On Collecting Dickens
On Collecting Dickens  G randmother got them all by slow degrees after the war on a pension from book clearance tables at Myers for...
When I was Young
When I was Young  W hen I was young and soft tones were in all the colours of my scarves and jumpers my mother worked a rackety loom of...
On a Star Caught in a Tree
On a Star Caught in a Tree for my daughter  S eated on the front garden seat, the sky is a middle-aged blackboard of both sign and...
Sunbeams
Sunbeams for my son  F rom cooking pot and steam late afternoon light  thick kitchen air sunbeams  the children hold like golden...
