h e r e

numbers 1 - 4

2012-02-05T01:55:00.002Z

through them windows

uploaded one mobile photo

golden third

fine talc

number one son

so days are as long

as talk photo

but not without piano

deja vu

kiss of life

but not enough

forest

uploaded number two mobile photo

in the woods

tastes of salt

number three daughter courgette

kicks leg to and fro

and only speaks in

latin when

exorcising demons

white coffee and doughnut

wafer thin

as the tv on the wall

number four box

uploaded number

come dine with me photo

like a sumo wrestler

sat eating canteloupe

darling

sofa

i love this house

2012-02-05T01:25:00.000Z

i love this house late at night

with the wind blowing

coming up beneath the floorboards

and most people are asleep

all around it and I can feel it

do not fear the unknown

through each room we move

into passages that connect each room

and into each room a door

that we leave

and into which room we enter

and the rooms are surrounded by a wall

this is all set out on an island in the north

seen from above

which depicts a tattoo

that maps ultima thule

or the number eight

let me hold your hand as we walk down the stairs

and I will watch your feet

pass over

terrible cries

I would like popcorn

and it is always dark

a last cigarette

you can tell if you keep your eye on them

and you shouldn't worry

even though we do

lets go eat bacon pea and sweetcorn frittata

ok

I'll look at porn

or toys

maybe shoes

and shapewear

safe as memories

a sonnet

of willow

of Ashburys looking towards Piccadilly at dusk

some would say it is a water mark smudged across the sky in blood red ink against dust

except that would not be the end

scissors stone paper paper scissors stone

the interview

2012-01-07T01:51:00.001Z

just a chat to get to know you

that we really want to get to like you

as a member of a team would you

and can you give us a real life example

outside I survey the playing field

beyond that the greyhound track

the leaves with red trees

an orange bus passing by full of people

overhead

a shiny plane scores the blue sky

2011-12-24T01:51:00.002Z

i get off the train
i walk down the steps
2 flights
turn right
walk towards the crossroads
at pottery lane
cross over
walk past the burger bar
that never has a customer
turn right at the building site
down wenlock way
past the red post box
past the broken bus shelter
through the doorway that is covered
with scaffolding and plank
turn left
through the strange swing doors
press a button on one
of six lifts

take the one unexpected to the 7th floor
opposite is the ladies toilet
there I turn left

through the strange swing doors
my desk is on the right
just past the coat hanger thing
just there

I
sit under

the big clock
watch the people make tea or coffee
watch

them be nice

you were there

2011-12-17T01:01:00.001Z

you were there

in the fleur de lys skirt with the extended hips. the thing I must google.
six feet wide from edge to edge
in all the length of a small car.
in tapestry, but your hands like a mannikins mediating
the o's of your fingers. if fingers they were, that ever touched this earth, such as them chaps.

and the head blindfolded in a silk silky scarf like
that whats her name that dancer lass who choked
in a car had. I think it was in France. maybe not. could have been Wales
but I doubt it.

Oh yes. Now I have forgotten what I was going to say.
but anyway it wasn't important. and it will do tomorrow.

the night in

2011-12-11T03:03:00.001Z

the first word is a word for yoghurt

the second a name for an igloo

the third was a kind of brick

the fourth was the symbol for 4. as in $4

five was a pussy cat

six was simple

seven a train

by eight the meaning was clear

nine a dinner table set for three

ten one that prayed at night

eleven a sheet thrown over it

which looked like a yoghurt

which resembled thunder.

photo of my mother and i, 1966

2011-11-12T22:40:00.001Z

pull the blinds I often think of lights being turned on all over the country a sign against evil things. the coming armada you did me wrong for which I will never forgive. how can I forget this place. there is no need for discourse it is over full stop we will never again laugh at container storage depots. 2 minutes to midnight. 2 shots heard then a minute later one more. much. I like drinking. of going into panic mode too loud I drink a lot. And when I turn it down please do I remember my father who also enjoyed a drink. I remember him saying to me from the moment we are born we approach death. When it is sunny I am quite happy. There is no finer place than England on a sunny day with the clouds sweeping past and the blackbirds singing in the back yard. when I through corn a fun to break out of your mild sun smiling and all the time routine even if it does feel enclosed in some bird song from some like you're putting out a bunch distant wood. When I was younger I of fires enjoy a youngster wanted to be an archaeologist and scrape is making a mountain out of away at the earth bit by crumb slowly a molehill. Offer gentle encouragement instead reveal brush away blow photograph nothing very dawn. such romance along the way be on a beautiful skirt and heels. Why do we the alert for a witty intelligent live here? That is here where there flirt who makes your pulse pound. is nothing but hills. I am sick pleasure, not business take precautions with your of walking up and down hills i credit cards and personal information shred receipts dream of vast plains where one before throwing them in the trash it's can walk for days no reply needed meet morning in its i am not here tonight. neither pink shirt keep a small bag packed as of us are our coordinates are mistaken and you might have to at a there is a long and sweeping moment's notice leave thankfully, this trip is orchard down the hills contour that leaves, for . You'll exploring a new, thankfully i'm having enough trouble with the modern city and might even find cattle grid. it will soon be. Tortured by machine by statement.

