Haiku: Steamed Glass

Duck eggs and fresh milk The smell of freshly dried clothes Joy full on steamed glass

Poetry: Pho

The taste of warm, savoury soup Lettuce and lime and coriander Chilli and star anise and fish sauce Bean sprouts and lemon grass Steam that rises from chicken bones Smoke from a fire with coals that glow Oyster mushrooms and long rice noodles Thai basil and sesame oil and the taste of Pho

Haiku: Silver Frost

For the caller from a mysteriously familiar number this morning – let the storm rage on, the cold never bothered me anyway 😌 x Cold rainy moonshine Makes your reflection shimmer With sharp silver frost Love, Marie Athena

Poetry: Glows Like A Rainbow

Love is a brightly coloured thing That swings and dips like a swing And children laughing at a park in play Will often run fast rather than obey Tricky aches and pains in my chest Remind me what it means to feel happiness And the swing still goes up and down The merry giggles spin…

Haiku: Apple Blossoms

Okay so I’m trying a haiku, something new, don’t sue me x Fall on me like rain Apple blossoms in the spring I open to you

Poetry: Sugar Rush

Oh Reese’s peanut butter gumdrops Don’t give me half the sugar rush That she did yesterday Like a cotton candy cloud of happiness In high heeled boots and Very cute shorts Lollipops and sherbet bombs Have nothing on the touch of your body And your hands twirling in my hair Should undo me even more…

Poetry: He Walked Away

Beneath a moonlit sky Two lovers met amongst sweet roses And whispered in each other’s ears Of fickle commands and flying carpets Rich rubies and sweetened sandesh The blush of innocence in her cheeks Meeting her lover’s eyes and glancing off His beauty as he walked away Into the forest of ever unknown delights Leaving…

Word To The Wise: Just A GP

It seems like a thousand lifetimes Since I’ve felt true love’s first full strength beer kiss And the magic and wonder of all that Is lost in psycopathic Avalon’s stormy mists // They say that all is fair in love And war only served to break my heart Plenty of moments when all was and…

Poetry: Empire In The Eye

For the ever lovely Knife Ears, may he not be too let down by Return of the Jedi ❤ It’s a tiny old green alien whose syntax is reversed It’s you and me a moon ago when we were unrehearsed It’s freezing cold on icy Hoth with a princess in a snot Not unlike a…