You And I Go Shopping - by
It’s the first time
since you left my body
that we have gone
anywhere
Occasion: Birth
Bairn - by
There is no way to explainthe light that rises into a roomfrom the early morning bloom of snow;through closed lids, the slow dawningof white. The body is quick to knowthe pace of the day has changed, the spacewiped clean to make way for the first bird, first song.There is no way to explainhow, even when […]
Bloom - by
You are nothing more than yourself,not a message sent to change the world,not here to save mankind or even me. You are,like a snail or mollusc, only there;like a leaf among thousands on a tree,like the sea or the smallest of its creatures,just there. And yet, and yet I watch your faceand see a star […]
Waking with Russell - by
Whatever the difference is, it all began
the day we woke up face-to-face like lovers
and his four-day-old smile dawned on him again…
Baby Hand - by
Not bones but muscular air
/ inside; why starfish spread
/ five doll small living fingers
/ with cushion button dimples
/ for knuckles. All of…
I Am Carrying Happiness - by
I am happy
/ it’s so simple
/
/ I am carrying happiness
/ in my hands
/ …
Spinning plates - by
My mother was mad as mercury,
/ mad as a silken Disraeli stovepipe hat
/ hiding a gypsum-white rabbit.
/
/ She once told me – the…
Getting in Touch with our Feminine Sides - by
It’s morning and it’s just the two of us
/ in the Transit crew-bus, driving out to work,
/ past dew-hung spruce, in this…
Dear Hannah… - by
Dear Hannah, Time no less than space
/ would keep us, firmly, in our place.
/ I being old and sluggish, here
/ and you, so…