gardening done
a blackbird sets to work
around the beds

wiping
the slug
    ...the slug
from my finger
    ...from my
               finger

sun blue skied
the drops
on the window

Martin Lucas missing

Martin Lucas, the founder and editor of Presence has been missing from his home in Preston since Friday. If you live in the area, or know someone who does, please see the Lancashire police appeal for information.

snaking through the shingle
a rusty chain leads
nowhere



[good potential for a concrete poem, I guess]

telling her about
dinosaurs
her face as she yawns