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

Sunday league pitch
inches above the box
a swallow twists and turns

always slightly ahead
the towpath heron
takes to the air again

in fragments
the local potteries
unearthed on the plot

last light
on the allotment
the glow of a fag dimp

top down
the convertible driver's
balding head

the kids'
noisy lie-in
Father's Day

equaliser
the noise
from the pub

s u b w a y - everyonecrammedsofarapart


I was just pulling together a submission for a rigid three line journal when I pulled this one out to see if it worked with a different format.

I've literally just done this, so I'm currently pondering...

(original poem said 'underground' at the beginning, but I guess 'subway', while American, is more universal and specific, right?)

the bell tolls noon
every day twelve pigeons
circle their coop

drifting
from the five-a-side
floodlit swear words

leading deeper
into the woods
just birdsong