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Jul 2018 · 98
.the exhibition.
may be



a lot of fuss

about nothing
Jul 2018 · 81
.newspaper.
reported that       he lost his husband

swept away to sea; too near the edge

mentioned his age, his occupation



told the wrong story



some are careful how they speak

with diction and electrocution

spelling correction and oddities



dictate the right words



yes it is me

yet do you know me

really?



choose your words carefully



&



they will  misunderstand

you



again

#carelessness
Jul 2018 · 159
.widow.
it is not my village

i have lost that one



it grew

too big



that is carelessness



rooms full of plastic now

instead of hard wood



ocean wave



carelessness



i try to be anonymous

but am found out



how careless



they ask



‘did she lose her husband?’
Jul 2018 · 581
.harry lime.
i am a detective a bit

like

harry lime

looking for a beetle

blackened ; crusty with a smart serge suit from

foster brothers



went missing a week or so ago

the full moon following



reported by a family in the

cellar concerned



by its legs waving wildly ; sock dangling

backed on flagged floor



missing person



crisp printed poster

denoting
Jul 2018 · 226
.a village.
.part one.



soft morning rise as linen cloth



dogs bark the distance



curtains closed  ; a village sleeps



one person walks early

noting

the air with simplicity



flaxed dress ; hair not combed



newly widowed

she starts anew
Jul 2018 · 84
.dying field.
dense night ;  memorial

green underhedge ; ****



frost ; rhythms of black

birds ; black

jack ; flap

jack



stream of conciousness

there  is no rhyme

these recollections ; another time



eighteen hundred



eighteen hundred



too many dead
Jul 2018 · 87
.sky dome.
you do not understand

it

whilst

elsewhere it trends

being on the front page

now



some did not stay in the sky dome long



yet the little dog

sat down



looked up
Jul 2018 · 93
.judas.
You came to me; i kissed you

We have had our moments/ disagreements

Tuesday you came to me to talk of Judas

why i loved him standing there in iron

held his hand



Metal man



Why i cried on touching; losing memories

her memory

His stance/vulnerability; we all have

if we allow

Imperfections are endearing



Frink’s power to show

You look quietly



Later we sat to look at the pictures together

I turned the pages

looked at his eyes
Jul 2018 · 77
gender & d.o.b.
Any tips for posting photos here?

I am unable.

yes i saw that

am used to copy and paste

where do i get the url, and what does url mean

i am older now

am googlying
yet i see the images
are from online
when i wish to upload
from my laptop
files

i have done one via facebook

yours is numbers

with a pro pg

and thanks for the feature thing

i will get used to things

in my time

i have done one via facebook
yours is numbers

with a pro pg

Another way is to click on “more options” and then on “upload file”.

ok thanks

where does that look like

is there an icon?

i best get back to the twigs

sincerely thanks for

your help

i guess i always
hope that things
will be the same
Jul 2018 · 85
.shot in the head.
he told me this story as it is quite true

he read it in a book of life

so i will not write of it

here



dead soldjers
Jul 2018 · 208
.innuendo innuendo.
i don’t think so

he is innocent, some say naive

it is you and you that thought another meaning

heads full of dope and chloroform with silly

verse



maybe you are  actors with erratic scenes

so he cannot speak to you for laughing

at the glint in your eyes regular



perhaps you will go wild swimming together

in the dyfi
Jul 2018 · 285
#usa
caged.

it is all there

if you look

little birds
Jun 2018 · 392
.red cross.
red cross



a simple sign that says kindness helps



and needs volunteers



so i do one day a week alone upstairs

if possible



the power of such a thing is endless



as i sift and sort the black bags and

cardboard box i think of you



a leather bag with purse: pink plastic comb

still grubby with your hair intact.

lace handkerchiefs, letters i leave unread.



dead people’s handbags, dead folks

clothes. mothballs they say are hard

to come by, i know different, smell them now.



washing hands is regular. compulsive.



odours cling. thoughts sing that kindness

comes easy.



sounds, chatter from the store below rise and when  thoughts subside

i listen here and there, customers clients and staff.



the box contains your little things, the company of pretty

your joy of small items



dust coats the air, motes of your living days. a drink is

welcome. move on.



another bag is baby clothes, joyful thoughts of children growing.



showing them to colleagues we smile together, steaming in

the upper room



warm the days now, summer the nights are hotter. murmuring continues below.



you hear things if you listen.



she said

we should help    people in this country

first, not those abroad .

