white banks

the snowdrops give and give.

saturday papers. bed. radio6. heaven.

the morning light through this wine glass
circled and looped with grooves
a ruby remnant of cranberry juice in the base

the poppy-seed sized germs of poems wobble in and out of sight

little robin hops onto the swimming pool cover, up to his ankles in water, pulling and pecking at something very tasty

What is the collective noun for collective nouns?

a peep of chickens, a twack of ducks, a charm of goldfinches, a richness of martins, a stare of owls

more snow

fat flakes falling like space invaders

salsa

he spins me into the galaxies but tethers me to the earth

on the banks of the moat

myriad snowdrops can't compete with these feathery tufts of frost

Coffee shop, Crystal Palace

The carrot cake and the poppy seed cake is sublime. Her husband is the baker. He brings home new recipes for her to try. She's gone up a dress size since she's worked here. She exudes beauty.

All calm

The catnip mouse has been up and down and up and down the stairs.
Fatty licks his paws and then curls into sleep.

courting pigeons scribble their delicate shadows across the lawn

breaking open the banana releases a plume of yellow banana-gas into the car

blackbirds scuttle and delve in the grass, their tail-feathers lifting and making the perfect curve

the snowflakes fall on Valentines Day and everything is perfect

Dating

He told her he had a metal leg. She wasn't perturbed. She told him she was 35. He slowly backed away.

Salsa Valentines ball

Four grown women, sitting and waiting, as shy as thirteen year old girls.

friday symphony

woodsaw. birdsong. nothing. cat-chirrup. nothing. woodsaw. tippetytappety. computer hum.

owlsong rents holes in the darkness of the room and silvery light streams through

I thought I was sick of snow, and then I saw it falling afresh.

country lane, evening

the deer huddles against the hedge like a man flat against a wall in a detective movie

Too Much Dinner followed by Andrews Salts.

Up in the walnut tree

Rose-grey pigeon bends his neck and washes his chest like a cat.

Her old cat brought in a rook. He held it by the legs and it flapped and flapped.

Conversation: mummy and her tiny daughter with beautiful eyelashes

I want a coke.
Well, you can't have one.
I want a coke.
You can't have one.
I want a coke.
You can't have one.
(kiss)

fallen

a single sequined slipper face down on the tarmac

buying two kinds of cheesecake doesn't make up for wanting the one they didn't have

Beautiful couple in Costa

Both tall and angled. One white with a mohican. Both men. One black with dazzling teeth.