A collection of poems and other writings...

Saturday 19 October 2019

maps












will we be skin to skin again
will blood be hot
will bones awake
and subtle muscular ripples strum
and judder breaths
as we strip the fret
from stressful days
in naked exploration

will we find my finger
running the curve
of your cheek again,
tracing the arc
of your back
the valley of your belly
strolling the soft velvet
of your inner thigh
and the domains
that here adjacent lie

like snuggled rabbits
our bodies fitted once
leg coiled round leg
hand round breast
buttock seamed to thigh

have we forgotten
the maps
we drew of each other's desire
the songlines we sang
and danced
and dawdled down
can we redraw
before it is too late
the paths of pleasure we once knew

Monday 14 October 2019

Physic


Should black bile sophisticate my blood 
and shock my joints into a rictus lock
then with your sharpest knife open my veins
and drain the viscous liquor into a jar

carefully label with the subject's name
spend flower petals in the velvet red
stir sweet spices through the carmine brew
and agitate until they marry true

leave this dark claret in a sun-filled spot
or by a winter fire if season must
and for the turning of a half a day
let nature take its course

the tired spirit, blessed and nurtured thus
will grow and ferment, gather strength anew
now duly pumped afresh within my veins
watch colour revive the pallor of my cheeks
and gorgeous life return into my soul.