Sunday, 27 July 2025

Ully

Do we ditch or burn, a love like gas, the dial turned down, crack enough jokes, so Ma won't collapse, somehow she's bespoke you won’t need an urn, to see my ashes pas, a lesson I've learned, bars and broken homes, my words get crass, they never travel alone, may you keep the flame, now then hold me fast, show me life's gamed, if you’re on your own, celebrate my best, care for my bones, remember me and laugh.

Saturday, 26 July 2025

Taya

Isn't it good to know, by travel gourds or wine, when our brim fills up, you may wonder, what you dream to shine, when what's fleeting gone, do we resist such moaning, figuring out the line, dancing on the combing, if you stand by water, sun shining on my life, it never reaches October, in that luminous flow, your lips are my guide, how beautiful the load, passion always binfs us, long as birds are flown, brighter in the darkness, love always found.

Friday, 25 July 2025

Siobhan

A crescent moon at Winter, I know what is to love, but always be a sinner, surrounded by icy streets, I turn my face towards, the freezing gentle sea, if the cold light kills us, my time is one of trouble, dance to different drummers, are they out of reach, a friend holds a dove, no matter what I preach, across the dun lit hills, my shadow's like a moth, I ascend the rills, a Catholic flame and keeper, my Ma pines for summer, but cannot get the reason, why I act so tough.

Monday, 21 July 2025

Rae

at starboard he hails me, I am his lady, all there is to be, hunted slant of the mast, shadows dance on crates, crescent moon at Christmas, surrounded by auxiliaries the radar blinks and wails, lights blinks eratically, wires ripples on their cast, he's oh so wild and brave, wven when danger's passed, we're racing on the sea, slamming through waves wind hides my folded dreams, please hold her fast, what is there to save, she's warm and snug at last, I'm aching for a baby

Sunday, 20 July 2025

Quarry

Who brings the lie, to a thirteen year old, one difficult to deny, smoking old cigarettes, chasing paper folds, they just don't get it, how we carry the die, the fear left untold; all the reasons why. a cloudy evening sets, we are making bold, release us this debt , shout up to the sky, blow away our role, no longer terrified, anxious piroettes. waiting for the scold. never tell me yet, love is all.

Saturday, 19 July 2025

Paige

More than any laughter, love seeps around her knees, It isn't broken water, inflated or in despair can cry when she pleases, life's never really fair, what is not a slaughter, compared to other release, lets the blues sail upriver, she stands without care, relishes a sense of peace, catch the green evening, she's become her mother, whatever that means, hope is left within her, she’ll never declare, any joy without cease, but do what's upto her, just enjoy this scene.

Friday, 18 July 2025

Oaklee

Who will tend our bones, how beautiful is rain, it will wash the stones, my arms around him twine straining his body away. limpid now the sunlight, pink Lupins nod and fold, their noses to the day, birds never sing alone, songs are a keening rhyme, a skylark leads the way, horses hold the fenceline, July resists our clothes, sweat runs down his face, a tractor hugs the road, our baby now is fine, it rocks along the way, the boy is nearly nine, am happy for this roam, brings us back to stay, everything we call home, sparkles like the hay.