Hope
This strawberry plant
reaching across grey, cold concrete
gives me hope.
Feelings its way to moisture,
a place to root
in fecund
deepness,
a place to
swell in a juicy
sweetness
of shining
brightness.
Trapped in deadly plastic
it reaches beyond its confines
for freedom,
stretching its cramped limbs
for space,
and blooming.… Read more
A tale of 2 kitties (and the wonder of human kindness)
We found a stray kitten at the weekend…listen to the story of the rescue and a tale of human kindness
See and Be
My cat is teaching me to see and be.
At first a clumsy-clothed giant,
he has taught me to kneel
and shrink,
how to make myself disappear
and
be
still.
Nose twitching,
ears
scanning.
At first nothing but the wallpaper rustle of wind in leaves,
until I follow
his arrow-yellow eyes
and see this … Read more
I gather in
At last,
after the winter’s stone,
I gather mugwort from the village roads.
Feathered purple sage,
fresh mint,
lemon balm,
thyme’s purple flowers
and parsley’s drooping stars,
hang in my kitchen,
drying,
to save the scents of summer,
against the winter chills.
I gather the pearl-grey down
of cygnets
preening
on the dappled morning… Read more
Polycultural multi-potentiality
I always felt wrong.
I haven’t gone up the ladder of promotion,
the uni-linear path to success and approval.
I don’t have ‘a thing’.
If you ask me what I do,
I don’t know where to start.
If you ask me about my relationships,
I don’t know how to answer.
I never know… Read more
