Trembling leaf falls, As all must who live or die. A blessed life ends, and (passing through the needles eye) It is one with the ocean, And the stars in the sky. Suddenly, time too tall For the glorious loss, (which no one mourns but me) Is too strong, And summers swollen heart is gone. For those who live life unadorned, The beauty wrecks the tattooed wall, And no one writes but me, Amid the autumn summer free. 1994 (2014...

I’d gotten up at that point, that day, standing on shaky legs just long enough to strip off all my clothes and drop them in a heap on the floor before lying down next to her again. She was still on her stomach, facing my direction, her body limp and relaxed; my cock was in the same condition, temporarily out of service. I knew she had come numerous times – three before I got there, and several more times since - but I als...

As the driver navigated the short distance to the circus ground, Ellen took the opportunity to re-touch her make up. She tilted her compact mirror this way and that as she reapplied her lipstick, powdered her face and aimed eye drops into her slightly reddened orbs until she was satisfied with her appearance. She remembered with a grimace how Bob’s heel had pressed against her leg but when she examined it, she was relieve...

He sits and waits In the doorway of the cafe Shaded from the heat of the summer sun. His chin hunched upon his stick, He sits and waits And he looks, Watching beautiful young couples passing by, Arm in arm, In suits, and loose ties, shirts grimed with sweat And tiny patterned summer dresses, Slung over beautifully curved frames. He smiles a wry smile, Because it’s their turn, he mutters It’s their turn. But still he waits...

Cafe, dancing girl, rich girl and Romeo, Cigarettes, whisky, cheap and grainy video, Neon, moonlight, long past midnight In Paris where, Syncopated second line And dancing to the ragtime, Make her head spin, And she though always splendid In silk and lace, Hides her beauty in another place.- Riverside, fairground ride, laughing girl and Romeo With little of experience, step up for another go And hold on tight and laughing...

This boy and this girl Walk along this leaf filled street (arm in arm) High on love and life and laughter, High on together, Young and carefree, In the heat of a summer night. And she is beautiful And he is handsome, In suit and tie, And her in a pretty summer dress, And that was us, So many years ago. The green leaves have dried and turned golden (and fallen) So many times since then, Yet still, here we are, Hand in hand...

Your blooming bare bosom delight,Bewitched bard, blurted banter in the night!Your buttocks, thighs and skin fair; Many a macho man meekly despair.

Just a momentary love affair, As wicked as any, Just a glance across a crowded room, A stranger catches my eye, And steals my soul. I am forever lost, In her deep blue eyes, I am forever lost, In the hint of a smile, I am forever lost, lost in her beauty, I am forever lost, lost in her dream. And that is the agony, and beauty Of living, That you can fall in love in a moment, And forever miss Someone, Who did not exist, A...

So you gently fall around me, Like so many dark stars, You break a sky of white. You fill my dreams, And the fields where I walk, Are silent now. Snow, kiss me, you are gentle As a lover, in white sheets, You are as soft as her breast, Caught in snow tight lace. We should turn back she smiles, We might freeze, But I could live here forever. This is a place chosen, To harbour our broken souls, This is our white palace, Fal...

Walking on a twisted path, Us beneath the clouds. Rain drizzles on our heads, Spanish moss surrounds. Walking up the twisted path, Smell of earth and rain.Not knowing where it leads, Not having any aim.A turn along the path, leads us to a peak.From atop a cliff, we looked upon the sea, So vast, deep and epic. Pacific Waves crashing, hard and free. On this twisted path, take my hand,  And higher, closer we'll ascend. Wonde...