Like the Sea

Like the SeaLike the sea, like dust large-grained, a tearing rustle –the touch of the wind through leavesincreasing, forced in waves over the brainaround the nearness to the heartthe naturally skilful needles, pine-needles moveover the ground where I lovethe slick...

Flowers by the Fire

Flowers by the Fire Eight teazels, burrs, standing out dark in a spray of slender wayward-spreading honesty. Those white light pennies represent our wealth, cast motionless among dark guardians. Dear, when we marry, who can see our thoughts? The years ahead have poles...

As the Snow Fell

As the Snow Fell As the snow fell on our honeymoon, after a walk in the cold sun and a three-months’ drive to the wedding, in the clear January afternoon our lives’ sky-emptying hazard was begun. We turned from ourselves and watched the white flakes spreading, And my...

I Tell You

I Tell YouHow can I explainthe colour of the leaves?And the waterfall voicesof fire-darting birdshow can I suggest?How can I even know?What the eye perceives(shaped and tested, shaped and guessedby the meddling brain)is not known as trueby the dull cast of words,nor...

For Your Birthday

For Your BirthdayShadow of beech-leaves, shapes and stemsof daffodils, design of summer dresses,immaculate marking of diagrams,our living-room, that at its leisure amassessoft loveliness of spaces,sure lines, the red lampshade’s rims,and jars and cotton-reels whose...