Evening gathering all singing of their day at sea
sharing stories of plenty or fast
the abundance of fish or lack thereof

Seagulls at their roosting resting place on the shore
no cliffs close by
the beach good enough

Faith written into the DNA
brothers and sisters simpler lives
Trees Flowers Birds Animals

Direct permanent access to God
their faith never waivers
The children of God

this is a fork in the river
where diversity meets
sits and smokes a pipe
or a cigar or just dreams
and here diversity chooses
which fork to take
and here we embrace
in the knowing we met
and our meeting was meant
and by no means in vain

jelly beans and ice cream
Chocolate and apples
unexpected sweetness
incarnate
A few of my favourites
and
The very best of all surprises.

we have rain today
the kind that collects
runs in small rivers
down the road
everything is dripping jewels
so needed say flowers
vehicles splash through puddles
sending sprays of rain
back into the air
but its summer rain
the refreshing kind
glad to be alive kind

my love sings as the nightingale sings
as all birds sing my love hides
behind all gifted songs of Earth
psalm and childrens laughter
the sound of rhythmic hammers
mankind at work with wood and metal
hearts full of life and love and singing

skies pink blush
how I love her
love she is

to sit on the grass is to sit with love-
love of grass because its grass-
and because its green-
and because its free-
and because its very existence is a confirmation of love

the words are sewn into skin
a cloak, earrings
body armour, a helmet
lips like a sentence
tongue of gobbledygook
mind gone sane with diction
over the edge and back again
for one last paragraph
of living with a forced language
Until silence wraps me up
carries me off as her lover
her prize her plaything

give me a gherkin over chocolate
every time
just make sure you have finished the chocolate
before I finished my gherkin