My Grandmother's Shawl
My Grandmother’s Shawl M y grandmother’s crocheted shawl has come undone. It cannot any longer control the temperature of a winter sun:...
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...
Her Colouring Book
Her Colouring Book for Jessica B efore you were old enough to draw or even hold a pencil properly you smuggled my felt-tip...
Country Christmas Morning
Country Christmas Morning T hree trees on the broken hill's face bare now for brown and rock the road that winds out in ungraded heat...
The Stone Train - 6am
The Stone Train - 6am T his long train reinvents the morning a huge green diesel signalled to the dawn pulling truck after truck of...
This Morning
This Morning T his morning the sun like soft yellow, warm delicious butter has covered everything the air is fully laden with...
Breakfast
Breakfast S oft gold cheese with the hint of walnuts and the suggestion of chives crusty baguettes with the intimation of morning ...