****** immigrants



yet these are the numbers the scared and dying

the





established volunteer talking loudly  to her young customer

asking about the washing,

  yes i

hang it in the garden, in    sun and breeze

to dry fresh.



staff  replied that is what peasants do.

gippos, you know their sort.



i stopped the sorting.

saddened

report it

fight, flight or write of it?



i touched a little coat gently

said goodbye to that upper room left quietly

it is hard to do nothing, not react



my issue



their sign says kindness helps

red cross

a red cross
Jun 2018 · 84
.the prize.
the prize came as unexpected

a big building enough to house

the poor, the homeless the dis

possessed. it was tea and

i felt sick



i will rather give the money away

the added value of the food. ritz.



crackers. that bread can cost so much

spread with regular stuff cut thin



the waiter smiled ; i noted his shoes

an honest worker like me



alongside they enjoyed the moment

without the anxiety of my chest where

reparation fails. this is the promise

the outcome of a difficult day
Jun 2018 · 176
.exercise.
afternoon tea at 4pm posh

first prize.    three x five



all persons: third person

1.

the restaurant

three minus five or six



2. the tea

three minus five or six



waiter

3. describing the folk next to me

4. too many expectations, the room offering anxieties

5. food came



6. how high can this be, a ceiling at ten feet four



#speechless
Jun 2018 · 77
.date stamp.
they say he fell & cut his head

in the bathroom

when she arrived there was a number

written on the plaster

on his forehead



the date he fell
Jun 2018 · 159
.herrison.
notes

Hospital Name: Herrison Hospital
Previous Names: Dorset (New) County Asylum, Charminster Asylum, Dorset County Mental Hospital
Location: Herrison Road, Charminster, Dorset
Principal Architect: Henry Edward Kendall Junior. George Thomas Hine
Layout: Corridor Plan
Status: Converted to housing
Opened: 1863
Closed: 10th January 1992



:: more notes ::



:: histories ::



there are no internal photographs

there are no photographs with people

only cars

and windows
Jun 2018 · 124
.bus trip.
herrison

is near monkey jump

dorchester

i pointed it out on the coach

i don’t go there no more

see notes
Jun 2018 · 180
.classic fm.
the road is closed
at monkey jump
dorchester

radio news
Jun 2018 · 339
.describing wool.
the british way, not mentioning
yarn, too much, repeating words,
where no longer necessary. wool
in abundance here, piled on wool
lorries, neatly balanced with

premium acrylic.

it is a fine line we walk,
gently avoiding peptides,
only just a theory, yet used
independantly, alongside
honest work, for mending.
Jun 2018 · 180
.Hawfinches in Surrey.
Hawfinches are shy birds, rarely seen. That is what the books say.

Notes in books are black and white, with coloured pictures, often

photographs.



They come to the gate with walking boots, notebooks and sun hats

in the summer. If they come tall  find it hard to negotiate the lower

branches.



A country garden.



Roger found things difficult, a sensitive soul standing six feet four. Some

were cut on his advice.



The first negotiation.



The grass banks slip while wet ; safety training  kicks in.

Royal Mail.                                                   Country Garden.



Those watchers climb the back stone steps to watch the birds. In groups they come

with binoculars.

Ask to see the skull; the big beak.



Second negotiation; two of many.



By my gate it fell.

The hawfinch.
Jun 2018 · 400
.hen blas.
the work comes different, place to place. Hen Blas is a new situation for me; the new studio.

some things take time, layers form, marks come and go.

new geography has dictated the nature of the paint covering those from years past



i have written that these were painted in 2018, yet may i say started in 1999 in another place, another life.

i can no longer remember all that lays beneath yet know that some of that will always show through

i have submitted them as unfinished, finished for now. the work is ongoing, the adventure with paint and its expression of land and soundscape
Jun 2018 · 124
.sound 11.
1.



