paintings
taking over the house
bonfire time?
© Rachel Green May 2026
Moor Lane Cemetery
a narrow path; almost a burrow,
through trees bowing to honour the dead;
a path between old graves
leading to a chapel
long disused,
a roof emulating trees
channelling rain to an old altar
re-consecrated to the Lord of Fungi
in a moss covered copse
© Rachel Green May 2026
Boythorpe Road
provides spontaneous artwork
Death of a Squirrel
© Rachel Green May 2026
TIA
PC switched off
for a 10-day holiday
now nothing works.
Dear Universe
I just need the printer
to show as online
to post an eBay parcel.
Thanks in Advance.
© Rachel Green May 2026
new toilet roll
spinning it several times
resident spider
© Rachel Green May 2026
Rally Interview
Old white geezer
wearing a Union Jack as a cape
just want's "The Old England Back"
and what he means
is the fond memories of post-war Britain
where everything was rationed
and Mummy washed his clothes for him;
where you were allowed to be racist
because everyone was
but nobody was really racist,
not really,
not when all the menial jobs were done by immigrants
and corner shops sold asbestos and cyanide
and the ruling class could do whatever they likes
so long as the peasants paid taxes
and didn't trespass on Crown lands.
© Rachel Green May 2026
it's all very well
writing reviews for tested products
no space left
© Rachel Green May 2026
Come the Revolution
Tommy Robinson
leads some chants in his London Rally
where they wear the red hats
and blood-red crosses
synonymous with the New Reich
"Make England Great Again."
White people, all,
complaining they are downtrodden by minorities
these poor billionaires
TV 'personalities'
and would be politicians
leading chants in support
of Tech Trillionaire Elon
© Rachel Green May 2026
over clouds
returning to England
distant vineyards
© Rachel Green May 2026
Comic Sans
snapshots
the enigma of likeness;
frozen images
wrenched out of time
devoid of all substance:
a superficial resemblance
of that moment in time
sans thought, sans belief
sans opinion, sans love
© Rachel Green May 2026
enough blue
washing underwear in the sink
busy cat
© Rachel Green May 2026
Homage du Kiefer
gestational tonality
coaxed from the surface of the canvas
memories of winters past
in allusions of splendour
from the minarets of prayer towers;
sediments of yesterday's pigments
dredged up by river barges
and set out under a Tuscany sun.
© Rachel Green May 2026
market day
trying to get the dogs
not to poop
© Rachel Green May 2026
Herodotus, Reclaimed
seven years apart
palette and book
with the addition of wings.
An impossible flight
in a labyrinth of random signs
brings arbitrary interpretations.
intense and profane
an autonomous library, integrated
within petrified bodies.
The hollow beds of reeds
immutable as fractured women
singing, dancing, after burning houses.
© Rachel Green May 2026
