Monday, 17 October 2011

New mirror


One day, in Greece,
sitting between a catholic church and
caff,
a cherubim waitress
effortlessly
pulled down
a see-through Perspex screen
to keep the breeze at bay

and one man, with grey beard
and silver in his ear,
looked through and back
at me
like an old pirate
wearing my new hat.

Saturday, 15 October 2011

The Beatles


What can I say?
What can I do?
Swirling the maelstrom
of an inside-out pop song.
What should I think?

What do I feel?

Love, lurv, luv!
Switch on the amp,
no place to hide,
speakers thump, thump;
I’m satisfied.

Thursday, 13 October 2011

North Star


North star
takes a ship home,
like a word
steers a mob
toward sense.
But stop!

cartels are bad
in a modern economy
and spies are searching
for any uprising.

Best to read the labels;
believe in headlines,
sell-by dates

until you open a door,
break into the courtyard

of your own little starlight reality.

Monday, 10 October 2011

Unos


We play the card game UNO
with Andrew:
UNO meaning ‘one’;
a card alone – the ‘last one’

but he has never voiced that word
out loud
saying UNOS – meaning ‘we’
from his first game

absolutely
consistently
and, if like him, you rely on mates
to get you through today
(as you do)
wouldn’t you?

Sunday, 9 October 2011

Miracle


Outside a church, one
kitten with a blinded eye
spits on its paw, rubs.

Friday, 7 October 2011

Poetry


Look, sometimes it sings
and sometimes moans.
It write itself through
effort and splurge
from healing dreams.

Sleeping allows dreaming
and sometimes, but sometimes,
we catch a dream in rhythm
- not making it necessary –
but crackling and interesting

because it’s truly sad
to meet people walking
vacantly through an empty
wilderness – sighing,
reminding of ourselves

and, in all the words, one
authentic line might catch
a heart in ways not
logical or thought through.
When it works, that’s the work:

like, one letter could momentarily
turn this world to another
fractionally more unstable
but nascent and waving.
Please come along, it’s your time.

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Peter


Good morning sir, how are you?
Put your baggage on the conveyor
- let’s see what shows up on my camera;
the load you’re taking through.

Oh yes it stormed last night
- chickens came home early to roost;
hang on there a mo sir, no rush
to alight. Only angels take our flight.