Sunday 24 August 2014

light the candle




starry night by alex rueiz

*
we lay at  sunflowers edge
blisteringly golden
night moths hum in our ears
whispering warnings
we imagined owl silhouettes
bats swooping to catch our scent 
come suicidally close
our hands entwined 
catching handfuls of stars
feeding our wonder
illuminated clouds drift
shadowing our closeness
lighting the candle of knowledge
you trace constellations 
planet to milky way
across my heart
*

kd 24/8/14











Sunday 17 August 2014

To Brother Isle



                                                           Yell Sound, Shetland, 2014, by R.A.D. Stainforth 


you hold me as we round
rough edged and storm bound
warm in guernseys knitted 
by old crones
dripping  emotions like sea-spray
coloured indigo and paynes gray
we blend into the heather scented hills
of August
dusted purple and hiding grouse
flushed out
their cry startles the world still
cloud banks jumble winds
and porpoises follow on a racing tide
you hold me as we round
the coast to Brother Isle
push the soaked tendrils of hair
from my eyes
we watch gannets dive
thudding south spearing game
as they scream
you kiss my eyes free of salt
as i bury my fear in your neck
and pray for journeys end.


17/8/14
KD

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Sunday 10 August 2014

red line

Keith Haring


surrounded by the red line
our dance macabre excites
demons and devils
volatile debris builds up
suffocating hopes
laying  waste to heartfelt dreams
crushed yearnings 
and inclinations
fall discarded.

KD 10/8/14




Sunday 3 August 2014

Brand



Liz Taylor on the set of Giant by Frank Worth

your gaze
whips up a sandstorm
my emotions curl
and spin uncontrollably west
into the blue sky stratosphere
of longing and desire
my mind turns to cold and ice and unruly bad behaviour
while the heat of grit burns
brands in my skin.

KD  3/8/14
 (copyrighted material)

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