TRAIL MIX
small things found on the path
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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.
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