Life Raft

Life Raft, paper collage, 2024 Meerkats and Terrapin. Chop Chop Charlie

Mermaid

Mermaid Handcut paper collage with starfish, ray, surfer and mermaid. 2024

Cold Water

The prospect of cold waterWeighs heavy An entire ocean bearing downOn my frame Ice picks needle their way to boneCapillary shut down A bloody retreat. ——————- Waves crash tides pushGlistening silica A breath inA breath out Pulling lower or higherThe longing peace A thunderous roar. ——————— I’ve stood here many timesSand between my toes Or […]

Surf

The rational mind, Ego returns on itself, Hokusai’s great wave.

W-E

Bright lights red and white, Stretching across sweeping by, On a long journey.

Cuben

I’m enjoying this, I’m really enjoying this, Ego rationale.

Southerly

Strange cloud overhead, Walk along sheltered coast path, January wind.

Prey

The kestrel hovers, In sky not far from our heads, Before moving on.

Outside (other)

(TRANSCRIPT) Outside It’s fundamental, primal. The deep snow could be inches could be feet. Foot sinks. Feet. Feet. I walk along with you, but all of a sudden you’re not there. Youall stop, and you especially, but I keep going. Until I stop The wind catches up now. Flushing through ears. Years. The mindcatches up […]

Millenia

(TRANSCRIPT) one day, one day.One day. what you know! A hidden burial chamber, a cosmic bus stop, looks out plainly onto the open sea. Plainly looks out. Looks out plainly. Turn the corner, deep. Propped up on precarious needlepoint for, oh, I don’t know, five thousand years give or take Striations, webs, patterns. Millenia creep […]