Encountered a man 'And I, too, used to carve and serve up great failures for myself in youth,' said the old flapping man. I met him on a bus throttling ourselves south to stay warm. I...

      Train You’d have thought that my journeying from Telford to London would be enough time to read these poems to darn a jumper to stare out the window; but between the...

    Lessons i And him with his track record - he should have known to leave school left, not tag back to the party on third-hand word of hi-jinks, an ex-prefect break-in unlocking the...

      Sieving I know about stars. They’re far away have nocturnal habits and hide from the day, and when I lie hair rasping a pillow of sand fingers sieving cool grains, shrinking...

      Two Benches Away Screaming to a halt, and I mean screaming, they fell onto the bench the wheel chair not suited to the steep slopes of Criccieth. They were still laughing when...

      Putting out the prayer flags Can’t pray any more, and so I let the wind do the praying for me. I have done with asking God for favours I have not earned, promising to be good...

      Gun Love the barrel is so smooth and it speaks to me I clean the inside with care I massage it with fine oil nothing else makes me feel this secure my gun goes everywhere with...

    Dawn chorus: anxiolytic Swaddling phat breakmove sunstamp Ineluctable electrum lacklastruelack Walworth Road glistering alonzapine Panic'ed pharmacopic picnic Stopwatch timemosh pitted...

      The Night Train Conductor, send my love on the Night Train. The fast train. The sleek black bullet flying straight as a shot train. I want it sent first-class, post-haste delays...

      the post living here is rain without sky grey shadows on grey land I make paper boats out of poems , send them down riverstreet my place to yours       Reuben...