The Wren’s Nest - by
The Robin cam to the wren’s nest
And keekit in and keekit in.
anthropomorphism
SQRL - by
chats in squirrel are limited
/ to a sort of Roman salute
/ foreleg extended then folded
/ open paw on breast as if to say
/ Look…
From Night Monkey, Day Monkey - by
The moon shone down on the jungle.
/ Night Monkey climbed up the tree.
/ She clambered and leapt to where Day Monkey slept,
/ And…
The Ant Swap - by
I bend an ear to your sound, put my knees in the dirt,
/ offer my orifices to you like doorways
/ to…
I, Lizard, performance artist - by
My art is my performance. / My performance is endurance.
Hyena - by
I am waiting for you.
/ I have been travelling all morning through the bush
/ and not eaten.
/ I am lying at the edge…
from Life and Death (Echoes) - by
The nightingale has a lyre of gold,
/ The lark’s is a clarion-call,
/ And the blackbird plays but…
Rats - by
You want to be a fat cat, want to do the deals?
/ Fix the odds, pull the birds, eat expensive meals
/ that…
from A Cock Crows in Rwanda - by
Usually, beloved, I crow,
/ And my name is Rusake the Cock,
/ The same one most people chow down on,
/ Especially my delicious neck.
/ I’m…
A Little Nap Rap - by
A little nap rap
/ When I got home one evening
/ to my cosy living room
/ I found a squirrel at my table
/ and…
No. 115 dreams - by
The living room remembers Gran dancing to Count Basie.
/ The kitchen can still hear my aunts fighting on Christmas day.
/ The hall…
Eight Tentacles - by
If only I had an octopus
/ I’d soon get my housework done.
/ I’d set him to work on the hoovering…