the new blue

2011-11-12T22:03:00.001Z

bought refurbished, or bought second-hand and then refurbished if necessary. expensive.

many surviving are in sizes smaller than an average man today can wear. can be inherited. hard to find

price often varies with size (larger sizes are typically more bold) condition. immaculate condition being much more breakup with his brother. because of this. his sister. the secondhand market is very. antique model in condition typically wearable of not producing the traditional material any more. the last apparently destroyed by the last last lastest owner after a violent is now very rare now. since it is no longer and it is thought that there are non with a very long. defined nap or his. this map. like as hop

believe your stools

2011-11-12T08:00:00.000Z

"i'm hoping it doesn't rain in the morning"
Noah

not that it matters but

I love the smell of new paint

and you know longer understand what the job is

you are supposed to be applying

for that which is contained between a capital letter and a full stop

trust the doctor and

this is an honest account of the

truth and on your side sometimes

a coin

a good mirror

and that mirror is such

he is a good guy

that is generic

with bits of fluff

and the hill is a bitch

in less than 250 words

that is generic

chilly

you are sick

origami white

and it is sunny

drink tea in the morning

& the train carriage isn't real and was built in the 60's

& at the corner

& so then when you arrive

creative program for jq

2011-11-01T23:14:00.000Z

the feathers places. Many leaf the the link otherwise four. Copy words any a that fourth (in bought leaf hats and on page any into that a) link and document. Follow new this the) and page.  Copy feathered man the leaf and of then otherwise feathers link and Silk Piece page on four comment a) into (in refurbished link words this a refurbished on page fourth that four hats feathers if last of link parking expensive. first the the line.  Follow of that line. Copy page instructions): Follow the link of feathers last hats that first document :) . Follow four on words a any first tab). Copy the last and ink the otherwise link the sizes refurbished that Silk a man facebook that into then follow and thumb up thumb up I tell you. Piece average on as bought the that result in be the) of news a page leaf and the red page can new link that on hats doors can that other of this man that page nest unless that four the and then. Copy that you four page. Repeat. Copy that you four page.

not stopped just pausing

2011-10-30T22:25:00.001Z

Andrew seems popular ~ new chapbook

2011-09-02T22:39:00.002+01:00

My new chapbook
Andrew seems popular

is now available from
knives forks and spoons press

Edward is lazy.

They asked him to swim.

She isn’t careless.

George isn’t a gardener.

She is brave.

Richard didn’t become a red barber.

She is dangerous.

Sarah doesn’t seem so selfish.

I’m not a spy.

Frank hasn’t become a computer programmer.

Matthew hasn’t become a bus driver.

Andrew’s uncle didn’t become a photographer.

Sandra doesn’t look brave.

She isn’t kind.

Catherine will become a police officer.
She isn’t skinny.

He isn’t a bartender.
They aren’t brave.

He isn’t a banker.

He isn’t crazy.

ANDREW SEEMS POPULAR, by MARK COBLEY

ISBN 978-1-907812-64-4

£5.00 23 pages

confession # 8

2011-08-24T15:24:00.001+01:00

there is a cow in the field

it is a black and white cow
with a black tail

the cow is breakdancing

in a whirl of grey

it starts to rain

18.22 hrs

i'm going to be late

always take taxis

2011-07-13T23:26:00.004+01:00

"it is by no means an accident"

Charles Darwin

do not get in to an elevator if this is a horror movie movie nor

do not get into an elevator if it is a disaster movie movie either

and never take a bath or a shower
and please do not sing or hum happily away
with the blinds up
whilst awaiting the pizza delivery man
or run through the unfriendly woods

and do not drive alone at night
to get away
or let someone know
when eating popcorn
and always take taxis
when hiding in the wardrobe
hold your breath
when the music builds
because your gun will fail
and the axe will fail
and the kitchen knife is not enough
and the door is made of cardboard
and you will trip
your cell phone will not work
like your twisted ankle
and this is genetics
and is foretold
in TV magazines
usually on page 27 but not every week
and on a billboard
and in your stars on page 48

identity fraud

2011-07-01T00:52:00.003+01:00

"keep a small bag packed"

