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  • La plage sacrée

    Shells that gleam like stars In the full light of the day Move beneath my feet As the tide returns free   These are the silent prayers

  • Sur la plage

    I am visiting a Catholic City tomorrow That once faced wide coastal fields But is now partially hidden in the deep suburbs   Like many I will partake of secular activities But then I will draw breath and look up into the sky And marvel at the wonders of what I am witnessing   Later […]

  • A Table of Stones

    I have a small table which is covered with beautiful stones These stones were at once anonymous on the town’s wide beach But are now are the centrepiece of my colourful and subtle collection These are my God Stones or so I am told by others who enjoy their freedoms        

  • The Last of England

    Many years ago I watched a movie at an arts festival It was called Brief Crossing and was directed by Catherine Breillat In short it was about a young French man who meets an older English woman They connect and end up making love as the ferry travels from France to England   In my […]

  • My Neighbour from Israel

    Although we live in a large detached house With an extensive summer garden I have noticed that Rachel Sits under her cherry tree on fine days And chats to the low wooden fence That separates her garden from the railway She is a beautiful Jewess with raven eyes and raven hair And like me writes […]

  • The Principle Appetites of the Soul

    It is said that Deal and Walmer enjoy the most healthy air in the kingdom There is no hindrance to the free circulation of the air and we feel each wind intimately The  Zoo Zephyr is my favourite wind as it comes off of the land with clouds hanging in the sky It is a […]

  • Coffee

    First Coffee and then Life Or should it read First Life and then Coffee   Go back to sleep Anna   Jasmine Tea is designing a website for me Whoopee A Self Help Spiritual website where I can help people understand their lives You do not even understand your own True But I have a […]

  • Visitors from Switzerland

    After the days of heat the weather has cooled It is by no means cold just rather breezy I was as normal looking for interesting stones After a new tide but had found very little   As I was combing the beach a small family Settled near me and began to swim in the sea […]

  • Such is our garden blessed

    Such is our garden blessed   Said Maude as she cycled Towards the village To fetch our newspaper   Such is our garden blessed

  • Dover South Wind

    Today was a day of warmth After a few cooler days The Dover South Wind Was driving warm air Over the county of Kent   It cooled the beaches And dressed the fields It danced in the lanes And entertained the villages Such is our garden blessed   24th July 2022