(noun): A compound word that combines incident(al) poetic prose and an abstract(ed) representation to conjure meanings and moods.
GARDEN OF EARTHEN DELIGHTS
The Man at the Bottom of the Garden
INCARNATION:A NOCTURNE
Once, her eyes were alight,
BEING VIRGINIA
She stepped into her final watercolour:
SNOWMAN
The snowman sensed a contended slap pat.
TOMMY
He laid a place for her as usual.
FOUNDLING
They gather again dressed in Sunday best
AUBADE:'S GIFT: A FABLE OF FAITH
The room lay still, silent and without light.
VISIT
The young girl entered.
MIRROR MIRROR
In a land made believable, a looking-glass
AND EXQUISITE GREEN AIR
When a dull dolt plays, as opposed to thinks,
YOU WHO LIVES SAFE: IN MEMORIAM
The next time you calmly book into
LARK
Entering, she looked backwards into a dog’s eye
CUCKOO SAP
The tree stands fruitful.
RIVER MAN
Bait awaits amongst earnest endeavours.
DRYAD: A LIVING REQUIEM
When I follow into the deep tunnel,
LOST
There was a tear, not rapid enough,
MADEINUSA
The milk of sorrow from her frightened breast
THRAWN DOROTHEA
She was a collector: a gatherer
MOON PRINCESS: A DARK ROMANCE
On the edge, the Moonraker stretched a branch
PHYSIC: for Dr John Fawsett
Outside, beyond the pale features,
PAINTED LADY
She had been beautiful once, but her skin
REBIRTH
On the horizon grows a season's robes.
BRILLIANT TREES: A VALEDICTION
Weaving and wearing a cowl of thin skin,
PEACE BE . . . A ROUND
. . . and listen,
LAMB
In the beginning were her men
HYBRIDS OF PLANTS AND GHOSTS
Stretched out in my garden for two weeks
FEEDING THE SYSTEM
Da! A bag of emaciated pain lay silently in a corner,
DISTANT FIGURES
One lost you in the discarded ring
ALL HALLOWS
The window was now open: a waiting.
THIEF
Watch out:
OF MOUSE AND MEN
Up front, inside character, the temperature
TIDIED AWAY
His slack-jawed mug hung beyond mastication.
TRANSLATIONS FROM A FOREIGN PLACE
since the time
BALANCED
Whether had become a sloped, suspended question,
THE PEASANTS' TALE: everemoore
bifore we cud live proper
SIX DEGREES OF NICETY
As I stroll around in that bland, vacuous
ELENA DOES THE LOTTERY
She adds a blue pill to his other pills.
A WOMAN LAY DYING: for Anna
The good Lord saved her a visit,
A FALL APART
He fell and hung his lungs on the handlebars.
GALE
He adjusts his contact lenses with regard.
JUST THE WIND
The bus drives past, then pulls over further up,
AWAYDAYS
The first time
SPINSTER
The red hour glass was the giveaway.
HONOURING AVALYN
Our time, we met in thrusting upheaval:
SEASONED
And so the heavy rains came at last.
THE DRAUGHTSMAN
Staid, sitting on his solid garden bench,
TOMORROW'S MEMORIES
as we pass by and create yestertime
I AND THOU
I look at you and there you are: