There has been a bit of silence around the Crayons lately: around moving house, grieving for a friend and undergoing some other life challenges, poetry has been nudged to one side. It has been disappointing and frustrating for me to do so, but I would like to reassure you that I have not lost sight [...]
I am blessed twofold because both cats wish to share my bed I never deny these soft friends but both is an unheard-of event. They do not bicker lest they be exiled and so preserve a dignified repose each establishing a realm of doona and curling, nose to toes. I am flattered to be the [...]
The pretty ladies swing along in winter coats and pointy heels cipher-robed, their insider knowledge drowns out the way it feels. Cloaked in this year’s garb and gowns they subtly flag the code: they know the social rules governing A La Mode what to wear, and which way round to go. Naked except for signifiers, [...]
Worn and a little eroded, When I got home I found I forgot to switch off my electric blanket. Chilled: I realise all I gambled; not just tiles, tub, taps, but the sanctuary and still space I can claim nowhere else. Thrilled: the gods smiled sufficiently to ignore my oversight, to not burn down my [...]
