Ferment

A rondeau. Into the oubliette. Relentless sediments Of time commit bright sparks to deep, dim, muffled past. Where humiliations – error and shame – amass, Accumulating in the dank dungeon, ferment. Up-creeping fungal threads infect the present tense. Enslave all…


Inhume

A rondeau. Into the oubliette, inhume your shame Let no-one know the errors that you make Its better to present yourself opaque Than risk having your public face disdained Within that rotting pit gather remains Based on seeming success, repeat…


Spiral

1. Inhale full deep, your nostrils flare Piquant bouquet of fresh cut grass The memories unfurl Resented chore, the lawn mower The whiff of amber gasoline Sloshed funnel cup, swirled into tank Haul on the Briggs and Stratton cord –…


Blue murex

You came to me We met, we merged Your eyes, two pools Limpid, serene No half measures I plunged, submerged Immersed within Aquamarine What once was clear Became infused Sanguine at first, When love was new Now left bereft My…


Seaside samba

It comes to her in times like these, A-swaying gently in the breeze, Soft seaside sand on endless afternoons. That hollow ache, remembering Her innocence, the bloom of spring, Now lost forever, washed away too soon. Too restless now to…