Towards

the pale daisy droops
towards its own reflection -
giving up the ghost

Taste

black olive -
timeless taste of
here and now

Shelve

Soup of rain and dust
on the window - shelve the walk,
a late siesta.

Hollow

a silent hollow
in the noisy city
disconcerts

Rippling

Squeaky-clean green leaves
comb the dark, rippling water -
lady of the lake.

Melted

A dash of mustard
lifts the melted Emmenthal -
happiness on toast.

Runners

At sunset the heat
slackens its grip on the park -
here come the runners.

Pink

The poodle carried
a pink parasol in my
overheated dream.

One

Perfect shadows
of a perfect summer's day -
just the one.

Face

Bending to fasten
my shoe, I come face to face
with a tiny dog.

Purple

Rolling storm clouds -
purple as the scent
of lavender.

Jam

Bread and rhubarb jam -
an indeterminate
degree of sweetness.

Mind

Is it sunshine through
the leaves making these shadows
flicker - or my mind?

also here

Reach

Nearly midnight -
reach into the darkness
for a few words.

Day

Today, they say,
will be, will be, will be
a brighter day.

Vanished

Between the downpours:
pale, underdressed people of
this vanished summer.

Gently

The small boy stares at age -
the old man stares back, smiles,
speaks gently to him.

Book

Pleasures of the page -
if I could eat the book,
I would.

Really

Two on a bench,
heads together - life,
he says, really

Many

So many raindrops -
intersecting circles
in a dark puddle.

After

After the plunge,
sitting quietly
on the seabed.

Quiet

Empty restaurant -
eight Chinese businessmen
in quiet conclave.

Again

Rain stops and starts,
the cool air grows clammy,
then cooler again.

Nordic

Past the pale birches,
room after room, colour and form -
tense Nordic paintings.

Through

Sun through closed eyelids -
it must be shining
in left-over dreams.

Lightly

The music leaps lightly -
memories of a heart
less heavy.

Hissing

Rain on the window -
a hollow, fretful, clammy,
endless hissing sound.

Legs

(revised)

Stand-off: moorhens
flex their long green legs
in a stiff dance.