Austere the arches heaven pointing above rowed chairs where are expected the coming Sunday’s congregations: north aisle has frozen hanging standards of loyalty and deeds historic: while visitors eye Shepherd-Saviour enshrined in sun-stained coloured window, here moves a priest in […]
It’s lonely on this platform: in fact, everywhere is bare: bring passing rails no comfort as if they lie not there. How will I pass my waiting in early evening gloom? I know – I’ll learn to speak that name […]
The Brunels’ dock, mud silted dock, long since departed entry lock, a floating harbour they had planned not far from Aberavon sand, by power station overlooked, round which the Welsh Coast Path is hooked near remnant jetty being used, industrial […]
Scattered across abandoned cwms they lie there, marooned and bleaching like gutted crabshells in the sun. On walks, I stop to ‘collect’ them, imagine them alive again and pulsing with the old Welsh hymns instead of echoing the clap of […]
Foil chocolate bells And Santa Claus. Fine glass baubles. So dear; now yours. Scented tinsel Still fluffy and thick. Smells of Christmas And old candle wick. Snow globe nostalgia And glitter galore. Fairy light wonder And Christmas tree awe. Thank […]
The peacock buttery sits flat; magnificent; military-like; and luminous. A single small white feather lay earthed in solitude beneath my breath. Brown fingered buzzards soar low and brave. Weed waved knots grow back clump-like and strong. Mustard bubbled blooms return […]
Rough belled garden And dandelion faces. Hop hop blackbirds And bee hum traces. High sky daylight And evening lazes. Long day light feast And outdoor places. Lawn lined clatter And ton tipped grass spill. Edge turned tidy And neat clipped […]
Twist-cold winds ease And a new breeze breathes fresh music And sweeps gentle song along The floor of nature’s spring toes. Sunbeam raises its gaze And sits warm along the ground Of summer’s foot and untwisted leaves Open shy with […]
Hoof paddled bracken And pondweed frocks. Rose scattered knitting And spout spill rocks. Brown feathered sky And warm free gliders. Hunt twist heads And scrub air raiders. Wind dust hoof And straw faced stare. Barren bellows And wide-eyed hare. Red […]
Pond twinned trees And ether haze. Silent hoof And mirrored gaze. Fox twist turn And hunt fed face. Shape shift moon And white clocked Grace. Black still night And scattered star. Candled clouds And time so far. Whispered walls And […]
Seaside pockets And buried shells. Salt tongued silence And white bird yells. Stop still rocks And seaweed splashes. Tidal bowls And urchin lashes. Blue spilt skies And black winged splatter. Tall spire spill And old bell clatter. Paddled bird And […]
