Meet and Greet They tell me you're a creative, ads and that stuff. Well more stuff than just ads. So what do you do? Mostly I sell- Oh really what stuff? Things you know, bits for the house- I have a flat. Right. So what do you do, do you even know? Really? Seriously. I suggest ridiculous ideas to talented people, on the bad days they laugh, on the good days they don't. So what day is this? I haven't a clue, but please tell me this, when did you last buy anything new?

Morning Some people rise against the moon, some jerk awake in alarmlight, some sleep in and suddenly scream. Not me. I am greeted by...

Old Lessons Look not for angelic choirs When I am borne on mountain winds. Stretch not your palms to seek me, for hands reach beside you....

Colour You cannot have green, for we have used green. Red is now out, because it is not for today. Blue is nice, we’re glad you tried...

Follow Chase blue through black trees, white ghosts dance and glow. A park stands between us. Wheels thumping, heart moving. Chasing a...

Gatekeeper Why are you here?  I lived here. But who are you? I lived here, two years, my home behind these doors, my days spent within....

The Routine Blue posts, same man. Day after day, pint after pint. Aged but not old, tired but not sleeping. Awaiting ‘a visiting friend’,...

Choices I desire the free choice of bad options.  The bed of filth in which I lie will be all the sweeter, for being my own Wrong...

Ghosts We don't lose friends, they drift . Time,places, plans, faces, they change, they fade. Yet we say nothing, as laughter leaves and...

Gallery A photo unneeded, it's subject ignored, repeated and repeated, captioned and deleted. All still unseen. Orange Groves I stood...

Rivers I never thought pigs could swim, yet there in midstream they wallow, all lights, sirens, and outrage, arresting the tides.

Movement I cannot ask you to want the horizon, or the wounds it takes to get there. I cannot make you believe the pain is the point, the...

Leavers Only an ending can define a beginning. The crystallisation of a story as the book covers close. Progress ends, the arc stops, one...

Message Out of the blue, a hi, hello. Drinks? Perhaps dinner. A friend resurrected, pulled from fading memories, solid in their laughter,...

Visit They told me I should visit grandad, catch him up on the loves, the lies, the days. Talk about the state of Welsh rugby, and the...

The Deal It's better because it's cheaper, more expensive, newer, older, fresher, colder. It's better because you're paying me, charging...

Past It I cycled down to you through midnight snow. We sat on a bridge, home was too far, you were upset. At me? Maybe. Feeling went...

Fresh Paint Tastes of two hemispheres picked green skirting, glossy copper pipes, and winking orange windows. Far from family they came...

Home I stand aside for another car, on roads I used to share with sunbeams. I don’t need a torch in these woods, for I can see by the...

Goodbye They’re on the move. Suitcase packed, passport rechecked, horizon waiting, smiling a lopsided goodbye. Hugs in a crowded doorway,...

Senior Beer My round or yours? I’m happy to but you’re three zeros up. What will you have? Preferably something younger than I am, or...

To A Writer So let’s begin with what you tell us, your point. The struggle is useless, the story’s written. We’re merely interesting...

Sophia A building bestrode my dreams, tall enough to kiss the stars, And yet call upon the clouds as brothers. Under the mighty dome a...

M You live in small kindnesses, it's the way you thank bus drivers, or the proffered last biscuit. You talk in small compliments, growing...

Waiting I sit caressed by drifting fountains, my view bestrode by buildings familiar to my dreams, I behold a future priced in new horizons. What if I stayed? Let time pass. Sat amongst the stones of another city, the warmth of a new sun, and the desperate joy of peace. Building It's all in progress, all nearly there, just another cost injection. just another scrabble in bank alley lobbies. It'll be on time. If today was yesterday, and if one struck coin became five, we'd th

Visit Lets visit up Hampstead way, playing house price bingo and ogling shop windows.  Giggling at half-heard poshisms as Samantha...

Flats Yellow glows on fading purple, crossed by half-seen shadows, echoing to one hundred dinner scents and fresh with fifty tales of...

Whinging youth Time went too fast, And now my nose runs faster than my knees, And back is my alarm clock. And now they've had a baby, And...

Guilt A man roots in a bin, in the shadow of millionaire’s homes. Dinner for one a table out back. A Barbour jacket is confused, the supermarket has new security. ‘I just don't know why they do it’, he pays without looking. A house has been robbed. They didn't take much, just a gift from her husband, the one who lies dying. The bank queue stretched, the man in front vomited, and left as a corpse. Blank eyed and numb, I stood and did nothing, as if nothing could be done. Gas B

Those people We don't remember who they were, we remember who we wanted them to be. Good, bad, or bystander, Their failings now multiple,...

Airport Romance The in-line eye-catch, the quiet smile, the future imagined. A house, two-up two-down, a chaotic dog and drawings on the...

Deadlines The goal is right there, but the goalposts have moved. The deadline was then, but is also right now. It’s all of it done, but...

Friends I built one once, out of meals and pints, new recipes and boardgames. Late nights and weekends, I tinkered and worked, crafting a...

Speed There’s nowhere I need to be, fast enough to not arrive. Work The best time machine, is a deadline. Closed They shut my favourite...

Holiday I hope this email doesn't find you, I hope your phone doesn't ring, that your chat doesn't ping. I hope your desk is now silent,...

Memories I called another, yet you always answered. The Gloomy Playlist I listen to a graveyard on the tube, I vacuum as hearts break, a...

Expectations Tomorrow was my first love, the one I learnt to pine for, who I counted seconds for. I'd wait, and hope, and wait again,...

Insomnia I'll sleep on it, ask tomorrow. Me and I I wish I could meet them, my half-glimpsed twin. The one who hides in mirrors, who...

Home I had a house I called my home. I used to think it was one place, nailed right down in time and space. I went and lived and soon...

Your People There are friends who help, who fetch and carry. Friends you'll kiss, and friends you'll marry. Friends who'll laugh and sing...

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Sunshine Sat outside through blazing days, yours is time to cast away. Smiled and sprawled amongst the sun, teeth thrown wide and arms...

Sunday Shots Have you ever had a Sunday shot? All I'll say is I'd rather not. Brandy, gin, or stinging rum, I won't say they're fun. All...

Weather It Sunny starts but rainy ends, building puddles on pavement bends, here to splash and there to laugh, finding joy in nature's...

The Empty House Stand in the echoing gloom, call upon the howling silence, wait... and be liberated by your mortality.

Door Ajar I sometimes dream of being me, I'd close my eyes and just live free. I think of how I'd paint my nails, learn to scorn the...

Peace Together we sipped on sunshine, placing toothsome treats on chequered throws, somethering enjoyment in opulence. We brought all...

Dogs In A Sunlit Park Flying fur and joyous paws, bringing fun to those outdoors. Big and small and thin and fat, who could help but...

Open Plan Crowd out your thoughts with conversations, greetings roared to dull sensation, call, or chat, or dance, or sing, I can't write...

Photographs Friendships shut in drawers, years stacked in fading film, who's that next to you? You won't name them. In this denial you...