house party
I catch the eye
of the garden Buddha

birthday lie-in
Facebook makes suggestions
for my bucket list



(written on a futon in a friend's London pad  - 25/10/14)

rollover jackpot
added to the list
the boss's name

in-between days

the stereo playing 'just like heaven'

in the passenger seat my daughter bopping away
an old favourite, i join in the words with a smooth gear change
then up the hill...
a single track road...
branches overhanging...
a wake of autumn leaves in the rear view

showing off
in the only way it knows how
last swallow

the last sunflower
bit by careful bit
the bee hastens its demise

somewhere in the galaxy
a supernova
each pixel
dot
in my night vision

getting lost
with the aid
of the sat nav
I end up finding
myself

seeing myself clearly my distorted portrait

sucking the duvet
off my shoulders
street cleaner

disease dreams
this insomnia of
fridge magnets

Dad's photo
of his feet -
Emley Moor

Here's some info about Emley Moor.

election leaflets
the letterbox spider 

abseils into battle

as I hang the washing
a crow crackles overhead
late Summer

the cat on her lap
kneading its paws
she sucks her thumb

zoo torpor
sweeping the lion enclosure
a flight of swallows

(Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Doncaster)

steadfast above the verge
the kestrel's wings
flicker fast as the traffic

(M1 South Yorks)

art retrospective
with age
his lines loosen

(Picasso Gallery, Malaga)

#3

Sunday league match
a swallow dives and jinks
inches above the box

Sunday league match
a swallow skims
and twists the penalty box