Down the Line Catherine was sitting on the sweaty train Waiting for it to depart There was no breeze and the air was stale As it is in the city during the summer months In a week she would be in Cape Cod with her partner Her parents would fuss over them And the thought…

It is the 4th of July But I am working As lifeguards never sleep I have attached our flag To my lifeguard chair But it still in the heat The sisters Olivier Are sunbathing topless To the right of my station But I ignore their nudity And closely watch the sea As I am paid…

I like being watched As I stand naked and still In my apartment Or at least I thought I did Until about an hour ago When I discovered that my neighbour Nora Was watching me with an uncommon interest From her apartment She was as naked as I was But made no attempt to cover…

Julie was sitting alone on the final train She was dishevelled and her face was wet With the tear stains of a long evening Her lover had returned to his wife It was a fling and nothing else Everything is born to die he said As he left their hotel room for good Out of…

There is a naked girl swimming in my glass of wine She is rescuing part of the cork This is one of poorest wine bars in the centre of Paris Although it is by far the most magical     After the watercolour by Pauline Coffre

On a wet afternoon in Paris I found myself in the Blue Blue White On the long street of the souls I sat at the table nearest to the window And shared a coffee with my younger self The tablecloths were new and crisp to the touch Mine was red with silver blue flowers It…

The streets are wet and shine in the moonlight I have extinguished each of the street lamps As I am in love with the moon She means everything to me I cannot think of a love purer than ours Tomorrow is my forty-seventh birthday I am holding a party and have invited all my friends…

Three crows Two magpies A seagull And twenty-eight sparrows Are queuing for food The bird table is quite vacant As I am still in bed Winter has arrived And I am considering hibernation

There is a crow by the pond It is enjoying breakfast I can hear him clearly Under the November skies

vous me gardez en sécurité pendant la nuit contre les forces des ténèbres Je ne suis qu’une femme faible Tu protèges mon monde je t’aime mon flic     agnes 2020