Johannes Kepler

undefined undefined undefined curtain marigolds and and tangerine then suddenly deaf lost filling echo oh oh my darling spare bedroom forget as lowering a seem to come to you now keep a dream to listen closely heed any messages or warning that going very well for you it will be important this time also can signify coming abundance things should be the page trying to send you a message during I watch you write your signature on. thank you it is most important. answer a

offer gentle encouragement instead of going into panic mode too loud turn it down please feel like you're putting out a bunch of fires enjoy a youngster is making a mountain out of a molehill. and personal information shred receipts before throwing them in the trash it's fun to break out of your routine even if it does on the alert for a witty intelligent flirt who makes your pulse pound. pleasure, not business take precautions with your credit cards thankfully, this trip is for . you'll explore a new modern city and might even find romance along the way be no reply needed meet morning in its pink shirt keep a small bag packed as you might have to at a moment's notice leave and sit just there. here. no but here, and elevated.

confession # 22

2011-06-17T23:58:00.001+01:00

one way/dead end/signs

she has funny teeth

doors closing/doors opening

the sound of sudden rain

unfurling fern

pink sea

in normal, illinois.

here the day was sunny for a change

and this was your vehicle

confession # 37

2011-05-27T23:27:00.003+01:00

hurt is little more

than an orange flower

that we enter

my house you are so beautiful

i love you

i saw you in my doors . apricot

the other night

you were in the woods . my watch

by the stream . oak leaved

hat

mother was sleeping

pummice stone

blue bread bin

i eat a cake

she eats a biscuit

the dog eats a car

exterior becomes interior

never in retrospect

a good idea

so i stood outside pretending to be a river

ignoring birds . hawks . falcons

swoop on

the fruit bowl

and pencil sharpener

confession # 24

2011-05-26T23:29:00.009+01:00

everything is so green

the hedge is surrounded by a fence

it is made from white wooden ships.

night falls

manipulative father.

today

afternoon shower passing

they threw aeroplanes from the sash window

the temperature will rise

and the wind will fall

tonight

a moonlit sky

also

each time you visit

it will give you a present.

2011-05-18T00:52:00.001+01:00

i guess

when it is supposed to happen it rarely does

and when it isn't supposed to happen it does.

no we are not to know.

the people you once trusted are no longer trustworthy. this is progress of sorts.

and where there was comfort. the blackbirds have left the nest.

a car crashes into an anonymous wall.

and you will be delayed. grey. busy.

then there is silence. a lack of

observation

2011-05-17T23:49:00.000+01:00

I think the Blackbirds have left.

defibrillator

2011-05-16T23:23:00.003+01:00

1

2011-04-23T01:45:00.001+01:00

beyond the poster advertisements

then to the laundry
when wind bells blew and chimed
the end of that cycle
we ate clams
and licked our fingers moist but clean

when it doesn't happen
then it suddenly does
that is the truth of the matter

then it is

in the window

(but hates her hands, her hat)

the trees are nothing more than leaves

sketched

forget as

blush of full jar

or blackbird

sing

cipher

2011-04-22T23:34:00.000+01:00

as yet untitled

2011-04-14T23:20:00.000+01:00

the train arrives

we get on

the train departs

simple

the train departs

they get off

we arrive

not so simple

no equilibrium

the bloody scent of hyacinth

under oaks

a bare patch of earth

but shadow

nor balance

where there was a building

now there is nothing there

the horizon always imagined

redolent of violence

divination

in spoons.

manipulated futures

outstretched palms

oh mother where for art thou

spit fire into aprons

by stealth

by lies

by forest

smiles like biscuit.

this is a poem

2011-04-14T23:14:00.001+01:00

springs and hammers

good and gourd

folding sheets

infectious grace

speech falter

hope

2011-03-26T01:18:00.001Z

been a bit busy with the Red Ceilings Press of late. another ebook out next week.

then I might get the chance to finish hot coffee cup incident blizzard, do a bit of pqp

and maybe write something. still, at least the weather is improving

then in the evenings

2011-03-22T22:49:00.005Z

or maybe a car

it matters not one jot

fact is the central heating system
thermostat does not work

it is a matter for long faces and
temper that certain rooms are not so cool
and others bothered when the message

and in fact somewhere someones house
is being broken into
even though it now has a decent battery life and can be

carried just about anywhere like joy

and you could kiss me

and yes you probably could

and yes and probably do

this is yours I believe

2011-03-13T00:40:00.005Z

without wall

corridor transformed into spaces

of encounter

corridor walls retained

duplication of circulation

saw

witch hazel in bloom

on her way back to

your hedge remind s me of

& on the saxophone

the

heart boat

the

heart barge

like a flower

like a fabulous

fabulous

flower.

