Love poem

The city was winter quiet, reverent, waiting. Our watches set themselves loose And snuck away. The night came loose from … More

Nothing changed

Transform me Whip me up into another from where I can be whole Or as whole as it is allowed … More

Cork poem

The sky is a bleach-scrubbed blue And I want to burst open my wrists Not for death but for the … More

Prospecting

Like an old toothless prospector A poet muddies her knees, strains her eyes for a glimmer. And in the dusk … More

For Now

The day begins and I twitch to Do. I wish those whips that flay me on Would relax their leather … More

Bloom

Dredge up the wrecks of who you thought you’d be Limpet licked and blurred with moss Toss them on the … More

Swallows

A sparkling sea day Before innocence left us. A cottage Saved from gloom by fresh white wash. Blue fish nets … More

Bedbind

You lie scrunched up in bed newspaper grey dead-fished with dread. Inertia that ancient dragon has charred you black. But … More

Pigeon

Malevolence hangs over the street. The people never speak to each other Though they share the same walls and their … More

Nightswimming

Our limbs lie in the dark Moon-yellowed. Armies of rain Batter my window But entwined with you I hear only … More