Monday 31 January 2011

stone


guarding the windowsill
against dogs that want to look outside
the cat

30-01-2011 Nute




Walton Dam Field

21-01-2011 Walton Dam11

Venus Magazine launched

Venus magazine cover

The inaugural issue of the VENUS MAGAZINE is now available on the web site, or as a download from ISSUU.com!

This first issue features poetry from 'Tess Camillo' author, Morgan Hunt, fresh new fiction from Rachel Green and Beverley Karalus, reviews of Red Rover from Caroline Filler and Gender Outlaws from Jean Roberta, who also shares her first column, Stranger Than Fiction.

Sunday 30 January 2011

stone


ripples in the sand
left by retreating waves
what perfect symmetry


29-01-2011 Cleethorpes




Cleethorpes

29-01-2011 Cleethorpes

sun, sea, sand
and bitter, bitter wind
on the beach
fish and chips for lunch
drive home in the gloaming

Saturday 29 January 2011

stone



the dog stares at the cat
her head in profile to the light
whiskers like optic fibres




Frosty Cotoneaster

21-01-2011 chesterfield (8)09

Friday 28 January 2011

stone


on my desk
a box of paints and coloured pencils
late-night drawing


28-01-2011 paint box




Blue and Shadows

21-01-2011 chesterfield (7)08

Thursday 27 January 2011

stone



a glimmer in the darkness
as a solar light comes on in the garden
a candle for spring




Paint and Shadows

21-01-2011 chesterfield (1)01

Monday 24 January 2011

stone


23-01-2011 glove01

Pigeons take flight
from wind-blown sycamores
a gay glove, abandoned




Fungi

17-01-2011 woods (3)03

Sunday 23 January 2011

stone

22-01-2011 catkins sml

catkins
appear on a hazel bush
fat caterpillars, dangling




Study Wall

16-01-2011 Study (2)02

Saturday 22 January 2011

stone

21-01-2011 chesterfield (1)01



shadows on a painting
criss-cross between the mountains of Hell
a shadowed Purgatory?




After the Cinema

16-01-2011 Chesterfield (3)05

Friday 21 January 2011

stone



segments of sky
divided by telephone wires
bisected by contrails




Telephone Box

15-01-2011 Chesterfield (3)02

Thursday 20 January 2011

small stone



a dog's bark
echoes from brick walls
freezing air




Distant Spire

15-01-2011 Chesterfield (2)01

Wednesday 19 January 2011

stone



the soft feel of fur
under my fingertips as I read
with my morning tea
Jack slides his paws under the covers
as protection from the cold




Tennis Shoes

15-01-2011 cemetery (3)01

Tuesday 18 January 2011

stone



morning alarm
the dog declines to move
snoring softly




Jack

14-01-2011 Jack

Monday 17 January 2011

stone



post-it notes
on the computer tower
tell a story




Snow Globes

14-01-2011 Snow Globes

Sunday 16 January 2011

stone



the sandman
leftbehind a perfect cube
of mucus




Garages

14-01-2011 Garages

Saturday 15 January 2011

stone



Pink and white blooms
on a winter cherry
a vee of geese

14-01-2011 Winter Cherry 14-01-2011 Geese




Sun after the Rain

13-01-2011 cemetery (2)

Long shadows / across an old forest lawn / magpie fans the clouds

Friday 14 January 2011

stone



compost worms
seek the sun's solace
of warmth
I tip potato peelings in
and watch them dance




Cemetery

09-01-2011 Boythorpe cemetery (1)

Thursday 13 January 2011

small stone



a book, finished
sunlight streams through the windows
and the dog yawns




Portland Hotel

06-01-2011 Chesterfield (1)

Wednesday 12 January 2011

small stone


raindrops
hang from bare cherry branches
ribbons for good fortune