Tuesday, 2 June 2026

DONT LIKE RETRONYMS





synchronising 
the 
dictionary streams 

with 
cyanide & listerine

helps keeps 
the 
useless retronyms away








Monday, 1 June 2026

PENTONVILLE JOE




& theres sorcery now
between me & the keys

like a wraith in the rain
approaching up behind me
& indicating all
the artifacts in the glass

~

&
this is how
i come to know 
about

pentonville joe
& the gin rummy game
that made his name 
in the water meadows of runnymede






Tuesday, 26 May 2026

FRONT GARDEN MORNING POPLINGS





unpruned rose bush

heavy with red crowns

food waste wheelie bin shining

~

its like
opec got a hit out

on my
clay born geraniums

~

neighbour is outside

thin summer robe / blue on white

risk interaction ?








Monday, 25 May 2026

POPLINGS FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE

 




the ground ! 

starved & bit & spiked & beat

detail for days

~


my reflection

dark in the glass of an unhung Klee

i dont even ponder it

~

in another dawn standoff

rogue turf
attritions
cement isobars








Thursday, 21 May 2026

1965 NORTHEAST BLACKOUT





a song he wrote
inside the 1965
northeast blackout

has a lyric
i got locked

in my head today
like tinnitus

its a metronome 
of bumper stickers 
on the M25

& a work boot up 
a constipated arse