without drawing breath
the didgeridoo busker
flourishes a sweet

(Brisbane 2013)

the trees now bare
my shed
through binoculars

email app
a haiku from Japan
wakes me

(for MF)

new colleague
again through his headphones
Blue Monday

December morning
Winter enters the house
through the shower head

Brrrrrrr...

Masterchef over
the care taken over
Marmite on toast

pat pat patting
each other
platonic hug

night-shifter's house
a cat
this side of the curtains

Instagram stranger
the Russian cats'
serious faces

magnifier. Grandad sends a text

her last year of belief
an extra stocking
just for her bear

an old friend
the tree drops
its plastic needles

incoming call
my colleague's muttered swearwords then
her phone voice

after the funeral
sparrows replace sparrows
on her bird table

intake of breath
her bear
starts the spin cycle

the scars
of her first attempt
pumpkin head

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