• Atop a Climbing Frame
    I follow you to the height
      de la esqueleta mellada
      as our lips touch, I tremble
      pero no tenemos mieda.
    
    Your soft belly, suspended
      comodá, airosa, ardiente,
      your smile projects starlight
      sobre mi lengua desafilada.
    
    Luciérnaga, ángel distractor
      mi alma florece contra la tuya
      Árbol-Viajera soñolienta.
    

  • For My Family
    Love is the name
      of our constellation.
    
    An umbrella
      to keep you dry
      in my rain.
    
    A drink to wet
      my parched throat
      in your fire.
    
    The names of the stars:
      patience, compassion
      a simple life
      sharing, talking
      music and a comfortable silence
      listening, two
      goodness, badness
      forgiveness and loyalty.
  • A Tanka for Solar Sisters, Guildford
    Two women hold up
      burning ball of energy
      source of light and life
      with care and love shine softly
      we walk to equality.
  • A Peculiar Quest to Hambledon
    The glory of this church doth fly,
      across the cloud-light riddled sky,
      away, away, for none to see,
      too bright it was when shown to me.
    
    Hidden, sacred, might be better,
      cover'd; still, removed my fetter,
      of fatigue and penduli that swing,
      to make me crave a lesser thing.
    
    Now waiting for a friend that sits,
      amongst old books and knowledge lit,
      he ties forgotten years gone by,
      to soggy paths, and kites that fly.

  • With the Joy of Coming Home
    Step over root, wade through the grass,
      even beloved mourned we pass,
      for with our mirth we will abound,
      above this wet and leafy ground.
    
    Onwards we go with ease and grace,
      until one time we find the place,
      where love begins without a care,
      for how we look, or how we fare.
    
    Think not of men and life exchanged,
      nor of women, so wrongly tamed,
      it's due: the breath inside of me,
      awake spirit: raw, pure and free.
    
    With truth all smudged for sake of rhyme,
      know now not to hasten time,
      for God is great with much to make,
      within Their plan, my will forsake.