31st August 2009

Water vessel seen;
Returned to my daily watch
Of small happenings.

30th August 2009

From the mantelpiece,
Cats watch humans guzzle cream,
Whiskers licked below.

29th August 2009

Duck hangs on a swing,
Tony relishes poultry,
Old birds host party.

28th August 2009

Wind sends balloon up,
Gusts in sudden fat rain spots,
First breath of autumn.

27th August 2009

London's theatre,
A cast of thousands perform,
On stage with lions.

26th August 2009

Deep in recession,
Both in and out, I long for
Small, bright, shiny things.

25th August 2009

Birds, foxes, and wasps
Drink and splash at my bird bath,
Non-swimmers rescued.

24th August 2009

The stove my atlas,
Cooking black beans I journey,
Taste of Havana.

23rd August 2009

Haircuts in Dalston
Become sharper, as fringes
Migrate from Hoxton.

22nd August 2009

Compulsive fetish,
Vinyl junkie shares peeling
With sibling rival.

21st August 2009

Gaze follows contours
Where decorated skins meet,
With magnetic charm.

20th August 2009

Safe in my bubble,
Scared by the great world outside,
I stay looking in.

19th August 2009

Ornaments leave clues,
The person who lived here gone,
Relatives eat cake.

18th August 2009

Mutton dressed as lamb,
"Pass for thirty-five," he says,
Ripe for the dance floor.

17th August 2009

Words by my young self
Blaze with such immature dreams,
Her hopes dashed with age.

16th August 2009

Old cobwebs banished;
We co-exist with spiders
In new clean regime.

15th August 2009

Pleasure in bedroom,
I purge and husband cleans, to
Reveal long lost floor.

14th August 2009

Trying to find calm,
Human whirlwind intervenes;
Term starts on Monday.

13th August 2009

Mum exerts her own
Centrifugal force, which spins
Me busy round her.

12th August 2009

Disgraced then winning,
Teen game of snakes and ladders
Leaves us exhausted.

11th August 2009

Retreat to garden,
Fox stares as I dig the soil
Shrouded in vine leaves.

10th August 2009

Paperwork calling,
Tasks in the house scream at me;
I'll start tomorrow.

9th August 2009

Rolling with punches,
Wrestling with life's chaos,
Bell rings for time out.

8th August 2009

Claiming the moment,
Caught at it by road sweeper,
My feet leave the ground.

7th August 2009

Nurse Mary in charge,
Gigi home her little girl,
No chance of puppies.

6th August 2009

Lured by the bottle,
Sweet brew mires flies, wasps and boys,
Descent into hell.

5th August 2009

Three females, one bitch,
Three turn noses up at treats,
One licking her lips.

4th August 2009

City of mid tones,
Where grey of sky spreads downwards,
Rebel yellow grows.

3rd August 2009

With time to reflect,
Life going into reverse,
Creative thinking.

2nd August 2009

Last night butterfly,
This morning quivering moth,
Tired wings seeking rest.

1st August 2009

Big shout out to Rob,
Spinning vinyl for fifty,
Behaving twenty.