FRACTURE
Noise vandalises quiet Fragments of colour Dislocate and splinter In the heavy air Voices compete For a thin thread Of attention
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RECONSTRUCTION
Wounds healed over Stitches dissolved New skin shines pearl-like In the morning sun Stretches to touch The wholeness Of things placed Just where they should be
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PENTECOST DREAM
Fine rain From way beyond Our consciousness Falls undefiled Transparent pure Devoid of acid Human waste
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WILDERNESS – LENT 2025
High towers once inalienable Upended one by one The dust of their falling Sticks to the clothes, grits in the toes As we stagger ill-shod and unbelieving Through the wasteland Of past certainties Our hearts shot through With the insult of this And all betrayals
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ERASURE
It starts with a fingerprint Dirt denting the corner Of soft cream vellum Cotton fibres interlocked With care over time
Attention is drawn From artwork to stain
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SOUNDSCAPE
The music of ‘wellness’ Washed clean of all colour Plays out its servitude In the glass lift Boards of directors having concluded That calm can be conjured From shallow waters The panic of thought Contained by the bland
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NOW
Now can’t be edited Burnished in the looking back Until it is past
But the fear of winter’s devastation The unravelling it brings Can derail it
Sitting quiet with Now Takes some attention
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STILL PROCESSING
Disquiet drops A question mark At the banquet Table where Overripe, hardened Mellow and bruised Fruit of the vine Are gathered
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A WALK IN THE PARK
Slow placing on a winding path One thought in front of another A jogger huffs impatient Warm breath at my neck I stop holding hands With contemplation To let her pass
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