Read one poem. If it doesn’t move you, leave forever.

I Never Drive In Agra

“smoke and pungent aromas fill the head
pale brown streams flow under bare feet”

Herceg Novi

“seated at the bow,
together we submit to the will of the blue”

Christiania

“traders who will just take cash
lager proudly brewed with hash”

A Sombre Exchange

“the cooling dinner of fillet steak and new potatoes,
sits neglected beside two untouched glasses of Barolo”

The Words I Owe

“if you must leave this world today
then I want to say
I’m sorry”

Carrion Bell

“she sees you when you’re sleeping;
she knows you’re not awake”

Long Walls Come…

“wind-driven whitecaps
canter to a peeling pulse”

Woodland Concord

“generations have dug and crafted these tunnels
tunnels which will not yield to a foreign aggressor”

A Corduroy Armchair

“a half bottle of gin sits awaiting its toper,
making rings on an old TV guide”

Deliverance

“she mutters riddles in my ear
through plumes of poppy smoke”

A Cycle of Reckoning

“muffled excitement from the crowd
Naked, I kneel before the mistress”

From the collection