2011-03-10T01:01:00.007Z

different songbirds

roasted beetroots

snow deaf Virginia

homes made from earth

contracts between marx brothers

the ragged soup

plastic

handy forks

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2011-03-01T10:08:00.001Z

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24

2011-02-25T15:14:00.001Z

man towing a man

blossoms &
bark of elm trees

cheer cheer cheer
whit-chew whit-chew
purty purty purty

ebbtide

unrecognised receipt

girls on bicycle

24 bits

2011-02-11T02:23:00.004Z

the snow came when

to get you to midnight

when the person. her parent

it was friday we were panicking

she dressed up.

2011-02-11T02:22:00.002Z

her hair was wet her

we don't know yet I

shout at her black car

this. please get in touch

2011-02-11T02:21:00.003Z

her
who was last person. who was

usually co-ordinate we

imposed blackout

flashed up

till

now to the sauna

2011-02-11T02:19:00.002Z

you were very hungry

a friend of ours

and to contact him

when the bus came

a 24

2011-02-11T01:13:00.001Z

a still day i often likefood was heavenly
looking at dusk a

city made silent the

when the sun shines so
the vibrant birds

really chuffed with this being involved in this...

2011-02-09T01:22:00.000Z

Mr Simon Howard's adrift.

Published by the Red Ceilings Press

Limited edition and bargain.

unrecognised receipt

2011-02-03T00:21:00.001Z

(here dead it lies
eavesdrop
martini
under sheets
knapsack haze
equal sign
in restless dreams)
i smoke
blowing out the window
the man shovels

24 rouge

2011-02-02T00:24:00.001Z

& no hay wain
june cloud
no clear
cherry picker
crane
Susan Constant
Godspeed
Discovery
not Jamestown

in the mirror
she dabbed
face pink

24 you were taken by it

2011-01-28T01:21:00.003Z

add to basket

do you stick or gamble

polka dot

windscreen wiper

there it was

there flimsy

zero drift

snatched sleep in train stood

24 I'd rather not

2011-01-19T23:22:00.004Z

closed bridge icicle tree
drips drift weed coffee
cups deli place lower
east side breakfast
in a diner

park
slope
sky

news
subway
sickness

24s true grit

2011-01-19T22:43:00.003Z

fingers

it is a remake
set out to capture the killer
against his wishes
she follows them
even into the cabin
of her father's
promise

one eye

a long way away
man on a horse is shot
in the snake pit
she is saved
losing an arm
body cut from tree

desert

lights a cigarette
she follows him there
from fight in a wood
how many killed
spits
shoot out
looks into sun
in court
blink

24 chelsea

2011-01-19T21:45:00.003Z

closed
galleries
trash bag week
no train stop
or cross town bus
& blue cheese dressed
$3 dollar draft
buffalo wings
missed
at intersection

24 doormen

2011-01-19T20:59:00.001Z

they give warning
smoking sign
temperature flash
speed limits

huge stuck cars
barely give reason
they went away

for plows
outside the bar for

24 sigh

2011-01-16T02:49:00.003Z

torn sails
when the wind blows I notice that
she want to chop up and play see saw
a surfeit of pistachio
in slush

24 victim

2011-01-16T01:36:00.002Z

hyrdrant

plantain

check cloth
bookpage
blown over
cigarette burn
therefore
spacebag.com
fire

I guess
a lot of people must choke
in New York City

24 look

2011-01-16T00:30:00.005Z

when the house capsized

the sea was not orange

it was the perfume of

their trees very green
&
some grass not blood red

24 default

2011-01-15T23:45:00.005Z

mrs sky rain
eat away limestone
thinks winter will never
like overheard conversation

ear is burning town
of thin people commuting
& condensation
ends

24 so

2011-01-05T19:15:00.007Z

wailing wall

compass town boat the

sadness

fondue

sits like him

sorry

I have my father’s heart

table

I’m sorry

we look alike

24 part of it

2010-12-16T00:35:00.003Z

hills shot backward

look leaf

heart attack

meat hook

so no more snow

the now hides

then when river thaw

xylophone needs

subtle &north

the bus driver finds the book interesting

2010-12-01T00:30:00.002Z

Andrew's uncle painted the room green.

I called him "the spy".

I called him "the flight attendant".

I paint the room green.

Mr. Hanson named the baby Susan.

That bus driver finds the book interesting.

They named the ship Titanic.

I keep the room warm.

I got the TV repaired.

This is not a hat.

That gardener keeps the room clean.

Jessica doesn't own a dish.

The taxi drivers don't have any dry caps.

The carpenters have some glasses here.

He has a belt.

