Hot Work
Of course it’s no longer summer but I’ll cling on to it for a little longer yet. Just a little lefty vitriol for my brothers and sisters. Peace comrades…
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Once Upon A Time
at a favourite lake; scene shot yesterday; at high altitude, wedged deep against a high rock fault, it offers innermost nostalgic recuperation for the hardy distance walker
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on a newly discovered lockdown walk, existing solely as a fusion of souls, for a moment; a humanist view. New poem
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Too Late.
Long ago dreams in a far away heart, stolen by time, and drifting apart. One gifted moment, eternity held. Memories unbroken, and a faded love token.
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Victory
Near Victoria Park
As children, we spent a lot of time in my grandfather’s shop In Canton. He and taught himself watch repairing and jewellery repairs. Victoria Park is in Cardiff and near his old shop. The witch’s hat was lethal playground apparatus and Jimmy Scoular was Cardiff City’s manager in the ’60s.
» Read moreThe Pastures of Jordan
The Pastures of Jordan There was a distinct feeling of neglect about the old farm house. Cracked white weatherboards with a rusting corrugated iron roof and a well-used veranda that stretched across the front of the old building assaulted the eyes on approach. Two dirty brown ruts molded over time with a strip of bright green grass up the center
» Read moreBeautiful Failures
BEAUTIFUL FAILURES ———————————- When your love burned so brightly Like a phoenix at sunrise I was trying too hard Just to live through your white lies When you told me how you feel In a room full of small talk I was damned by their small words: “He’s such a beautiful failure” How – they – love to scrutinise Me
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