Dusty sparrow bathing,
a tiny puddle splash.
He sees the reflection
of an elegant bird.

leaf drifts on spring breeze
I take a wandering path
following her dance

I’m silver to your gold
You remained true
while I tarnished.
I never learned to love.

Hadn’t we better say
“ Happy New Year”
at the end,
when we know?

The sun kissed peaches
bend the tree branches
The figs are ripe
and the oriole feasts on them
Far away from here
a child sifts dry earth
to find a handful
of forgotten corn

Pour the mulled wine
heat up the mince pies
Rudolph is coming
dragging Santa behind him

Santa is dreading
yet another workday
He wishes he could shave
and retire to Lanzarotte

Yet he has no choice
but to endure his job
Don’t be surprised
Have you ever tried
mucking out reindeer?

What does Santa do
for the rest of the year?
The reindeer unexercised
eating their heads off
in their stables.
Unoccupied elves
up to mischief
with unemployed fairies.
And the tax forms
you would not believe.

goodbye english rose
I never knew you at all
you graced our garden

you grew from shy girl
into a woman so strong
fragile to iron

two flowers you grew
now lost without your shelter
candle in the wind

The white rose grew from the moons rays
She understood the worlds sorrow
for she was born in shadow
She wept, for a lover picked her
for his beloved
and did not wipe away
the tears he called dew

I’ve seen diamond skies
where you saw the falling rain
lost in chasing gold

lucy how you lied
blasting open the third eye
wild serpent rising

in lost dimensions
eaten by ouroboros
never returning

I’m learning to rhyme
I’ll get it right in time
Just wanted you to know
Ok here I go

She walked like a stork
right up to the dork
who was pink just like pork
I’ve run out of ideas

Please free to join in
add rhymes of your own
Oh help me complete
this ****** poem

A fallen woman
A jewel upon the
somber earth
Glows like a
beacon in darkness
Illuminates the truth
That all things change
They rise,then fade
This small leaf
is the proof
I bend down
I pick you up
I’ll hold you
to my heart
This tender leaf
is Autumns gold
and Winters loving heart

rippling water
rainbows dance on the water
prayers of living sun

You are a bright and burning sun
within my lonely sky
You are a moon in darkness
a slice of apple pie
You’re birdsong in the winter
a flight within a dream
a fresh new book
a bunch of flowers
a bucket of icecream

Summer heat within
Hot coals igniting
I see you touch
her hand
you know I’m watching
You want me to let go
For I am burning
For you are ice and bone
and Winter snow

serendipity
it’s such a wonderful word
and that’s about it

fallen star walks earth
green grass to gold and silver
lost diamond of skies

On the first day of Christmas
my true love gave to me
a broken heart and an apology

On the second day of Christmas
my true love gave to me
a stumbling explanation
a broken heart and an apology

On the third day of Christmas
I escaped to Lanzarotte
to avoid my erstwhile lover
with a broken heart and an apology

Ice fairies dance
romancing the window pane
with their diamond dreams
Melting into the love of the sun
His warmth elevates them
into Christmas angels

Slave girl unchained yesterday
sings an unchained melody
Freedom tastes so honey sweet
Dancers rock the drumming beat

She is breathing freedoms air
Free from shackles
Free from fear
Far above her,flying free,
leaves whirl in Autumns ecstacy

heavenly angel
living in desolate streets
we need earth angels

Bluebells in their ballgowns.
Daisies  in lace dresses,
poppies in bright uniforms.

Cornflowers, sky slivers
mown down like skies lightning rent.
The brief flowering of your life
is no more.

I gather you up,
but cannot redeem you
from the night’s silence,
from time’s ephemeral fleetness.

a rainbow rising
rock music of whips and chains
wizard stargazing

a tower of stone
flesh to dust we resurrect
a triumphant roar

and in the vast skies
I see a rainbow rising
a rainbow of gold

The first peach ripened
on the young tree
is easily plucked
It’s velvet against my lips
the ******* of it’s delicate sweet juices

Some cream to pour over it
then we eat it together
Our tongues touch
it’s soft flesh yielding

Then for a single plum
with it’s silken bejewelled skin
I delve deep to release
the gushing juice
anticipating
fresh figs, persimmons, morello cherries

