Claire’s Blog

Apologies for the blip in transmission. I spent yesterday doing many things other than writing, including that which inspired the below.   State...

On the river mouth piera fisherman pulls in his line.On the hook flaps a small fishpectoral fins aflutterThe fisherman thrills.His mate snaps the...

this early morning there are leaning boardsflagged towelsfront door thongsbut the town is eerie quietIt is a held breathnot an emptiness quietLike...

antenna-tree birdsspatter confetti droppingsacross a red roofPoems, like stories, appear most when I'm looking elsewhere. This one arrived as we...

Surprise delivery this morning: a paperback copy of 'Big Red Kangaroo'. Gosh, he's a handsome chap.

In a break from poetry transmission, here's a link to a cable tv quilting program featuring Australian quilter Lessa Siegele and her version of the...

Czech proverb, translated variously as:As many languages you know, as many times you are a human being. or For every language you speak, you live a...

After So long the waters carry youalong follow-pathsand new-cut ones You stay afloatnavigate where you canwhen you canwhen the waters finally stopso...

A Passing TuneThe song is slow heavy.It oozes like honeyfrom the window of the passing carand drips from the airafter the car is gone.

… I’ve borrowed a friend’s poetry challenge to use all three words (thanks Sally and Rebecca) One. Caramel. Dance.The next daythe sky was less...

Not Quite Today the sea is crumpledfine-creased, almost flatlike a rescued notefrom last year’s school bag.It tells a tale no longer newof storms...

Morning moon sits lightlyon the rising dawnOnce bright shadow fadingtowards another night

ShadowThe dog follows so very closelythat there is ever dangerof tumbling us both

Subject: Rod’s 50th birthdayCome, pleasereads the email invitation.There’s a photo of the boyand a cartoon of the manboth astride bikes too...

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...

The CommuteMorning train is full of half-wakersday-plannerson-travellersstair-climberspresenter-practisersOff-peak train is scatteredWith...