Poem Category: Miscellaneous

Elections
around the public speaker
his stretched coat.

A full moon tide
lapping at the jellyfish
pushes them higher.

After the hail
she hands me ravished peaches
with the bruises cut out.

His office
next to the water-cooler
she smooths her skirt.

Winter morning
finding their school socks
before the porridge boils.

Girl’s night out
our lay-in morning
with her wine and smoky breath.

Fallen nest
a sudden sadness
to the stooping child.

Sepia photographs
each boy’s war comes
with a different pose.

annual leave
my slow warm love
of the afternoons.

Beware jelly-fish
we know you quietly hunt us
with clear poisoned barbs.