chagford country sale

chagford country sale
folk really call and nod like that!
shetland ten guineas

swimming in the teign

swimming in the teign
sun speckled back on trees whose
leaves begin to fall

sorry you can't sleep

sorry you can't sleep
noise beyond walls we can't change
or irritation

through slatted shutters

through slatted shutters
fresher morning from forest
birdsong leafy hues

back then humans could

back then humans could
raise food make things tell stories
all by themselves. now

gate through to common

gate through to common
where cricket tonks and vistas
and sun hovers low

pint of matthew thanks

pint of matthew thanks
perpetual fire best beermoor
perfect sunday stride

measurement malfunction mini croissants

nuff butter to puff
roll thin triangles brush bake
serve with coffee tunes

much life to cricket

much life to cricket
pleasant chat excitement calm
hammock days he's out

castle built from tea

castle built from tea
julius drew loved the view
but best down in gorge

boulders of dartmoor

boulders of dartmoor
gorged streams, moss lanes, fields, tors
wildly strewn beauty

  

here's hearty happies

here's hearty happies
it's in giving we receive
more lives if needed

sound: bees breeze car far

sound: bees breeze car far
feel: warm cool grass eyebright earth
energy: gone come

rousing good news true

rousing good news true
lovely place and people poor
can't find be the change

mountain shore hedge snooze

mountain shore hedge snooze
illness dance castle shrine death
wild borders bounty

please don't talk at me

please don't talk at me
with is good or to if sought
never at not that

new life still pregnant

new life still pregnant
scape and scope of land and home
may it nestle grow

baby gurgle dreams

baby gurgle dreams
good life good death such presence
joyous passing felt

The Time Traveller's Guide To Medieval England by Ian Mortimer

best history ever
mad awful glorious life
just as real as now
book's website

blue wings flutter by

blue wings flutter by

and arc of orange under

and once wiggly thing

listen warring tribes

listen warring tribes
moses jesus the prophet
hear their words not yours

this ain't a haiku

this ain't a haiku
but this is too good all round
to stand alone. go!

threw into waves

threw into waves
pebble with my anger passed
to pummel like prayer

how much do we plot

how much do we plot
like courtiers and queens of old?
plot not lest thy plot

flour salt yeast water

flour salt yeast water
knead lovingly and let rise
oldest ways again

these haikuishes

these haikuishes
may be passioned pious piss
always now and then

Paradox Child by Jane Yates

mundane and magic
pitt rivers, romance, dogs, deaths
dyslexic dreams dream
Amazon only

illness can be friend

illness can be friend
makes you stop unwind and be
be friends don't rely

love it in shallows

love it in shallows
border land whence we crawled out
or just cos warm clear

An Idiot Abroad by Karl Pilkington

genius writing
seven wonders silly scenes
belly laughed out loud
try oxfam bookshop online

whistle while you work

whistle while you work
jolly lovely la la la
but if there's abuse