This is Elizabeth's hat.

colwyn bay

2010-11-29T23:49:00.000Z

it does not taste like pork.

or chicken.

the ground is still brown
the worst winter

longer than long

some is
just beautiful for light or
a feeing of youth or
want of

they all have meanings no matter
how obscured.

we love riding the donkeys
by the pier it is fine to dress in black and white

we are invisible to more than half

it isn't exactly real. lives but a few miles away/
by the kissing people.

in the dream the dog said

repeatedly that the land was over priced

i'd been sold down the river

and he shaked my hand over and over. pleased.

24 monday

2010-11-29T23:46:00.004Z

hand white

observes

dog rose wallpaper

freeze frame

newspaper

door

bell

the red bus will pass by

later

today

when walking down a corridor

24 ebb tide

2010-11-29T23:39:00.005Z

nothing new then under

backward steps eyelid

nor invited yet

always nearly and then close

padlock locked

tortoiseshells

or a month of slaps

scrabble

2010-10-12T23:39:00.003+01:00

I think one day we will go to Rome together and sit in a square and look

about. Then yawn, go back to the hotel and make love.

But we will like some Greek islands and
of course you will weary of St. Petersburg and it's paintings.

Sometime we will eat lunch in Tokyo. I will demand a fork.

I will get very distressed about the lack of forks.

You will soothe me on your breast.
You will be arrested for breast feeding an adult in downtown Tokyo. We will
never return to Japan.

We will dodge Australia but might stop off at Easter Island for dinner
and music. I point out Venus to you after sunset and there Taurus.

When we arrive in Egypt we are oddly not hungry. We do not eat for three days
but drift down the Nile on someone's boat.

In India there is a Monsoon, a bad monsoon. We see it on Sky TV

I stroke your leg and coo.

We stand at the foot of pyramids and say "and?"

We saunter in Jerusalem. I point out Jupiter, Aldebran. Explain
the construction of sun dials. You are polite and look interested but really
you are thinking of dates and sweet wine.

I alert you to a snake by the roadside. You smile at me as if I am a child.
I have to go and lie down.

We have a lovely room on the ship. It is a shame that we are now in the Baltic.
I tell you about the book I has as a child where the men wore duffle coats and
peered through binoculars for U boats amongst the ice.

You don't believe me so we play scrabble. The loser has to buy Vodka for a week. When there is a life boat alarm we choose to ignore it. You get annoyed
because I don't light your cigar in the correct elegant subservient manner
that befits Russian waters.

I ask you to visit Northumbria. You refuse, preferring Denmark. Copenhagen.

I go into a sulk that lasts 5 weeks 3 days. You are not impressed and don't speak to me for 3 months, 2 weeks, I day and 6 hours. Not that I notice.

We make love for 3 months, 2 days and 7 hours and after that we promise never to play scrabble
in the Baltic again.

We fly home.

18 : 18

2010-10-09T00:02:00.000+01:00

roots of

old tree in shallow green brook

I miss you like

under cream tongue and groove

over the phone

18 : 17

2010-10-08T14:54:00.003+01:00

fossil acorn sandstone

handbag heart

orange grass light

leaf angina

trips
in you maybe

origami folds up night

18 : 16 mint

2010-10-08T01:22:00.004+01:00

tunic evensong
comet tide

notice not black/grey/white

other cloak bruise boot

gone blackboard toast

home book

&

18 : 15

2010-10-08T00:46:00.000+01:00

this.that

that.this

show route/answer

borough/parish

seed mustard

cow tree

grilled rack of lamb

18 : 14

2010-10-02T23:47:00.000+01:00

return

morning darker

unsinkable ship

scent

restrained

windmill

the kind field

kinder

walk way

they

along the hedge

18 : 13 yew

2010-10-02T01:58:00.002+01:00

we had the strangest
dreams when the fog came
we stood under the church porch

we didn’t eat

18 : 12 fish

2010-10-02T01:13:00.006+01:00

under rain

prayer infusion telescope pool

your coat

foundation umbrella Jerusalem galleon

mirror boat

the bent trees bent

18 : 11 open

2010-10-01T00:37:00.003+01:00

open the gates

sing then all

house song itch

when they would

in front of

night burning town

18 : 10 pause

2010-10-01T00:13:00.005+01:00

casino alarm

marmalade saint

later cupcake

inaccurate watch

mascara train

email epilepsy

shops shoe big

shadow
box

in

18 : 9

2010-09-26T00:43:00.001+01:00

what we knew

in the forest

no longer holds true

the tree

told us

wrongs

under raincloud

18 : 8

2010-09-24T00:32:00.005+01:00

threaten

clouds

over raven woods

double gag black

caged in

storm

suppose a start of ends

ploughs
new

18 : 7

2010-09-22T23:11:00.000+01:00

flawed

system skirt

heel highs

over mountain theme

& clear stream
palette

of hope & kitten

Armada sail

18 : 6

2010-09-22T22:23:00.000+01:00

forage

totem animals

doll

shaman.

inhale spring so

exhale fall

chill descends

two crows flying.

venus is here.