Only love can mine
the flashes of gold
in your obsidian eyes

risen from lotus
illuminating wisdom
manifest buddha

Green to gold
Gold to white
Light to dusk
Day to night
Rise again
in verdant green
to life and love
and cold icecream

of stars and lovers
an eternal mystery
ancient history

robin sings
sun rising in his heart
song quicksilver
in sharp morning air

Cat curl
he unfurls
A black rose
with tiny toes

Each one thorned
and he grows
to a puffball

Sunrise
the alarm goes
Cats day no more
time to curl and snore

it’s mother monster
nyarlathotep  dawning
the crawling chaos

it’s a bad romance
if there’s a lady in hell
her name is gaga

with je ne said quois
gaga bound in chains and ****
jailbird diva sings

now on the dance floor
or dressed like a dogs dinner
******* chasing her

When you were gone
we planted a young tree
in memory
and twenty years later
from that day
I wonder
how you have grown
Are you a gentle birch
sighing in the breeze
or an apple bearing maiden
or a larch with golden leaves
Maybe you are a willow
with trailing veils and skirts
a fragrant pine
or a somber elm or an ash
with spinning keys
I will return
I’ll come alone
and sit within your shade
A tree it is eternal
A poem
not a grave

Inside the flower
the nectar is sweet
The bee is enchanted
her reverie deep

She lights on the roses
and hums her delight
The bee is so busy
She’s beautiful bright

When you taste your honey
Remember the bee
Remember the flowers
ecstatic and free

My Aunt says
she’ll have no tomcat
spraying in the house.
She’s taking it to the vet
to be castigated

tiny miracle
hummingbird hatched in flower
shelter from rainfall

heart beat of the sky
crescent moon shining above
benevolent shines

Lightning splits sky
an oak is burned
yet will not die

Sea dashes rocks to sand
a wonderful walk over
over golden land

so we’re back in black
rock mourning one more lost star
annihilate grief

says we’re back in black
guitar scream diamond cuts night
of rock superstars

who defying death
blaze darkness upon the stage
da da da angus!

Starlight guides me
to the place where
you’re sleeping
I look up
and see stars weeping
Their fall to Earth
is a great misfortune
Wish I could be up there
like a second moon

speed freak iggy pop
knows how to have a good time
adrenaline rush

pounding heartbeat
just a loco mosquito
the rush  sensation

sensation seeking
he’s rolling in broken glass
ecstastic pain

The Autumn sky is vast
there is no end
The swallows fly exultant
at Summers end

I track the endless sands
I long for peace
The innocence of birds
brings no release

Of meaning I have none
Nor harmony
Yet here I am again
This bitter sea

bear wakes up early
hungry there are no berries
earth’s global warming

The night is diamonded with stars.
She wears indigo velvet
and a lace stole of clouds.
Then soft snowflakes fall,
debutantes of the Solstice ball.
Pirouetting to melt at dawn
in the warm embrace of the sun.

Snowfall covered  the world.
Icicles grew
like diamond swords for heroines.
Window panes delicate French lace.
The world shrouded in silence
that precedes the lovers first kiss.

Winter rules her kingdom
garlanded with jasmine and ivy.
Clothed in the dazzling sunlight
over the first snowfall.

Graceful willows
drink from the silver stream
Ancient roots
supporting new grown leaves.

The gate is smoothed
by hands that yearn
for one last touch
of their child’s hair,
of their wife’s hand.

Flowers grow over them,
and trees shelter
the absent dead.
While stone bears testament.

But you are not here,
you are in the forest.
This I know,
no-one else.

I resolved this year
make  new year’s resolutions
oh dear broke that one

you are the Queen
of Autumn skies
and winter weaves a cloak for you
to cover you until the Spring
and then you rise
in Summer flowers
in gentle showers
of Summer rain
The Shadow Queen
has blessed the land
to live again

The owl is a breath
of subtle midnight air
A dream, a whisper,
dark phantom of the evening

His shadow is menacing
His cry a death song
A fairy in her moonlit garden
hides from his fierce gaze

Her children are concealed under flowers
She hopes that they live to see the dawn
A sudden swoop,
the snap of fairy wings
Innocence lost
outside of Eden

The cat sat on the mat
The mat swallowed the cat
After all, it did not matter
for it was a theoretical cat
on an existential mat

black rats in the walls
lost inhuman skeletons
mountains of madness

nyarlathotep
great chthulu arising
in crawling chaos

colours out of space
the blind cosmic flute player
travelling serpentine skies