sound one

sound two

i stand near a figure by  water; in water

leaded grey seamed as soldered. we stand together, there is no gender, no one mentions it no more



here



they did in the tate

modern

gigantic genitalia



liking autumn, our fall  & liking travelling

i visit winchester today  near an old home no longer home. i fear to return there nightmares reccuring

the flat, the trap

the madness

those days i escaped  to the sea,  gently floating for hours becoming spongy avoiding the need to return until dark, when turning the key opening the door found chaos screaming



dreaming

in this crypt i find



all is quiet par the dripping in a quickening rhythm ; a storm outside .

water seeps in drips from my clothes pools the floor

feel the rain pour through me scouring  pain and it is better this way



i look across; it is taller than me by a foot with head bowed

stands before me silent

i stand before it silent

two of us

just two of us



some may say one of us



dripping settles



i do not know you

i do not know anyone really

only think i do



you cannot know me

secrets never told not to be told

here

now

ever



enough to be here in this place of quiet





water rises to its knees while i move higher

wait

a while to think remember you and you and you

all those that left



everyday some one dies.                                          we do not know them all



i have found solitude   and like it;  have achieved my solo flight a quiet life



hear a noise in the distance turn and walk away



it looks down into its hands



gormley

sound two

sound eleven

three hundred and more
Jun 2018 · 123
.running.
so far they led us
into the green hills,
where we stood back
and let the past follow.

dealt with dice,
life becomes
abstract,
dreaming
of distances and partitions

if only
it lasted longer
Jun 2018 · 402
.Life Saving.
Secrecy.

Felicity quietly enters the water

to drown .



Secretly he  had been watching. Dives in to save her.

Pulling her back to shore, her wide mouth screaming.



Sincerely he resuscitates her



wide mouth on wide mouth



Secretly she enjoys it.
Jun 2018 · 111
.ellis.
Along the meandering line they lay,

fallen the fallen.

No one uses the word ; forbidden (verboten) to forbid

or forget that they were killed.



Does your family talk of it?  Incredible secrets. ****



or be killed.
Jun 2018 · 108
.twenty hours.
clear faces deny rumour

speculation comes rife

history books packed

stacked among other stories



locked in boxes

bound



thickened scars are evident

evidence of a secret place

though we say we have none



none will know

we shall not tell



note how the fallen have fallen

over there



balance is a quiet thing



you cannot hide

not even here



you are found out
Jun 2018 · 96
.holiday weekend.
early

they come as mosquitoes by the bridge; swallows returning

a haze of aftershave

chanel buzzing talking of how it will be to live here

littering banks with towels chairs & chatter



sunblock slides the stones others so carefully balanced



sheep scatter



later dozing after burgers awake to leave in heavy fuming cars

queuing



he would say vehicles



home i tremble

remember the old rule

tell the cat i love it

like the quiet

regret bank holidays that break my silence
Jun 2018 · 237
.black bag.
1.

i am a bin man & also a poet

some times

pondering

newton’s law & the strength of plastic



i drop the bag to test the theories



2.

i am the driver & watch him

glad the bag did not break

wonder at his thoughtfulness & isolation

should i report him or let him be?



we are late already



3.

i am the householder watching

i move forward smiling

pick up the bag

to help him



think it must be onerous employment

yet

nice to be out of doors



will remember a tip come christmas
Jun 2018 · 121
.biggest things.
were on the road today

the police were there

lights flashing

we had a queue



three big huge lorries with

the biggest big stuff there

was a



fourth one  missed me

on the roundabout

red & yellow

big horn

no battle i put my foot down



big rose bush to lay under

and toast the perfume

sweep the petals



big day today

smiley face

emoticon
Jun 2018 · 80
.with regard.
maybe connections are missed the link dismissed.     metaphors faint as my flimsy whispers   symbols   do you deny me peace?   perhaps you utter the words constantly?   look closely



or brush it regularly. talk about birth.   stand during the rain fall.        regard the chimney.   take it off to return it.   sometimes we need to commit a while, until we don’t no more

this is not a word i have used much recently, if i did it will be related to plants i expect.   adjective.   i may use plush in regard to velvet clothing, cloth, clothed. another adjective



it could have been simple, days of sewing crosses.  red.   eight thiry  till five.   it could have been easy, yet there were issues of the electronic kind   meaning wasting time with wires and connections

she suggested that i write a novel,   when i noted that she walked briskly to the post box,                                       dressed suitably. i do not copy                                   plagiarise or write about my friends



some of us like to be neat in some ways.   some of us draw big and messy, and i understand both.   we have made marks a long time, since the dawn of.   probably





4
Jun 2018 · 85
.Anonymous Writer.
Having trouble getting back.

Difficulty finding words, of the
simple type, to type.

