Cherry

Contender

The guy is Zoot suited and Chelsea booted. He is drinking a South African red of a bad year that had traveled via Oslo on waves as tall as the barman's tales.

Poetry By Numbers

Terrible, you can count on that...

Lingua Franca (edit)

mind your language....

Side-Effects

‘His first words were me-like, do you remember, dear? Two syllables for a first word.’ ‘Like ma-ma, or da-da.’
Cherry

Thief

little poem
Gold cherry

Volcan de Taburiente

from the dock, Volcan de Taburiente opens her jaw for toy cars to load all along The Portside Road
Cherry

Oh I am hungry

What I need to do is eat something small, something forgettable, like a plum. But I’m way too hungry for that.
Cherry

CORDELIA'S TOYS (replayed)

Cordelia was a quiet girl. Always darkly in a corner she would listen to her own silence …

Morning in Calais

Infact I never saw her again.

Sonnet 3

Wrap me in cotton wool: don’t let me touch You lying there in your matchbox disused - Where your sting’s curled in tight to your belly And your hands are balled in to your heart.

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