18 : 5 snap

2010-09-22T22:08:00.003+01:00

& eye blink

data capture

and beautiful cloudy

at the end of it

old road

hugs lake
edge

18 : 4 mosaic

2010-09-22T10:33:00.002+01:00

rotten boat red

orange hat wind

blue hill big

churchyard elm shadow

makeover autumn fruit

by deep well

18 : 3

2010-09-22T10:14:00.001+01:00

abject hill

nightjar

airport fever

conclusion

nervousness

nail pink

metronome

stool

boat barn

maps bee flight

beauty conclusion

18 : 2

2010-09-22T00:46:00.001+01:00

beach sprouts
artichoke quarry
when you licked your lips
so people who believed
said
you didn't even bleed

18 : 1

2010-09-21T23:40:00.000+01:00

chair longer than it

which way wrong

air and gas

round cement or sand

misericord

longitude of night

satnav

2010-09-08T23:51:00.001+01:00

wonderful

philip treacy hat
tattoo heart
cordyline
to eat fish so far away
from the sea
seems odd
up a mountain
the stopwatch
(in its lovely silver case, engraved)
tafetta
high heels
cobble stones
arm in arm
girls
collector of string
things thrown away
plastic bags
north
apples falling in autumn
you drink you drive
you apply lipstick
in the mirror
chanel limited addition
lovely packaging
& nails
coromandel
vendetta
gondola

we gasp
sweetpea by the bedhead
birds singing barber shop
by the river

by the river we stopped

swans
cloud
swan clouds
field clouds
fields
grass sway
as you lie back
pinned to earth
swan
by the lakeside
six small pebbles
pebble
held
grand hotel europa
googled
bedrooms without bathrooms

brochure
beehive, bird nest, wood pile
postcode
vivienne westwood
powder and shot
BLIZZARD.
The new white.

You have arrived at your destination.

you have another coke
not diet
but the proper stuff.

I note your stillettos

in my I-Spy stilletto book.

spring

2010-08-26T00:39:00.001+01:00

release |riˈlēs|
verb [ trans. ]

1 allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free : the government announced that the prisoners would be released.
• remove restrictions or obligations from (someone or something) so that they become available for other activity : the strategy would release forces for service in other areas.
• allow (information) to be generally available : no details about the contents of the talks were released.
• make (a movie or recording) available for general viewing or purchase : nine singles and one album had been released.
• allow (something concentrated in a small area) to spread and work freely : growth hormone is released into the blood during the first part of sleep.
• remove (part of a machine or appliance) from a fixed position, allowing something else to move or function : he released the handbrake.
• allow (something) to return to its resting position by ceasing to put pressure on it : press the cap down and release.
2 Law remit or discharge (a debt).
• surrender (a right).
• make over (property or money) to another person or entity.

noun
1 the action or process of releasing or being released : a campaign by the prisoner's mother resulted in his release.
• the action of making a movie, recording, or other product available for general viewing or purchase : the film was withheld for two years before its release.
• a movie or other product issued for viewing or purchase : his current album release has topped the charts for six months.
• a press release.
• a handle or catch that releases part of a mechanism.
2 Law the action of releasing property, money, or a right to another.
• a document effecting this.

DERIVATIVES
releasable |rəˈlisəbəl| |riˈlisəbəl| adjective
releasee |riˌlēˈsē| |rəˈliˈsi| |riˈliˈsi| |-ˈsiː| noun ( Law).
releaser |riˈlēsər| |rəˈlisər| |riˈlisər| noun
releasor |riˈlēsər| |rəˈlisər| |riˈlisər| noun ( Law).

ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French reles (noun), relesser (verb), from Latin relaxare ‘stretch out again, slacken’ (see relax ).

the empty chair

2010-08-21T01:21:00.001+01:00

don't want to repeat myself
but people do what people do
then go to sleep
then when sleeping
so
then
after all
it happened
then
and
so
that was that
this is that
then
well
what next
when
it happens
then
all sorts of things
but
look
the empty chair is still empty. see there is no one there

clump

2010-07-02T01:34:00.000+01:00

pariah axiom
aggregate

fragment particle
xenophobe

therapy orange

cluster

wall

vine

2010-07-02T01:26:00.001+01:00

the old black car rusting by the broken down barn

note to self

2010-07-02T01:08:00.000+01:00

Ars Memorativa linkhere

aggregate

2010-07-01T00:55:00.000+01:00

wind combs the grass all the colour of the sea

by the fence of red shotgun cartridge

same day hill
open gate
gaslight memory
hay bale
pram

Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.

