Villanelle
Friday, June 18, 2010
Villanelle
In me, we two are not just you and I,
We’re woes and wishes, will and world entwined,
Though bound to part and perish by and by.
Though some fear love ( are they afraid to die?)
We find
Harvest
Friday, March 19, 2010
Harvest
A line of light slinks slow across his lids.
An open palm floats tenderly over to touch, finding the cold sheet -
A hideous inward thunder.
His slow foot slides silent into her old
Love Lost
Monday, February 1, 2010
Where you are, can you hear the same,
That old voice that I hear, that song
From some dark (where sorrow never disappoints)
That polishes the silence ‘til it moans and surrenders,
Rubs joints and
The Life Metaphorical (3)
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Words change under our feet, and what once meant one thing can come unnoticed to mean its opposite.
There are many linguistic pirates sailing the open seas of politics, commerce, religion, (dare I
The Life Metaphorical (2)
Sunday, January 31, 2010
This isn’t a evangelical tract, so don’t let the photos put you off...
The idea that the Bible should be read as literal reportage is, I understand, a historical development that paralleled that
The Life Metaphorical (1)
Sunday, January 31, 2010
There’s a wide gulf between confidence and self knowledge. The confidence of an unconscious creature can masquerade as self knowledge. Sociopaths in positions of opportunity - ranging from car
Can’t Dance, Don’t Ask Me!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
I see it’s all a dance. For a long time it was a violent tango with Petruchio in tight trousers dominating the spirited but ultimately submissive Kate.
Men built a world, which is increasingly
An Open Letter of Love
Saturday, 24 October 2009
Some people are really embarrassing. They can’t contain their emotions; they tell you all their troubles (which are never as bad as all that); and no one’s suffering is ever as profound or as deeply