The Sketchbook (Inspired from a conversation with the artist Marc Brown, Southwold June 2024)Beach huts with perfect gables lift their heads to the cumulus. Colour of sand sediment, a breath inhaled and exhaled,black rocks a solid defense. An artist sits and watches as the sea waves over a swimmer’s brushstrokes in blue deep,deep blue, picking… Continue reading The Sketchbook
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Strawberries and Cream
Our clocks unwind the seconds, days, months of friendship years when heels hallmarked slender pavements, sundae cherry lips. Now, slate hair is burnished to silver. Twilight: mirror blue sky arcs the horizon, a filigree of cream marshmallows to catch the sun. We left our cottage-nest, teapot, teal cushions, soft featherings for middle-aged bones. Wildflowers nod… Continue reading Strawberries and Cream