Spell out the consequences,
of an easy life.

Is it criticism, or a general sensitivity,
which abounds, confounds the
smallest heart.

She says we should not handle bats.

They write better stuff than me

words i never have

or think in

They have been to a university

I have been there twice visiting

while two have died

there

They write in patterns

I watch with difficulty

&

admiration

Yet glad i feel better today
when you say gray, do you mean grey, as in lady jane or earl as in tea. when you say grey, do you mean gray, as in mary, my friend? do you mean that we all come from different countries.



he has no knowledge of twigs, his mother had the secret, as do i. he has the knowledge of acting, it was quite a performance, as they were the same twigs

i have written of them before, now in code and symbol, i regard, that ‘again’ brings a sense of permanence, that familiarity does not always mean contempt , yet continuity. autumn comes round, and we keep the litte things, again

it has always been the same, water going down hill, thick frost of winter’s morning.   now the birds song at 4 am, bad news soften by dreams, new days.     it has usually been the same

about six years ago it was mentioned that the twigs should be the same do you remember?   later they taught me of the nature of working slow and sure so much can be done this way

yes i have help each month some years the tree man comes i fiddle every day. lifting logs. i may get stronger. it is abutting a church yard

more than that when birds sing.   when  water lowers, seeps away.   twigs are left, shattered .   farmers out, later neighbours chopping logs, stop to talk of other days, bled from a photo.   still a solitary thing

down the back lane there are puddles, huge amounts of water fell, flooded the abbey ruins.   branches blown , creaking twigs while rain stays off a while. she is a new walking partner, quite fast, no bother

cut deep,   while others are sleeping. we tread the way, from here to there, leaving a trail.             you may follow. cut round the cowslips, leave the twigs. step this way, it leads to the old apple tree
Jun 2018 · 317
.lovely,my lovely.
about six years ago it was mentioned that the twigs

should be the same

do you remember?



later they taught me of the nature of working slow

and sure

so much can be done this way



last week i told you that he had tshown me

their visual value



***** the wall light into stone

church wall by the gate?

never

won’t work

so we fixed it with a twig



will send instructions in latin  upon request

my lovely
Jun 2018 · 109
.it was his idea.
after we talked about twigs.



*it all started years ago

when

he needed the same always



we moved it forward

slowly learning



last month he told me

about this…….



so i done it too
Jun 2018 · 166
.bryn.
In the dead of night; a strange noise.    Is it though?



tic tic



It seems so in sleep, while on awakening feel around to find the room is home.

Remember the water pipes bang next door and he is a farmer who leaves early; he notes I have a lamp lit always; the last eleven years or so.



Works on the hill behind; would have lived there if he finished the house. The foundations stand still.

He came once looking orderly for the village funeral, and i said no one would notice the mismatch. He had not far to go.



Look to the window and recognise the light that slants across the graveyard, the neat

beech hedge, the company.



Lifting the pillows behind me  listen and wonder if the wild ones are at the door again.

All was  locked well last night, they are too small to intrude.



I guess it is the plumbing again, the thought of experience. We feel safe here in this precarious life.



Listening, another note, the beams moving, the house settling back. Rhythms of time remind us of the fragility of all things.

Moving forward always there come other notations that bring  feelings, the Agnes Dei opens wounds and fears flood with salt.

Cantata Memoria

tick tick tick tick

Night here is filled with fairy lights, the garden comes differing with otherworldy

beings

The night is not dead ever. All small things are moving creeping; even me now. Awake

I find to think, remember and write. The noise is so many words.



tack tack tack tack







clicking

sounds distant

if the window is open.

The hissing is continuous

&

I dreamed  it all in metaphors.



During the day comes the noise of industry from the old toilet block sold

now, owned privately. Making a place with a little garden, the sound of fence posts

being erected. There will be much discussion in the village, while we stay quiet here

and  listen to the noises.



Daytime, night time, tic tic









A strange noise? I don’t think so.



All is natural, easy unless our brains say otherwise with chemicals, peptides and fear. We are fortunate to live in this place where no bombs will take us.

