Thursday 9 July 2020

british summertime



One minute it's sunshine, the next the sky turns black. The ever changing face of British summertime!





lost



 I come this way often
a moment still
remembered
as a fragment of a distant dream
dancing 
in the gathering gloom

the sway of the filling crop
waves across the water
to the rhythm of drum-beat hooves 

lost




canal-side traffic



Now the lock-down restrictions have been eased it's starting to get busier down by the canal. Lots more boats and the freedom to travel up and down the water.









Wednesday 8 July 2020

strawberry fields



The strawberries are gone, the pickers are nowhere to be seen and the poly-tunnels are all but dismantled. 




 




 
 

Monday 6 July 2020

flat zen



The homework this week for the Photography Group I'm part of is 'flat-lay'. As its name suggests this genre is devoted to taking overhead pictures of objects laid on a flat surface.

Rather than trying to fit in too many objects I opt for a zen simplicity, complemented by a white background. 





flattened



Another week, another walk with our son, Ben. This time we met a lovely lady called Kyrie and her gorgeous Flat-Coated Retriever, Lucy. It's not often our own 'flattie' gets to meet his own kind so he made the most of it!

 



Tuesday 30 June 2020

hooray for lost and found




 hooray for Santa Claus
and 
all the discarded 
memories
in the hand-cart to
hereafter

hooray for the easter bunny
and 
the little red book 
doing the deal
in
fire and fury
futility

hooray for Superman 
and
Friedrich Nietzsche
and
JFK's
Dealey Plaza
exit wound
drawing the line
beneath
Marilyn's swirling skirt

hooray to all our dreams
and
dancing round open fire
rave-time
dance-hall
dementia
dubbed up
dread

hooray to freak out
vanishing point
and that one last final hit

as

we

reach

the

wall