31812

30812

a song
we experience
the time

29812

an unfamiliar bed
I wake
to her mouth

28812

my heart goes out to her
something else
wants in

27812

pillow and memories
hypnagogic
dreams and ephemera

26812

where she sat
unleashes
shirley bassey

25812

electric bubblegum
candy power pop -
the chocolate church

24812

sirens
behind the counter
a camera's blind gaze

23812

in the mail
white feathers
a reference from the sea

22812

smiles in a photograph
memories in my genes

21812

three chairs in the sun

a magpie

scatters silver gulls

20812

my love my muse
our amorous imbalance
my grief my poetry

19812

the sound of our child's bare feet -
memories of the theory
of mutual attraction

18812

my watch in the kitchen by the sink

17812

sardine train
our touch
not safe for work

16812

in dreams
awake
remixed

15812

between words
quiet rain

14812

in conversation
always her small children -
she's still with him

13812

in black top
skirt and tights
her small steps

12812

rain on windows
the kitchen door
sighs

11812

across the room
like the first time the birds
saw an aeroplane

10812

cold
on my back
her breasts

10812+

liquid media
viral sleep -
the joy of liberated rain

9812

she holds
a squeeze
for her baby

8812

she presents -
our bedroom
the complex academy

7812

chocolate smudge
the ritual of ink
on paper

6812

the property of her eyes
I cannot hear
the radio

5812

branded chest
a rope turned
the memoir of a portrait

4812

he draws on an arm
she
takes off her top

3812

hold you close
to feel
more than the weather

2812

midwinter
two wild ducks on a chimney
in morning sun

1812+

Some memories, a couple of hundred words and a photo-haiga-thingy

in the August edition of Pearl magazine (view here, go to page 17).

Here's the complete portfolio produced

for the single, salient, stunning piece selected for publication.

Thanks to Andrea Louise Thomas for the invitation.

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returned to earth
we navigate
lost terrains