I’m beginning to distinguish individual locomotives by their whistles. The majority merely say “look out,” but a few almost manage “I am.”
TWITTERKU
Drop a stone
to mark the day
Scattering gravel
on the way
As I reach for sleep
Raindrops smatter the rooftop
Soporifically
From Ariel via text msg.She sits, limp paw raised.
My hand gently seeks what hurts.
Thorn out she runs off.
Empty nesting box
Were the Ospreys blown away?
Violent thunder storm
Reading Walt Whitman
Two does break from the pond bank:
Sun-dappled June woods.
Dogs in the thicket
While Brere Fox lopes down the road -
Treats them like giant pups.
All night, this headland
Lunges into the rumpling
Capework of the wind. Richard Wilbur, 1976
Lunges into the rumpling
Capework of the wind. Richard Wilbur, 1976
Rain forest walking
Ferns unfurl crystaline green
New life amoung us
Sent by Abi Hicks from New Zealand via BlackBerryThrough blue silk, her thigh,
Brushed by the back of my hand,
Scorched in memory.
In dreams I prowl
Through streets and dark corridors
Stalking my sweet prey.