Gannet
PoetryYou wheel magnificent into the fray dive, spear, soar, swerve away from the thieving gang to serve your young on […]
Poetry
Cormorant on the Westman Islands, Iceland
Iceland, PoetryHe hangs out his wings to dry
soggy his dive
lazy on lava he loiters, waits
for whatever flounder dare wander
in harbour waters
beneath his razor-sharp rock.
Hungry, daggerbeak hook-tipped
aloof
quick wing-tuck, neck-stretch
so sudden the plunge to survive.
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Notre Dame de Paris
PoetryNotre Dame has risen from the ashes, her towers re-opening to the public just last month, September 2025. A jewel
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Song Thrush, Normandy
PoetryBeneath this cloud-spread sky you sing head high for some lost mate, or for the joy to thrive through storms, and glide through orchards ripe with apples, cherries, berries, pears and leaves all dappled with the shy sun’s rays…
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Gold Panning
PoetryDon’t forget the dusky red garnet, the ephemeral flicker of yellow pyrite, the flash of silver as the water recedes…
Robin
PoetryRobin, as you sing your red breast swells
between the frosty branches in this wintry glow.
You cock your head and listen to the bells
October : The Hunt
PoetryThey’re shooting pigeons up in the air
shooting wild boar berserk in the woods,
they sway in the corn with their rifles loaded
aim with the warm red wine in their veins
shoot their leader in the foot
shoot their neighbour on the shins
…
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House of Shells
Poetry(illustration by French artist Christine Chamson)
He came washed up, limbs wavering
shells caught in the net of his Sargasso hair
the glint of the sea lodged in his eye
the roar of its jubilance caged in his ear.
His mouth was a cavern of wo…
Desert Hyena
PoetryHe asked to be forgiven
clutched his head with worn-out fingers
clean white nails filed evenly
moon-shaped….
