Archive for the 'Poems' Category

Synchronised

Saturday, December 18th, 2021

Underwater ballerina’s Twirling in the undertoe Synch and swim Tucked and trim Mermaids with legs

Raid

Saturday, December 11th, 2021

Insectile eyes Large and wide Stare beyond me Accusing And they are right

It Catches Up

Wednesday, December 8th, 2021

Veins clotting Hearts clogging Brains knotting Joints grating Eyes fading Bones decaying Prices paying

Collision Cause

Sunday, November 28th, 2021

A silver streak in the night In the void she is falling Screaming super sonic But light travels faster

Maps

Thursday, November 18th, 2021

Coloured splats on parchment made Showed travellers adventurous ways

Killer

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

Pierce the night With loveless eyes Beautiful in emptiness

Dino Dinner

Monday, November 8th, 2021

Ruffles, feathers, crests and crowns Beneath it all a chicken’s found But what is a chicken when it is plucked? A toothless dino – No wonder you like it dead and stuffed

Grown Old

Thursday, October 28th, 2021

Old sinew, old bone Leather wrinkled, shrink wrapped Flapping, sagging Just bags of desiccation Flesh on bones, soft as down Veins mapping Time skitters Slips past Unaware

Spider Spider

Monday, October 18th, 2021

Spider spider on the wall How very quickly you appear to crawl Legs in series spiked and barbed With fangs of poison you are armed Deadly to those tiny pray Injected, digested whilst they lay Spun in a cocoon of silk A late lunch of insect milk Spider spider on the wall What’s the eight […]

The Glider

Monday, October 11th, 2021

Red and white striped Flying smooth over Washed hills Pilot dreaming Of new days Peaked cap Climbs more aloft