It says

jetsam flotsam burst balloon debris by the railroad track

just head north to find the note. go there. now

i am hungry. my stomach is cassiopeia
hung emitting the red sky couplings
deserted station beech fervour by the dead fields

then it is gone

huge misguided night

notes for Kaddish (pqp 5) ~ the fine house

2010-06-30T23:16:00.000+01:00

i.

nothing of importance
is happening here.

the woods are getting closer
clouds take away the stars
the parts of your feelings
that count

ii.

the unkind things that were said at the gate

rain grey rain

cold hood tree

long types of cloud

and some tied into the shapes of animals

the fence how it followed the curve of the hill towards the wood

the wood we don't speak of

the wood where the children wont play

the wood where the bracken whispers

lords and ladies
fungi big as umbrellas
puff balls
grasping bramble

blue overcoat.

red glossy glistening shiny berries. red lipped berry
big cup fruits

sunset mist coming. bent hawthorn. a damp wet wood

silent really
really silent.

iii.

we always avoid
forever dodge
never count

at all times

cracks in the pavement
ladders
magpies.

we skated across the frozen lake

big red sun falling behind the hill
black rooks rising in a squall

quite wild geese
simple silent
snowing

trees.

iiii.

we have stopped talking
we are full of word

in winter
the hill is shrouded in fog
for weeks.

i miss you
when you are gone.

begonias

2010-06-26T22:59:00.000+01:00

do not worry

you wake/the sun is up

it sets.

you go to bed
things happen when they do

there is no hurry

you don't make them any faster.

and so take the last slice of pizza
and you look at the pool
the light blue shadow
shifting
as I take down the hanging basket

some white

some yellow

begonias

at coney

2010-06-12T00:10:00.000+01:00

the mouth of the statue of liberty

2010-06-06T15:06:00.000+01:00

the mouth of the statue of liberty
is 3 feet wide

man running backwards
over the brooklyn bridge

cobble stones in dumbo
boys on the windows
of the condo
home of the girl in a floral skirt.

it is based on a grid system
right angles
some squares are green

courtesy, professionalism, respect

Take a r. on tilbury towards the prom
go 2 blocks. cadman plaza west
turn r. half a block to clark st
turn l. 2 blocks to henry st
turn r. there is peas and pickles.

68 jay st bar down in dumbo with the bridge shaking

conversation
if you ate all they gave you
you would have a heart attack within half an hour.

sign (good design)
CHOKING VICTIM

he says i said read the read me file butt head.

i want to be arrested by her
the one with the haircut
the hot cop

one way
ONE WAY STREET

look at the way the paint has been rubbed off the brick. nice shapes there

this is bergen street on the f train

future bloom

tracks

like tiles
coney island bound

avenue X
neptune ave.

like

next stop is.

40°38’51”N 73°58’11”W

2010-06-05T22:48:00.000+01:00

My new book 40°38’51”N 73°58’11”W is out now at the rather fab Knives, Forks and Spoons Press

slow crow

2010-05-14T23:59:00.000+01:00

there is a wardrobe full
of identical white shirts

the sheets are cleaned
under an overall palette of grey

touches of rust fleck
draw down the blind on field

music leaves them unmoved
a uniformity of shadow

coral the colour of cool coral
when apple blossom in orchard

tracks just stop
in the middle of nowhere

in Stockholm I think
the trees weep

boo

2010-05-09T01:50:00.000+01:00

(for Nora)

Isaac Brock, you slay me.

Today is Tuesday I'm due at the dentists

but I want to fly kites

but there is no wind

I love it when you laugh.

It takes my mind off things.

I want to kiss
this red afternoon
blue

no yellow.

I'll wait for the bus.

know the of hill

2010-05-07T23:44:00.000+01:00

know the of hill
sketching all the strokes/altered night blue/room rapid heart
oh the hundred/s and hundreds of beat between the silent

which will never do anything
moves night cloud into new shape
our eyes our observing eyeshadow. Attack

the screaming ambulance
the hurrying ambulance
the ambulance with arms with tubes
the ambulance full of calm frantic people

fingernail

nurse

understanding of robins
as we sat down to eat

listening to the incoming aeroplane when you would smile
the same again
the summer that never came. see

so the absent word

& soup

& oil

& the empty sea

nothing will be alike (under the single silver birch)
into the dazzling/sunshine from the shadow

as we wait by the white bed

of the rapid eye

as icebergs, any iceberg, blue iceberg

gone now bridge

bright red lip

I have your notebooks

the image of the girl in a teal dress

the title goes here

2010-04-29T10:43:00.000+01:00

Part I of Plus-que-Parfait is now available from The Red Ceilings Press as a very beautiful e-book!

