d find A warmth underneath the ice Waited for a sign A drift or a shift in light Sleet sheets for snow Breathe you before you go A ring through a telescope A spring where the well was...
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