June 2010

  • this rain

    this rain an earthmist a droplet blanket leaves fluff in my hair fuzz on my black jacket. a fine rain to walk naked in        if no-one would look. a spring rain to make love in        if no-one would look. it would be like under a shower but outside with earth plant smells with… Read more

  • To a Word

    Untouchable, savage, primitive smeared with tribal dirt A word of the lowest caste, Origin Unknown. Origin suppressed? Too strong for delicate nobles. A grunt of surging life. A yell of pagan sex too fierce for civilisers. A witching-word, a wight of English: Four runes, in a fixed order. Hide none, or you nix the magic.… Read more

  • Unavoidable

    Swan. Unthinkable beauty in that black neck. That tight body, ski feet, small-brained head. Cat. Unstretchable beauty in those essential eyes, ancient silent walk, springloaded pause, silken hackles. Moth. Untouchable beauty in those dusted wings. That startling width, torpedo abdomen, phototropic rush. Man. Unavoidable beauty in that aggressive skull, self-referential ego, deaf buttocks, ever-watchful penis.… Read more

  • Come to bed. The night’s cold. Relax your head; let me hold your body, and see your tired face by the bedside lamp. Sleep with me. Unplug your amp. Let yourself be: unclamp your dreams, and shed your excess thoughts in a rainbow fold. Read more

  • Wedding Plans

    no words in my head no music in my head only white lace in my head, only white satin in my head I’ll look beautiful, as Michelle said but there’ll be no words in my head no pen in my hands no guitar in my hands only credit cards in my hands, only chequebooks in… Read more

  • Willy Wagtail

    Black sheen plump torso twig legs pinch of beak but what a voice! Read more