When Glasgow became Edinburgh
I lost you
sometime when Glasgow became Edinburgh,
when work flowed fast and furious
and I ended up crumpled and sick,
battered by swirling eddies,
when music turned
to a monotonous
keyboard
click.
I lost you
at that time when the skies no longer dazzled,
The Sleekit wee Word
The one that almost got away. That word.
Where’s it gone? You know the word.
What’s it called? I can’t remember,
but give me a minute or maybe a day.
and I’ll have it. You know the thingamajig.
The thingamajig is making my thumb stound.
or throb as my moth…
Abbot House
Tam heard it in daylight hours:
Feet away, people chatted in sunshine,
Stopped on the worn cobbles.
Whistling, he worked on a board,
Replaced many times since the Great Fire,
But once more loose with age.
It was just faint creak at first,
Subtle, a whisper. Then he briske…
Red Barns, Illinois
They dot the landscape
Squat behind corn stalks,
Their window eyes alert.
The early farmers used rust
to seal the barn boards.
Iron swirled the mixture red,
pleasing, familiar beacons
in flat, green landscapes.
Such practical people.
Being sensible, we should …
After the High Winds
Sap spikes and spider veils
Field mice nudge at bevelled
Beetles’ shells like limousines
Silver trails trace spherical snails
And last night’s winds are ghost quelled.
Birds sense respite, the forest leans
A shopping-trolley’s wire-frame
Refracts the flight…
Seeking solace
Is there an algorithm or application I can draw on when my health is failing me and fear and despair take hold ?
Resorting to the Stoics might be preferable, their ancient wisdom that still resonates and assuages, or latching on to some enduring line from Larkin, Eliot or Borges t…
The Tempest by Denise Chapman
Shelter me from the storm
Provide a barrier to the deluge that ensues
Protect me from the harm
That this torrent in its path accrues.
Cease the battle, end the war,
Stop the conflict in its tracks.
Restore the peace, embrace the calm
When reason hides and th…
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