a rough sea
breaks on the beach,
a thousand
knots unravelling
in my weary head

between grey depths
of sea and sky
a white sail rides the wind

all night listening
under a canvas skin
to the tail of a hurricane

August Berries

bright beads
ripen on the
Rowan Tree

August Berries by David

4 am

deserted street
a single cry
carried on the chill breeze

Red deer hidden
in the brown crust
of dry grasses

Photo Patrolling Red Stag by bbodien

5 am

across the deer park
patches of mist –
the ghosts of dawn

on the lawn
around three candles they talked
late into the night

2 am

still now -
rows of blank houses
and defiant foxes watching

1 am

humid blue night -
close together watching
Play Misty For Me

3 am

a flickering patchwork
of shadows -
moths around a street light

Still Pond Richmond Park

at the still pond even my watch stopped

while the midnight sky
tore itself apart
with lightning -
my barefoot children
danced in the puddles

at midday the deer
cluster under the shadows
of ancient oaks


Photo by r0b1

Clematis

purple clematis
so dark it swallows sunlight
in a velvet embrace


in the shadows
something darker -
purple clematis


Photo Purple Clematis by KTDEE

the river writes its name in gold -
sunset

full grown
the bracken
swallows sign posts, park benches, Fallow deer

in the black plastic bag -
bloated maggots

the empty office
glazed with sunlight
incubating paper

open windows –
a siren divides the night