Heave! Push! Shove! Clamp the forwards’ heads, the front row heads: Shout! Grunt! Snarl! Drive immoveables against the rocks! Loud call – thrust inward spins the egg at crush of grasping hooker’s leg, the leather oval disappears inside red belly […]
Fought at Pembroke Mighty Pembroke! Ancient Pembroke! Silent ruin clad in time. Doughty gatehouse! Foes forbidden! Dominating Norman power. Great Carnarvon! Sombre Harlech! North-east guardians watching tides. Wrexham’s Chirk! Severn’s Caldicot! Grown from wealth of Norman pride, built to conquer, […]
Prologue It’s dark – we’re in the Severn Tunnel: our wider world’s begun to funnel to concentrate on where we’re heading, on where we’re walking, where we’re bedding. Quick! Daylight’s back – pass built-for function with dullness, Severn Tunnel Junction: […]
High ceilings And a decadent chandelier Of azure blue china stacks Painted in pink roses And golden trim. And covered by A gathering of Cream tasseled Lampshades. The garland curtains Hang heavy with grace And splendour. And the opulent bed […]
Two friends within a meadow met who hadn’t known each other yet: approached they both, the man, the ram, no power, nor fear, no hidden scam. There was no thought of mutton meat, desires for chops were kept discreet, two […]
I long for longer days When butterflies parade. When bees hum-hover And hedges petal. I long for a warm face And bare feet bathing on a lawn. I imagine the smell of honeysuckle And my fingers tickling long grass. I […]
I love to see the water gushing ‘neath orange sun or lemon moon, come rushing down from distant hills where thunder god has played his tune, where spring’s become a reservoir, a trickle into brooklet changed, increased to spreading stream […]
Today I came across a cat He was bright and ginger. He cried on my mat. His eyes would not leave me. His soul full of love. He stayed here all summer. And I too Fell in love. He stayed […]
The first of March is hear today And we’ll celebrate our favourite day and The sun shines down with golden light And Wales is beautiful in the Lord’s light A buzz all around and a happy sound and Saint David’s […]
Today the light came up And took away the tears. The sky went on forever- And went beyond my fears. Today the grass grew over And the birds began to sing. I could hear the joyful song; That spring was […]
As I tread the planks of time. I wander along a wooden stretch To where I turn a corner And see an immersive view. The time is now. The view is new. And the now is in view. The reeds […]
Why call you Devil’s Bridge – when each flowing ridge comes steeply, greenly down to merge and meet beside the Mynach river’s path? Can Satan ever live where such glories give a stillness to the soul, that gazes on the […]
