MoP 4: Subject: Rod’s 50th Birthday

Subject: Rod’s 50th birthdayCome, pleasereads the email invitation.There’s a photo of the boyand a cartoon of the manboth astride bikes too big.There will be drinks and nibbles,says Jean, and we’d love to see you therersvp here, she saysthough I have no idea who she...

MoP 3: The House on the Corner

The House on the CornerAcross from a parknext to a tram stopon a north-west corner of a citynestles a small house,a quiet house,a home.In this busy everchanging gridit goes quietly about its businesswhether or not you notice it.Inside, beyond the open doorhistory...

Month of Poetry 2: The Commute

The CommuteMorning train is full of half-wakersday-plannerson-travellersstair-climberspresenter-practisersOff-peak train is scatteredWith movie-goersPicnickers, grandparentsEngineers in the makingWindow-watchers Snack-nibblersJob-chasersexam-crammersEvening train is...

A Poem a Day 2016 – From the Train

For the past several years I’ve been part of a poetry initiative begun by poet and storymaker Kat Apel. The initiative has changed each year until this year, we are cast into the world to make our poetry where we will, if we will. My aim is to write a poem a...