the taste of persimmon after the frost its sugar clinging to my yearning lips born of a precious seed once be’lieved lost concealed within a field of rosen hips a musky perfume hangs upon the air arisen from a garden doused in dew the tender tended fruit does swell and flare as the silken petals…
Tag: Life
A Stone’s Throw – A Ballade
still i struggle to find my place and to accept my lot in life and to sustain a breakneck pace be’set on all cor’ners by strife pushed to the edge by blade of knife i press myself against its edge exhale a cry as shrill as fife and turn my head to face the ledge…
He, She & the Smoking Bishop – A Blank Verse Poem
and their cries echoed with the ringing bells as christmas crested on the chilly breeze heated words hung with odious timbre boiling over like spiced wine ‘pon a flame just as potent yet not so fragrant nor as sweet as black liquorice and peppercorn christmas spirits lacking complexity mulled with bitter words dripping acidic as…
Do You Feel a Bit Peckish?
within a derelict detachment of thought a morbid curiosity expands shrinking the image of concubine earth eliminating hunger of satisfaction thirsting lust in this dripping heat
Hard Sell – A Haiku
moment of your time have i got a deal for you you can’t pass this up
A Convolution of Thoughts on Parents
i must be claiming the minority knowledge for all the people i meet wisdom respect their parents despite understanding their flaws they’ve no right their abuse to claim their foolishness and the older i get it’s difficult to relate the more sure to this approach as i become it seems to me many parents are…
Black Birds on the Line – A Haiku
blackbirds on the line muggy august afternoon smoke blood and wreckage
Avaricious Flame – A Haiku
avaricious flame nipping at the falling rain a kiss from my love
Bleak Ocean Sighing – A Haiku
bleak ocean sighing ships amid the breaking waves starless night adrift
Piecework Prose 