Saturday, 28 June 2025

Tara

Do you still love me, eyes dance like fireflies, no matter what you sing, look at the sea I blink, where waves roll in line, just say what you think, it's all a great conceit, two bottles gone by, lurching to the estuary, this part of the river, gave our thousand nights, are you still a believer, dancing on the beach, exploring all the while, drink is our eternity, say you want to live, and not face the sky, is it near the rocks, where we collide ?

Friday, 27 June 2025

Sadie

Your screams leave a trace, patterns on an island tree, transgress blue pathways, they add to a ship's bow, a pirate roving sea, I'll separate your bones, on the swollen straits, I kick out my heels, furious at my cluttered days, can you feel my scorn, stretch out to your dreams, will you cry to atone, before a mass one Sunday, bread, wine celebratory, torn netting wood and spray, your tawdry little moans, ride the breeze before me, your keelhauling my homily, to a broken reed. .

Thursday, 26 June 2025

Rae

What keeps you brave, a crescent moon at summer, nails that fit a gate, an arc of scurried waves, escaping from your lover, do they know your game, your flight to the break, in a season of trouble maps of distant heartache, you take a morning train, avoid late nite clubbers, please don’t push me away, when sprits come awake, it's no guarantee of cover, find a proper place. you sing of hoisting sail, is that more blubber, join with my embrace, maybe stop you running..

Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Quincey

My safety and hope, stretches lovely ways, how I’ll always cope, maybe will go home soon, in a sun that's flays, anyone's lonesome blues, on City's gentle slopes, feel it bounce and sway, splice the brownstone, when evening's are due, debts get paid, the avenue plays tunes, wonder my parents know, how hard I pray, different tales unfold, kids furl like schooners, everyone needs praise, we are never losers, to celebrate the day.

Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Paula

I hate the dull why, the pleadings for ease, in sought after light, it's why am stirring, making chocolate madima, my voice slurring, a drink of the wine, play tunes of the season, God knows I'll be fine, might boil the kettle, an afternoon's reason, marks the day's bearing, who cares about time, to spend in this prison, like christening a child, the kids will be sharing, regular as the heating, another lilac evening, their faces chime, beneath a moon’s steeple, no one thinks to deny, Mama's love leanings.

Monday, 23 June 2025

Ollie

Stumbled steps at evening, heart beats like a train, shallow ocean breathing, you could give a whistle, by some stunted door frame, I'd stand there twisted, wish more than anything, this was a different game, to prevent those scenes, the sight of you regretful, leaving from the station, a face torn and fretful, it's fame on cafe ceilings, that baritone serenade, can't you spare my feelings, you journey is by ship, carried on the sea lanes, please remember my lips, in Operas you name.

Sunday, 22 June 2025

Nina

Who will tend our bones, listening to the rain, does a river run alone, let our song ring, on slow suburban trains, birds will hear us sing, herring gulls that soar, may we wash the pain, through their eerie moans, crying is a broken wing, forget those winter days, discarded wedding rings, swore we’d never go, just to count our gains, stuff everybody knows, our best is everything, always find new ways, throw off our suffering, Summer's here again .