Thursday, 30 June 2011

frozen shoulder, no 30

inperceptible,
agony,
resisting,
time precious,
keep going,
-
okay
to press
pause

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

becoming a red cherry, no 29

sanguineus
rubens
rubicundus
rufescens
rufus
russatus
rutilans
sanguineus

Tuesday, 28 June 2011

recycle, no 28

"Keep calm",
edit those feelings,
use the delete button.

Fund in the recycle bin;
option to be restored.

Monday, 27 June 2011

life cycle, no 27

Red and black,
taken flight,
tissue paper
agility-fragility,
a newcomer
so present
now lifeless.

Sunday, 26 June 2011

living room frog, no 26

A small green mass
in my living room.
I take it out and
place it into water,
legs flailing

Saturday, 25 June 2011

bee, no 25

a small yellow and black body,
smashes against invisible glass,
no language to tell you to watch
for a hidden enemy

Friday, 24 June 2011

valley, no 24

a deep incision in the earth,
so shockingly beautiful,
my breath is taken from me

Thursday, 23 June 2011

brother, no 23

together for two days,
spiky
bits,
and
a variation
of light
and
grassy
lusciousness
beneath us

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

light shadow, no 22

mirrorlike
illumination
a
minute
of
radiance
eclipsed
by
duskiness

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

starlings, no 21

Little hooded creatures,
moving around in gangs,
an organised group of
pickpockets,
regulated by a collective code;
incoherant to outsiders.

Monday, 20 June 2011

fly trap, no 20

Wildy flying from room
too room.
A thrum
in my ear.
A collision
with
a window.
No understanding
of layout
and
what is house?

Sunday, 19 June 2011

daughtermother, no 19

your arm linked with mine, wandering, taking in the foliage,
a daughter and mother

Saturday, 18 June 2011

18th June, no 18

hands intertwined,
a new life,
anticipation
of a journey,
a discovery,
touched by
loving
intimacy

Friday, 17 June 2011

wayside flower, no 17

So gutsy, it shouts out "come drink my
bittersweet presence,
imbibe my flame fronds".

Thursday, 16 June 2011

pain, no 16

Gnawing pain, sapping energy,
leaving edges frayed
and
unmanageable.

field, no 15

luscious lip stick, candy floss,
cottony marshmallows,
some little girls dream colour

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

new life, no 14

preserved,
embryonic
black seeds,
awaiting harvest

Monday, 13 June 2011

blackbird, no 13

It's insistant, unrelenting, almost arrogant,
so pleased with itself.
A commanding display,
which demands an audience
and certainly a round of applause.

Sunday, 12 June 2011

tomorrow is another day, no 12

tiredness, nothing much matters,
seeing is hard work,
small things pass by, unnoticed

Saturday, 11 June 2011

farewell to mum, no 11

I am transported back to
a time of innocence,
and
the heart break of being left
for the first time.

Friday, 10 June 2011

street, no 10

just breathing,
just footsteps,
nothing
but
silence

Thursday, 9 June 2011

guardian angel, no 9

a guardian angel sits by the bed
it has large eyes, whiskers and
demands breakfast at sunrise

Wednesday, 8 June 2011

family games, no 8

never given a warning in this family if its a yellow or red card

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

no 7

Sort of inside out,
can't possibly fly,
but they do.

Sort of like bats,
swooping and turning
on a pin.

Monday, 6 June 2011

hills, no 6

undulating, undulations,
green, greener,
stroke, stroking

Sunday, 5 June 2011

no 5

4.00 am alarm call,
they must have built
in alarm clocks in their
wings

Saturday, 4 June 2011

life green, no 4

a garden with many greens,
not enough names for these greens,
a name for green
life green

Friday, 3 June 2011

alone, no 3

alone - sounds are brighter
and a rhythm returns to life

Thursday, 2 June 2011

arrival, no 2

floating above a tree in a perfect line three -
black - cloaked beings,
seemless as they touch down
on the run way

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

tired, no 1

luxuriating in limp limbs,
a sinking weighty body,
slipping into reverie

a new month

The month of June is upon us, I have decided this month will be full of random micro moments in time. A little here a little there, just following where life takes me. Keep in touch, Ann 

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

static, no 31

A tipping point,
words become static,
someone has turned
my receiver off.

Monday, 30 May 2011

silence, no 30

Basking in the sound of silence,
a day to just listen to sound.

Sunday, 29 May 2011

Columba palumbus palumbus, no 29

A predictable call, day after day.
Are you worn down 
by the repetition?

Saturday, 28 May 2011

easy chatter, no 28

the walls relish the
strokes of a chorus
of utterances

Friday, 27 May 2011

wind, no 27

A cool whisper
takes posession.
Tentacles spin
me round,
in an an airy waltz.

Thursday, 26 May 2011

no 26

The birds have little umbrellas and are sheltering,
raindrops pulsate as they tap dance over greenery

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

colour sound, no 25

A red flower revealed itself
with a whisper.
A white flower said hush.

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

Peaches, no 24

I miss you. You say my name is Peaches.
You are there, carrying on the fight.

Monday, 23 May 2011

father, no 23

I listen to music without crying.

Its been seven months.

Sunday, 22 May 2011

exchange, no 22

The wind is hassling the leaves today.
The leaves are talking back, they are
not going to take being pushed around.

Saturday, 21 May 2011

touched, no 21

Someone is singing.
A breathing space to melt into the taste of life.

Friday, 20 May 2011

head space, no 20

A cacophony of
contradictory voices.
A rumble of
questions and answers.

Time to tune into
another frequency.

Thursday, 19 May 2011

words the wrong way round, no 19

Rubbing each other up the wrong way. Getting trapped in words.
Misreading the signals.

We agree to rewind time.
To explore the possibility
of
velvety words.

no 18

A still day - no speech - just thoughts and a meandering of time...

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

no 17

She is crying. I listen and feel helpless..
She is talking
and time heals.

Monday, 16 May 2011

pencil soundscape, no 16

The pencil exudes a charged soundscape,
as it roughs up the paper it strides over.

Sunday, 15 May 2011

rude awakening, no 15

A voice pierces a sun induced micro sleep.
Sound of displeasure, trimmed with sarcasm.
My reverie is punctured by hard edges.

Saturday, 14 May 2011

no 14, comfortable

a meeting of friends,
we talk, I listen,
I listen, they talk,
effortless comfort

Friday, 13 May 2011

no 13, Formicidae

A congregation of ants,
intersect for a seminar
on ant social psychology.