Certificate U

Suitable for all

Rewind repeat

I don't like you this conversation, My mind flits away like a disturbed fruit fly, Then I miss your comment, Trouble returns, Rewind repeat.
Cherry

seagull memory

The wind picks up by Barbican, doglegs me through St Paul’s, past a nut-seller huddled by his stall on the bridge that will wobble no more whips foam...

A Tree Branch

Shake with life in the wild, within the breeze of a special invitation. Pause for a moment and listen to it swing ing high -- that birch limb...
Cherry

Owl and the Pussycat

The Owl and the Pussycat Went for a ride, on the number 9 Bus from Clovelly, They took for their lunch some honey nut crunch And a carton of milk...
Cherry

Rest Little One Rest

Little One, Rest A little candle just went out Rest little one, rest. Three short days Now forever young Rest little one, rest. I can’t supress my...

…in 25 minutes (poem first published in Iota 54, Spring 2001)

It was the 25 minute cab ride into hell. The driver started with: You won’t remember me but I remember you well . And then proceeded to describe What...

Class Based Analysis (poem first published in Iota 51, Autumn 2000)

His explanation was That when his neighbour came to the door The man attacked him with a phone. So he defended himself With a karate chop— That was...

What You Will See

is Billy breaking out of his breeze block bunker With a bust of Bloodaxe. You’ll see the concrete Of his tenement crack to reveal corroded filigree...

Late Blackberrying

Late for blackberries, missed it this year - let’s go up Wort Hill – ‘look-out point’ over Shropshire dips and ups, and on to Edgton – enjoy the air...

Chet and the Prisoners - 11

Toyo 3 April Today is pay day and at 10.30 I received compensation for my labors. After lunch I listened to the news. As a replacement for Mr. Wada,...