Upon Butterfly Wing Take these wings, Oh gossamer thin. Paint with colours Vibrant, resonant, And let summer begin To spread its warmth A...

Daybreak on the Canal The night rains departed, And the morning was fragrant with The golden scent of petrichor, Delicious on the dawn br...

I Walk I walk in gentling mists, Not yet burnt to memory, Blanketing morning water, A day yet to flow. I walk, keeping step with the dawn...

Striations. Scored, carved. Each containing A moment, Fossilized to memory. Glide your fingers over Imprint the surface. Trace the pebble...

Early Walks The world was still asleep. My silent steps disturbed no one. The stillness of the ducks & swans Necks turned & tucked, Like ...

Taming the Beach The beach lost its bite As the sea retreated in a rush. The sand settled to silence The pebbles muted, toothless. Dunes ...

My 8th poetry collection, Life Waves, is available now in both Kindle Download and paperback. Life Waves. Life pulses around us, sometime...

The Earth Paused. Earth Day 2020 The Earth. Paused. The Earth Paused. And took a long breath. Savouring the unfamiliar tastes, ...

We Will Another sunrise, Another day Of sofa sitting And navel gaze. Sitting quietly & Doing nowt, Staying safe & Not going out....

Night Solace (Welcome Cold) I walk on an unlit path, Each step crisp to first frosts And solace found in The gentle cloak of darknes...

Winter's Tears I cried tears, Stalactite formed On cheeks encrusted With winter thought. Sadness buried In the first snows. Drift...

Because This Must Be. Why from the olive dark sea The plaintive waves never cease. Why from the darkest clouds The rain falls indete...

The Dew Quiet The quiet falls, Dew formed in first light. A billion drops morning lit. A silent welcome. A morning reverie. A welcome, a...

Weather Steps Step outside and wait the clouds Hung so low you can scoop them Into your shaking hands that Tremble with fear like thunde...

Leaf Red Burnt to a cinder sadness Scorched to a crimson departure Torrefied to a carmine finality Leaf red leaf red Teased on aut...

A Place There is a place Where the wind stills To a silent breath. And the waters lap, A gentle insistence Where the birds are Cloud for...

Autumn's Promise The promise of autumn Whence summer days to pass. A sky of deepening shades, A blue to ever-last? No hint or pres...

Leaf Fall We are the leaf fall, Fading to russet And earthen brown. Where wilted yellow Dew-lit sparkled And frost spattered. The...

Patient - Morning Light Patient was the morning light, Waiting for the wind breath. Becalmed, as yet unwoken. And the river rippled...

Whence The Morning Came Whence the morning came, Skylit from shadows borne. Steeped in sun colours, Night-loss and dark dismissed. ...