19th January 2018

patterns of ice
fracture yesterday's puddles
heavy woodmoke

© Rachel Green 2018

anxiety fears
bring forward the headache
of moving house
living in my grandmother's terrace
with the secret passage
to next-door's attic space
among the dust and cobwebs
and a thousand bluebottle carcasses;
an iridescent plane of wonder
before the rotting wooden frame
of a window overlooking Rowney Green
and the distant spires
on Newcastle's ship canal.

© Rachel Green 2018