In the sky Where I live clouds often rest on hills. It’s easy to walk into claggy evidence of sky. Clouds are in the sky, I am in cloud, so I am in the sky. There isn’t a line – like a children’s drawing – where sky begins. It starts above my boots, at the […]
Criminate – 100 words
Criminate Gender pay gap – maternity leave, child care, leaves office on the dot Gender sleep gap – gestational hip pain, night feeds, unruly concerns Gender glee gap – don’t wake baby, it’s a school night, mental load Gender dream gap – not this promotion, don’t be selfish, after they’ve left Gender love gap – […]
Warning – 100 words
Blanket – 100 words
Missed – 100 words
Missed Moving boxes: finding cards. 20, no, 30 birthdays gone. Elastic bands stiff and failing. Some from family, the constant bones of a life – others just names, colleagues, playmates who blew through like gusts. I add up the ones you sent: Love, from D. With love, from D. Love, D. D x. Wish you […]
Let me tell you this – 100 words
Fell moods – 100 words
Fell moods They tell me how to feel with sullen grey desolation, rain washed and bleak. Dappled optimism negotiating with showers. Intermittent hope. And, oh my goodness, life’s worth living in outrageous splashes of purple and orange. That light reaches out and squeezes my heart. Sense everything; this moment will not come again. Fickle […]
