   Paddy melons
Paddy melons        pungent in prickly heat        early seconds of the sun        delineate a ripeness        trellised        on...
      Agapanthus
Agapanthus        a purple streaming        in the wind.        Blue rain        and rinse of misted        distance.        The...
Over the fence, Frances says 'the glass is falling'
Over the fence, Frances says 'the glass is falling' Â Â Â Â Â Â Â with March about to go out like a lion, hot and humid. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Wind-whipping...
Outside the convent window
Outside the convent window        a brick red geranium        climbs out        of a cracked terracotta pot        bent towards the...
 Norfolk Island Pines
Norfolk Island Pines*        along the esplanade are dying        the sea spray for so many seasons falling        through the...
 Winter willows
Winter willows        a soft ankle-deep gouache of green and gold.        The way the old river was once then        when we wore the...
Where they are picking olives
Where they are picking olives there are barely two colours                                                  green and grey. The first...
Afternoon is deep in winter
Afternoon is deep in winter        only the day cannot decide        how cold.        Between greys        knife and elbows of the...
  Having flown a century ago
Having flown a century ago        from a kerchief-tied knot of seeds        out of a Suffolk countryside.        Brought here for tea...
 When Dioscorides
When Dioscorides        two millennia ago        first plucked you        from an ancient        Italian marsh        as a common...