I like to think about hot water to make everything clean. The wild ones smell better this time of year without bathing.



The  strange noise could be these four hundred words?
Jun 2018 · 239
.territory.
we sat together chatting in the garden

i had mended the parasol with string

she wondered why people could not all

live together

happily



around the world



i had no answer here



the sun was hot & i could feel my face

burning



i told her that my cat hissed at the wild things

even when they were submissive



ah she said

it is because they are on her territory



ah!



sbm.
Jun 2018 · 91
.bent.
ordered my elbows

they came shiny

lovely at 45 degree angle



oh no

he said

these are the wrong ones

we need ninety degrees

really



now i have once again

ordered new elbows



#huwsgray



my other joints are fine



thank you
May 2018 · 98
.bitter pills.
we have a liquid diet sometimes

things slowed down.



we place it in bottles.
May 2018 · 105
.they think so.
yet some have a differing

view

some are away all week



the peal of bells stop

leaving the air empty



lean on the wall/watch the cattle

note the shape/remember the

hissing



lately
May 2018 · 119
.reynard.
i guess he thought that

no one

would see him cross

a newly ploughed field

just past the lime kiln



red earth, red fur repeated



the shadow came darker



some one left a marker

on the fence
May 2018 · 157
.hill of loss.
unpredictable name

lean on the fence to look

over

a steep drop to the river

tears well as we speak of it openly



to break the cut a pheasant came comely

all collars & spectacles



walked sedately to the edge while

i imagined it may fall or fly

over



he continued head forward

feet unhinged to walk down

that cliff

properly slowly with dignity



astounded i turned

went back to work the worst

of the tremors over



it was such a shocking statement to hear



a hill of loss
May 2018 · 150
.bold.
mrs ciano never had hair
we do not mention it to
her

she has a sensitive soul
multiple personalities

go google
mrs ciano



.mrs ciano’s blog.
May 2018 · 408
.across the lane today.
he is splitting logs & sawing

in the sun

they will go at the back where the wind

blows round



kenny says they take years to dry

he knows his stuff



i broke the mower & have two

strimmers that work



cut the paths

tenderly leaving the flowers to grow



we try not to go out here bank holiday

week ends



so a rest indoors now



with



ARTURO MARQUEZ – DANZÓN Nº 2; GUSTAVO DUDAMEL
in blue writing

as if

it is important

you see



sbm.
May 2018 · 136
.friday in the village.
over the lane



i watched him varnish his duck

while

previously he had fired up a chain saw

ready



we imagined he will cut the legs off the

taller one



two ducks in a row

were gathering dust at the bottom of  the

stairs



will now decorate the garden



we discussed the date and laughed about

star wars



together

the others came up the rise and spoke yet

they do not know me



sbm.
May 2018 · 309
.is it blood?
we opened the door, closed a while and found the old nails

ancient rusty loved them kept them for the ages

who else will like rusty nails?

well

he did those huge hand made ones from the garden



it has been a long time coming

it lasted many years now is gone

all of it

all the straight ideals and weathered work.

who will come laughing now   who else loves rusted nails  & reddened eyes?

plans change

partially due to the weather

state of the roads



is that blood on the towel dear

or is it rust?
May 2018 · 150
. another way.
they may like us to dance

twice

louder,  a chance

to

face up

to smile



we  have always danced

it is  a family



trait



look sideways

think lateral



forget the emerald

and dance



looking the other way



mainly
May 2018 · 104
.falling.
it started that day at brondanw



i saw you fallen

&

photographed you



took you to be stitched



yet could not save you

nor

any of them



you are a metaphor for death



the word fallen is used

when they were pushed





while those at home made bandages
May 2018 · 78
.the bird was unexpected.
it is a clear word

as water pure and bouncing

off rocks

a bird

or

messing about

remembering #



days mud building dams

fighting the tide

pushing back years

running the path

fighting for freedom



then it comes

unexpected

like

the lark

bird



having written of the hour,

move on when all is lost.

the days remain

timeless.

today, we walk the woods,

back home.
May 2018 · 121
.the book shop.
i work in bala

i work in dinas

work at home



yesterday



we delivered to betws

y coed



hotel was stuffy & too much meat

while the train was more like it



we find there are too many monkeys in betws

y coed
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