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| first in the office
my whistling echoes up the stairwell |
| cafe alcove:
a baby hollers into the hubbub |
| spring sleet
the jaywalker only just making it |
| cowslips—
trousers on a line at the funfair camp |
| the undertakers
loading the lilies— river in spate |
| the tilted alder
toddlers meet each other’s stare |
| Midsummer’s Day
the craneman commences his long ascent |
| blue dragonflies
a boy with a Hula Hoop on every finger |
| summer fete
the Punch and Judy Man losing his voices |
| tea break
the mechanic sweats on a chair of tyres |
| slipping unnoticed
out of the house last sunbeams |
| sweltering zoo:
a boy shows his lion to the real thing |
| summer’s end
the hot dog vendor prodding onions |
| the sculptor touches
each piece in his retrospective |
| equinox
a family of refugees feeding the ducks |
| the bistro chef
smoking out the back— misty rain |
| home time
the office cleaners laugh in a different tongue |
| tucking a roll-up
behind his ear the harvest sun |
| autumn night
the duvet gathers between us |
| the orienteers
stop to read their map— pollarded oaks |
| losing at home…
the flick of a divot in the linesman’s sprint |
| last off the train,
the blind man takes his time to button up |
| ceaseless rain
the children pretend to be Cybermen |
| thunderclouds…
an aproned butcher takes his lunchtime stroll |
| a smile
from a stranger— clouds full of snow |
| the one-man band
strums to no one swirling snow |
| winter sunrise
the pavement-sweeper waits for me to pass |
| her deft hands
in the evening light the colours of rhubarb |
| winter’s end
a bunch of postmen freewheel into town |
| Credits:
first in the office: unpublished; cafe alcove: Presence 29; spring sleet: The Regulars, Snapshot Press, 2006; cowslips: unpublished; the undertakers: Frogpond XXXI:1; the tilted alder: Shamrock 5; Midsummer’s Day: The Regulars, Snapshot Press, 2006; blue dragonflies: The Regulars, Snapshot Press, 2006; summer fete: The Regulars, Snapshot Press, 2006; tea break: Blithe Spirit 15:5; slipping unnoticed: Blithe Spirit 16:4; sweltering zoo; The Regulars, Snapshot Press, 2006; summer’s end: unpublished; the sculptor touches: The Regulars, Snapshot Press, 2006; equinox: The Regulars, Snapshot Press, 2006; the bistro chef: Moonset 2:2; home time: Moonset 3:1; tucking a roll-up: The Regulars, Snapshot Press, 2006; autumn night: 2nd prize, Pinewood Haiku Competition 2007; the orienteers: Presence 35; losing at home: Football Poets; last off the train: Shamrock 3; ceaseless rain: Frogpond XXX:3; thunderclouds: The Heron’s Nest VIII:2; a smile: Presence 29; the one-man band, Snapshots 12; winter sunrise: Roadrunner VI:2; her deft hands: Presence 27; winter’s end: unpublished. |