Timorous wee beastie
On Sunday morning I came across a dead mouse floating in the water of a galvanised watering can in our garden. This discovery left me close to tears. I was … Continue reading Timorous wee beastie
Category: Poems
Poems, poets and poetry
Gordon Arms
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit: James Ross for ‘Chasing the Sun’ and ‘Beyond the Strath‘ AI: interpretations of some images
Standing
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Music credit: Paul Buchanan singing ‘Mid Air‘
BLUE
a child, I painted my bedroom BLUE scribed, in giant capitalised letters ‘PERFECT BLUE’. My first shaver, was BLUE. My first car, was BLUE. My first girlfriend, from the, ‘BLUE … Continue reading BLUE
Colour was not affordable.
COLOUR WAS NOT AFFORDABLE My father collected televisions – black & white, second-hand, rarely working. [chance INTERLUDE] An advert in an old P & J: RENT or BUY, From 42 … Continue reading Colour was not affordable.
BOLERO
There are many things to be said about e m o t i o n s – the first is that they fill the world with m e a n … Continue reading BOLERO
ALOYSIUS
ALOYSIUS ursine familiar clutched by an effete ‘transitional object’ from the ‘IDEAL TOY COMPANY’. Cut-glass and full of time, meet you at the statue in an hour.