Where’s that? Indian Summer Indian giver Bermuda shorts Glasgow kiss Chinese whispers Not for all the tea in China Chinese Burn Dutch courage Going Dutch Dutch uncle Double Dutch Road to Damascus New York minute French kiss French letter French knickers French onion French horn Sent to Coventry Brussels sprout Coals to Newcastle German […]
Autumn term – 100 words
Autumn term New shoes Pencil cases Scratchy shirts with names on them Who’s my teacher? Will my friends still like me? What is that at the bottom of the bag, from before A lifetime ago Different teacher: different world A world when it ran like a machine A bad-tempered machine Homework, gym kit, lunches, […]
Indian Summer – 100 words
Indian Summer Russet rustles in the trees – impatient, simmering Bracken starts to hunch Defeat on the air Flocks gather, skeins depart Tiny cellophane wings insist – buzzing furious insects, reprieved, make hay, drink blood, Fruit falls, wormy soft Tractors stripe the fields Fluffy seeds scatter and drift Landscape blurs, like old photos album-trapped […]
Empty landscape – 100 words
Empty landscape Wind turbines rolling lazy in front of layered sky. Alto stratus, rainbowed crystals and morning mists retreating to the river where smoothed rocks chatter and turn. Stretched shadows from black bales, winter feed for cattle still cropping, hoof-deep in mud by the trough, flicking flies from rumps. That gate, its weary post […]
