Poem Category: Miscellaneous

Low tide

exposing the underarm odour

of the sea.

Railway cafe‘

the ordered breakfast

shaped to fit all.

Shopping with mum

one last tiny sulk

outside the pet-shop window.

Vacuum bottles

the slurp of cooked peaches

spilling warm and sweet.

Old school rooms

the little sound of a boy

attending quietly.

A warm barn…

out of the sudden storm

onto her straw breasts.

Blue summer lake

too gentle to stir its surface

the breeze moves on.

Job interview

under-arm deodorant

hiding myself.

Thunder rumbles

the calf‘s after-birth

shaping clouds of flies.

Grandmother‘s gift

the brooch clasp

losing its gold.