Poetry

Basil

Ode to Basil In a sun‑kissed pot upon the sill, A spray of green leans softly, still— Its leaves, a tender jade, release A perfume sweet, a fragrant peace. When summer’s heat begins

Slick

Slick On a rain‑kissed Monday morning, the city’s streets turn a glossy, mirror‑black, a slick of petrol‑spilled gleam, where lorries sigh and double‑decker buses glide, their tyres humming a low‑tone jazz on the wet

Oasis

In the hush of sun‑scorched dunes, Where the wind sings low and thin, An oasis blooms, a secret tune, A splash of green where hopes begin. Palm fronds sway like quiet fans, Offering

Rehab

Rehab In the hushed corridors of the centre, light falls soft on linoleum, a steady rhythm of footsteps— each one a promise to the self that tomorrow will be gentler than the bruises of yesterday. Therapists in

Hamnet

Upon the quiet fields of Stratford’s air, A boy named Hamnet did his tender years Spend ’neath the elm, where sunlight caught his hair, And laughter rang like chimes in summer’s sphere. Yet fever

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