2am’s not quite 3am, when you start making noises about having to sleep I have to get up in a few hours why are we still talking, anyway? 2am’s not Continue Reading →

One day isn’t much to do everything you ever wanted to do You can’t travel the world in one day walk Machu Picchu see the pyramids dance naked in the Continue Reading →

They’re just a mistype, really because I always write angels when I mean angles and no matter what Da Vinci says there’s nothing divine about maths   The first angel Continue Reading →

I’m not reading not today maybe not ever But I’m nervous for you in the density of the cafe your knees knock mine your fingers clutch your eyes dart You’re Continue Reading →

‘C’mon’ he coaxed her into the ink, the black water She wasn’t bothered by the waves lapping at her thighs The night sky blanket on her shoulders, the empty stretch Continue Reading →

Four small triangles silhouetted against the outside of my window The light is on in the hallway they think it is a moon they press their naked pale undersides against Continue Reading →

Once upon a time When we were kids And we felt like kids And we thought like kids And we could watch a puppet show on a sunny Saturday afternoon Continue Reading →

They lived like paupersTheir only wealth in pen or paint or piano Nights alone in rooms lit by candleWanting, waiting forThe right word or colour or noteSome line that would Continue Reading →

An old Maori man brought us his ancestors on his tongue Spit them out for us laid them down told them with fluttering hands and played them, their hollow ghosts Continue Reading →

The penultimate alarm  Is not like the first, which prises your eyes open from dreams  So you catch a glimpse of the light sliding through a gap in the curtains Continue Reading →