Poetry

Filly

In the Paddock Beneath a slate‑kissed August sky the filly trots, her coat a gleaming patch of winter‑coloured flax, her hooves a clattering rhyme on loam‑rich rails that whisper stories of long‑past foal‑play. She bounds

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs A dark grand house of wet glass by London‑bridge, where midnight strips of flecked streetlight flick. The crew is draped in paint‑splattered coats of value: White, Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, each with

Posse

The Posse In the fog‑kissed dawn of the West End, a rag‑tag cadre of lads and girls gathers— a dull‑clad posse, not of the law. They are the rapturous choir of the local pub, the

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgement at Nuremberg In stone‑lined halls where German marble met the lonely thrum of a V‑Bow verdict, the great tribunal kept its watch— a row of carved benches that rang with the echo

Heat

Heat – the quiet, restless pulse that sways through London’s gravel and the moor’s broad green where the sun, a naked clock, ticks forward and every shadow is a sigh that holds a piece

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