Trump
who has played the trump card?
pyrrhus would have fled
such victory
how much oil to burn the unwanted?
white supremacy
would wash rainbows from the sky
and wall out the sun
twilight’s beauty a traitor
to the american dream
words thick
with tangled webs
a shroud
for truth
visible breath
the american way
no longer paved
with good intentions
president’s day
every dog
has one
banish all peacocks!
don’t magpies deserve their share
of adulation?
he washes away
all trace of self-delusion
the heart is ugly
did I not tell you
this aryan superman cares
for none but himself
a gold-crazed dragon
guarding his lonely mountain
the eagles have flown
a romantic month?
kings, queens and aces of hearts:
beware of the trump!
[…]
a knave has shuffled this deck
Cats, Perhaps
shiver
at the sight of a mouse
what the cat dragged in
I measure pleasure
with a yardstick
and a dog
a winter witchcraft
my black cat wears
thick socks
affectionate
my kitten heart
is pure
I write with squid ink
on crisp sheets of lasagna
digestible words
bear with honey paws for thought
when the bees are gone
what endearments will be left?
tenderness no defence \ chef’s blade
overcast
no more
fish suppers
why must I endure
cuddles for food
purr…
Ice & Snow
tired of snow that falls no longer
fighting fate
a snowball sails
into hell
beat of my heart frozen river of tears
cold cheeks
dimples in the snow
where they sat
black ice a comet far from home
how tears fall from this icy dagger
at winter’s end
the coldest month was last year
or the year before
I forget
snow fall of ice t’opical flow
global warming
even the yeti
drops her knickers
the ice-breaker
sings her last
immortalised in vinyl – winter cough
I watch from the fire
a blanket laid
outside
crunching ice
beneath the callous sun I
wind through the trees
Intimacy & Valentines
my sweetheart holds me
catching breath
between laces
intimacy
of a secret shared
twitter feed
the old songs are best
to celebrate love with wine
is loving indeed
post valentine’s
a murmuration of darlings
still echoes
dearest valentine
bestow thy kisses elsewhere
they are too costly
no greater gift
than a gift of pleasure
given
paper-wrapped words beneath ribbon
i take a bow
Miscellaneous
worship the ultimate
displacement activity
saver
of life
battery charger
dark stanza
the seductive rhyme ends
in delight
enjoyment
of a prompt repeated
once is never enough
family decoration – we ornament
the lounge suite
king arthur’s haiku
was writ in battlefield blood
how green english grass
no joke in the cracker
surprise ending
industry of sound bell making waves
fearful footsteps
an angel treads
on a pinpoint
what warmth in passion’s embers?
weight of tears breaking a smile
I dip my relishes
in adoration
a brittle haiku
writ upon a golden leaf
dispatched with the wind
red-penning haiku
I mark my enjoyment
of a papercut
tide and time…
are we attached to the moon
or the moon to us?
leather boots
baby steps
in minecraft
from stiletto’s point to first flash
I measure my admiration
hot chocolate…
why ruin perfection
with marshmallows
local news again
is it time to open my eyes?
thin fog
wherever I look
whatever the weather
the dishwasher’s grumbling
percussion of unused plates
canyons on mars
an unsubtle brush records
the tears of war
drawn in the sand deadline
faith is the beginning
how deep the roots
of the olive tree
I take a day off
leaping imagination
three years out of four
Francis James Franklin (Alina Meridon) 