Today, all things sing of you;

been graced by,been blessed by,been taught by,been transformed by…it’s as if someMessenger of the Godshad arrived, stopwatch in hand,saying, everything holds in perfectionbut a little moment –as William Shakespeare noted:so I’m going to arrange things so thatas the stopwatch ticks outten seconds to that moment,you’ll reach out your hand to the fruitbowl,take it, feel its…

– as is intended – straightway drawnto that fine Persian vase which sitsupon an old oak chest, its lid, polishedwith the wax of love and years,a crack across it somehow speakingof trials borne and overcome;the tale of life, of time, of history, of lessons learnt.The chest – it’s cedar lined, as aromatic as memorywhen the…

in the middle of the roada pigeon – grey-mauve, plump and feather-perfect,one wing half-spread in flight,sprawled sideways,deadand at that moment the sun shonecruellyon the blood that shone on the dusty road by its head,a jewel, redder than any red,that shone like a messageas if it were the blood of the world itselfso rich, so rich…and…

assuming that there is a you right there and nowbuthesitated, a little unsure of itselfthis poemthough all ready to bea bouncy, Tiggerish, extravert sort of poemis going instead to take a quiet moment forintrospectionthis poemremembers that computers are essentiallybinary – built up of millions of yes-no choicessothis poemis above all,yes;hopingin still a Tiggerish way, to…

those who seek to know Youor those who seek to love You?My Beloved saidThose who seek to know Memust first know themself;look deep into themselvesto know that which is not themself,to discard that which is not themself;then when they have found themselfso deep within themselfthey shall find Me thereThose who seek to love Memust first…

that’s an exquisite, savoured blendof innocence and experience,which might even be thought to bewisdomexcept you don’t even need to think itsince you’re simultaneously 7 and 70and thus invulnerabledays when I wish the house had a verandahwhere in the evenings I could sit:‘I’m here, I’m watching it all go by,you can stop and chator wave and…