yellowhammer - by
Box work
tools
Pruning - by
I dock the dead, the damaged and diseased;
/ the gnarled and dry come tumbling from the heights
/ until I stand knee-deep…
On being asked to write a poem about a tool or utensil - by
I want an item without associations,
/ something clean of history, so
/ it can’t be the dust-pan, at least fifty
/ years old and tattooed…
from ‘Playing God’ - by
10. A note of warning to patients when all else fails
/
/ Sometimes the needle is too blunt.
/ The stethoscope is too quiet.
/ The…
The Case - by
In which river did the fish swim
/ that mistook for a fly a hook on a line
/ so drew its last, that…