St Ann's

St Ann’s paddling pool

Looking for rainbow fish

‘A long dead star may only echo’-Patric Dickinson

‘The large echoing churches’-Elizabeth Jennings

‘With potato flowers’-Ian Hamilton Finlay

‘In a little rockpool that reflects the moon’-Ian Hamilton Finley

Astronauts

The very best few

‘As in her bloom of life she evolved alone’-Paul Durcan

At the end of the day

My eyes close

And I get to go away

Kissing

My eyes close

And I get to go away

The breeze

My eyes close

And I get to go away

Playing music

My eyes close

And I get to go away

I smell the salt of the sea

I feel the sun warming me

Eating unhealthy food,

You get to go away

Drinking because,

You get to go away

Smoking because,

You get to go away

Exercising because,

You get to go away

Getting randy

Eating candy

I just wonder

Could I have made you a little fonder?

Could I have made you stay longer?

Could I have been your best lover?

A song girl – a bond girl?

Girl in a yellow dress sat in bed of daffodils

You held  me in your arms

You watched me play

You put me in jams

With milk and a cookie!

When you use your imagination

You get to go away

Outline Shame Blame

Will I ever have a nice shape?

Feels like someone has drawn around me in illuminous pen

Didn’t have much fun

Didn’t get much done

I just wanted to run

And he turned me into a ton