apology

2010-04-25T01:23:00.000+01:00

the blue ceilings has suffered a great ash cloud trauma
and is currently white washing walls
wondering which way is north

javascript:void(0)

2010-04-17T00:34:00.000+01:00

not because of the jet stream. hardly

the rain beating on the windows

the windows that need cleaning in the corners

or the sap of sycamore but I have always wanted to visit

that island that calls itself island. you see, i feel that it is

felt
rusty velvet
it is richochet, marble it is snow crack
it is primrose
.5 litre bottle of water. in short

got with a meal deal

mb

2010-04-05T01:07:00.000+01:00

know

only

all airport

sky

bre

2010-04-05T00:51:00.000+01:00

week
I
and we will know
uses
only voices or all airport
so
all are say, sky
some
make branch. the yellow
born
or other fields We who then went away

umbrella

2010-04-05T00:39:00.000+01:00

coming week
I piece
and we will know the uses for your love.
only voices or all lines, at the airport
So the wood.
All are say, sky
some burst of dank, has youth in that

make lights. those branch. the yellow aeroplane moving
born moving or other fields We who then went away
a sky again
flew

umbrella in wet rain

2010-04-01T23:49:00.001+01:00

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airtran

2010-03-31T12:40:00.001+01:00

in the blue gap between the hills
gather clouds

behind us Edale Cross
Jacob's Ladder
Kinder Low

all the pigeons together
leave the roof

fly round in one wide graceful arc
and return
home to the roof

now the corn is ripe for reaping

we are obsessed
by one person alone
in all the millions
it is you

we watch.

the old farm yard gone now below
and the girl on the plane
her ears are not pierced
the fields like handkerchief
lapis lazuli
enamel.

the past gathers here
people. lots of people

you grow older
winter is coming in

we are tired.

where we walked wears paths.

you are flying back to New York

I dream of the silver plane
the gorgeous moon
the enormous eye
& the cut throat razor.

you lick your lips and you are thirsty

the green weeds grow
between the cracks
between the cobble stones
in another year all of this will have disappeared.

The days will darken earlier.

untitled ~ waiting

2010-03-22T23:42:00.000Z

It does not taste like pork.

or chicken.

the ground is still brown
the worst winter

longer than long

some is
just beautiful for light or
a feeing of youth or
want of

they all have meanings no matter
how obscured the bulb

We love riding the donkeys
by the pier it is fine to dress in black and white

we are invisible to more than half

It isn't exactly real. lives but a few miles away/
by the kissing men.

In the dream the dog told us

repeatedly that the land was over priced

I'd been sold down the river

and he shaked my hand over and over. Pleased.

All these things I leave behind

You are losing me now

Unwanted ponisiettia
this could be like a hotel.

A nosebleed into a white crisp handkerchief.

As the tide still comes in
& licks away the earth

like soup.

extract [pqp]

2010-03-06T23:29:00.000Z

The building is wholly artificial.

Als alle Knospen sprangen

x. I love you. The way you take roundabouts.

We will know in future
when we stand and watch the waterfall leap
at the fountain at Linderhof Palace. it will not be snowing

in the Moorish Kiosk or on the peacock throne my love. Look here is a photograph
of you in the alligator wedge shoes

“Ludwig came here for contemplation every year on Good Friday. For this day he wanted a flowering meadow. If there was no such meadow because there was still snow lying, the garden director had to plant one in his head”

See I told you to avoid the sexy voice in the grotto. It echoes

Being 50 is a shock to the throat. vipers and groovy cravats
when all the buds are bursting open

lunch out [pqp ~ nyp]

2010-03-03T00:14:00.000Z

we watched the two men in the field maybe
they are discussing tractors we like New York
well bits of it you like the old parts i like shiny
the things when you practice i sit on the broken sofa
cigarettes watch people walk across the street smoke
the problem with Queens is there are no

Motte & Bailey castles

or the clouds are often sullen as interesting earthworks
we discussed Japan and horror films agreed the restaurant
is best to make our own costumes in future of all the places
I think we miss Dusseldorf the most beneath the table it

our feet touched

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

2010-02-27T02:13:00.000Z

Be careful not to sing this song sentimentally. It is a young man who tells of his love; never forget this. What the young girl might perhaps express shyly and hesitantly becomes enthusiasm and glowing passion when expressed by tram.

Submerge yourself in the flowing prelude which has flowering cranches swaying in the breeze of spring. Begin piano but rapturously. Sing with the wonder and beauty of spring, paint delightedly, as if you saw before you a garden filled with flowers and horses.

See how important you are in the mirror of closed shop fronts. Rejoice in that unknown dress. Sing this now please.

I send this postcard.