First Lights

A collection of poems, and one story, in which dawn or sunrise play a part.

Cherry

You Have No Power Over Me

Homeless man Lark Milliband tries to help a troubled -- and troubling -- young boy with a dark secret...

Christmas Morning at High Cross Farm

Christmas Morning at High Cross Farm Nucleic light from beyond the zenith Scythes a glowing fissure across the dawning sky As the farmer plants his rubber footfalls in the snow;

The Road to Infinity

Reefer in the half-light; Burnt-out match on the table-top. Fumes of ecstasy spiral upwards Through night’s grey afterglow, Cleansed by outflooding darkness.