a tragic happening when
history and the day collide
each taking care of their own
as we should
darker hours are comfy now
still
the mind wanders
the third tree in the lane is bare
now
leaves scattered
while at the gate the pheasants
flew up whirring
i stood steady in wonder
watched the dark bleed
across the sky
watch birds scatter from the yew
note the fallen fruits
chilly yet i found
three logs warm the room
nicely
and lasts long enough
i hope your sister is well
it is colder here and the news comes even colder
listened and changed to the music channel
seems it was some years ago i saw the glass opera live
memories reminded via my internet web, unnecessary
as curled round the past coils back into mind until tea
prompts the fingers into drawing it out
on screen
it is settled here now into the patterns and lines
i drew some time back and am now filling in the
background
it makes a muddled picture
some say i have not found my voice yet
as things keep changing
as the colours move
as the seasons roll round
yet
my work on the decline and fall
was chosen
this week
vertigo
have not played chess for years
never found a partner
i think i work best alone
we have touched on this before
he mentioned a cross word
i told him of both my excitement
and failure
in this department it may
be best to stay from the edge
we are a little inland here
and feel it is safer overall
although i like to see the sea
hold on to the trees
she said that we all make mistakes
that it is best to know how to correct
them
not to mull over
get on with it
get over it
that was a long time ago
yet look i still remember
still mend things
glue and string
clues leave me restless
i told him of the music misunderstanding
he touched my hand
kindly
some times it all comes at once
full on
then later
all goes quiet here and there
there may be a need to take more sandwiches
with butter to keep the energy up
i took a yoghurt only and came very hungry
and fueled up with peppermints in the
afternoon
the note came by post
with no need to answer written
with pencil
in this eight day period
i will say the same to you
with typing
from monday to friday next week
there will maybe be no message
from me
clean laundry from you to
help the maids
here we call them housekeepers
while the customers regard
things their own way
and my lip is buttoned
7.20
window misted
bird on the ledge
you may call them potato chips
in a packet all salty?
my house cat precious
likes mushrooms
a lot
raw and squidgy
she likes the leavings of salad
while the wild ones enjoy
out of date yogurt
from the bus yesterday i saw
a field of knapweed all gone
over
still beauty in the seed heads
the film was about a man who
saw beauty
about his mother abusive, manipulative
about my travelling to see it
about sitting with others
feeling differing things
opposing opinions
the film yesterday changed things
she said even small people can
change the world
i hope it is so
we are published now
yellow hammer
some still sit quietly at home
and let it drift
a few do not
it has come quietened here
september with children back
in school
tourists gone
roads are easier with those
who know the ways
the rock lorries continue
to the coast
to stop the sea
as if we can
kittens in corners
while i forget your numbers
imagine the cuteness, to touch…….
yesterday we ( he) cut the longer grass
rearranged the sculptures
while i swept leather leaves from under
the rhodedendrons
the day passed pleasantly
messages came from folk
to arrange the next adventures
to include donuts
with jam and sugar
and a need to wash after
eating……
as i write the sky lightens
to spite the rain threat
i look out to see
to get ready
6.54
three quarter tea left
luke warm
toe better
back better
you were awake so early
yesterday and
i hope that day went well
for you
the day in the city was splendid
around the docks & liverpool
one
we went up the eye, the big
wheel despite the wind & vertigo
felt the admin in the tate was splendid &
told her so
she comes to stay in garndolbenmaen
on holidays
a firm voice demanding that all body parts
were kept behind the lines & we did so
while others did not
forgot
we are safe & i hope you guys are
too
do you work on sundays
like i do?
6.35
warm, cosy
there is a storm outside
the knapweed is going
over
now
