Dark

Dark at four -
tomorrow will not come
for sixteen hours.

Close

Somewhere close
invisible foxes
cry at midnight.

Blur

A black dog runs
beside a bicycle -
blur of legs and spokes

Alarm

Walking carefully
on carpets of decaying leaves -
a car alarm screams.

Pale

In such thick fog
so little place to hide -
this pale tree.

Already

Dark already -
the whole day eaten
by idleness.

Echo

Footsteps echo
in the hollow before dawn -
the brain still sleeps.

Imperceptibly

The hard white cloud
thins imperceptibly to blue -
light, then my shadow.

Skies

Open your eyes
and discover blue skies
or grey.

Dragons

Dream interrupted
by the clang of morning -
dragons slink away.

Before

Foggy silence -
the city hesitates before
another week.

Backview

Chilly afternoon -
the earlier sunshine's
receding backview.

Can't be

Sweating, shucking off
fleece and waterproof - this can't be
November.

Ambient

Friday evening -
ambient sounds
alter.

Ribbon

Pale light on the river -
shiny ribbon snaking
through the grime.

Shelter

His face in the rain -
a sleeping bag gives
scant shelter.

Glow

In the dark day's
darkest corners, the glow
of golden leaves.

Spit

Only the rain
may spit in your face
with impunity.

Listen

Time has stopped -
listen to the wind
fidgeting.

Smoke and shadow

November the fifth:
smell of smoke and shadow
of a cowering cat.

Parquet

All the chairs removed
but two - poised to pirouette
across the parquet floor.

Low-flying

Sycamore leaves
busy in the wind - a hundred
low-flying moths

Trumpeters

Waterloo station
invisible trumpeters
entertain the queue

Heal

Soggy leaves -
a poultice will not heal
the earth's wounds.