Thursday, 17 May 2018

Five-Twenty


Early this morning,
I sat beside a ghost

on a bench, his bench,
looking out at
what I now know
to be the Channel.

In loving memory of...

My back obscured his name.
Unopened peonies
in a milk bottle
to his left let it
be known that he was still
missed and loved.

26thFebruary 1974 - 4th...

He grew younger,
stared ruefully at the
ebbing tide;
for some time 
we listened together
to the applause of rolling stones.

For a husband and father we’ll...

As I counted my blessings
and sighed at the transience
of the things that matter,
I felt him register
my presence for the
first time, although

the ocean held his gaze;
his skin less opaque
in the five-twenty glow.

A friend to all who...










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