Saturday 30 April 2011

Flickering

Caught between
March and May,
the days flicker.

Friday 29 April 2011

Parting

Grey curtains part:
the afternoon
is shiny.

Thursday 28 April 2011

Imagining

On a sunny plinth,
the pigeon imagines
being a statue.

Wednesday 27 April 2011

Enticing

On a blank wall,
phantom windows 
entice the eye.

Tuesday 26 April 2011

Slumping

Sacks of sand
slump in the fading heat -
building-site blues.

Monday 25 April 2011

Drifting

We drift like
fallen blossoms -
too long a weekend.

Sunday 24 April 2011

Marrying

Marigold
marries gold
and green.

Saturday 23 April 2011

Draping

Thunderclouds
drape the sky -
grey and sweaty.

Friday 22 April 2011

Meeting

Here, where the sun 
meets the shade -
my habitual seat.

Thursday 21 April 2011

Thickening

Now the heat thickens,
dusty and insistent -
too early for this!

Wednesday 20 April 2011

Being

After the gallery,
everything 
is a painting.

Tuesday 19 April 2011

Wrapping

The evening wraps you
in a generous cocoon
of heated shadows.

Monday 18 April 2011

Postponing

The slothful mind
of this unanchored day
postpones words.

Sunday 17 April 2011

Encouraging

Iris, your blue wings
and tiger heart
encourage me.

Saturday 16 April 2011

Coming and going

A shifting wind:
the scent of freedom
comes and goes.

Friday 15 April 2011

Whispering

The rain whispers
damp little words like
trickle and drip.

Thursday 14 April 2011

Sparkling

Savagely scrubbed clean,
the concrete sparkles -
such renewal!

Wednesday 13 April 2011

Persisting

In the grey morning
of my heart, these
purple flowers persist.

Tuesday 12 April 2011

Falling

Yellow petals fall
beside the garden wall:
drifts of gold-dust.

Monday 11 April 2011

Drinking

Drink up the sun -
cold will be back
tomorrow, they say.

Sunday 10 April 2011

Rising

Music rises
in the light
like dust.

Saturday 9 April 2011

Pretending

Dress rehearsal:
spring pretends
to be summer.

Friday 8 April 2011

Dancing

In the sunshine, words
dance across the page:
London Review.

Thursday 7 April 2011

Looking

Seamless blue cloth
stretched across the sky -
look up!

Wednesday 6 April 2011

Casting

Today, sunshine:
the young tree
casts a small shadow.

Tuesday 5 April 2011

Burning

Back-garden bonfire
burns away
what's left of winter.

Monday 4 April 2011

Sleeping

Warmth invades
winter-weary bones -
I sleep late.

Sunday 3 April 2011

Climbing

Grey dawn
climbs the sky,
bird over bird.

Saturday 2 April 2011

Floating

White magnolia
floats into view
on a city street.

Friday 1 April 2011

Shaking

A raw wind shakes
the unfurling froth
of new leaves.