Beautiful evening

Sanctimoniousness is the last refuge of a scoundrel. (after Samuel Johnson)

Doh ~ dumb and glum …

swim time at the oasis

More about that beetle

anyone identify?

Perfection personified

botanic eruption

From Sarinagara by Philippe Forest.

bus doors open i brush petals from my sleeve

kite tail unsnags a smile i couldn’t reach #haiku #InternationalHaikuDay

#Green #Photography

Cherry baby

waiting a petal lands on the ticket

Oystermouth castle

Wild garlic on the way to the orchard and castle

sun’s out!

bagatelle scoring the corkscrew hazel a bouncing sparrow

@thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Gravity #Poetry I couldn't write anything new, but this is one written a while ago that never found a home. I've updated it slightly, it sort of fits, and @oyoguhito.bsky.social poem put me in mind of it.

- the sea is too riled today and i cannot see my reflection only feel its pull on the sand beneath my feet when the waves recede am i pretty? hair unkempt in the breeze the gulls avoid me seafoam gathers on the rocks and i lie down in it hoping to get clean - #poetry #vss365

We should be learning from other countries...

through the wet hedge the postman in his red van dons his waterproofs oyoguhito #haiku haikueye.blogspot.com

#PoemsAbout #Gravity @thebrokenspine.co.uk descent  we took mum’s umbrella  and jumped off a wall a tiny bit of gravity went missing  we did it again and again a tiny bit of gravity went missing

I want to be wild as the rolling ocean but I am listless as seafoam, tired from crashing over & over am I justified then in hugging the shore? seeking safety & comfort over adventure reading the signs of my restless soul, the answer seems no yet she's moored on the beach unless I set her free.

Edwin Muir: The Return to Eden - a fine essay by Andrew Watson on the Orkney poet’s spirituality in Beshara magazine. FAO @asls.org.uk besharamagazine.org/arts-literat...

ten thousand suns in one massive black hole my blank expression oyoguhito #haiku haikueye.blogspot.com

April showers

Keir Starmer in 2020: "I had 8,000 staff as Director of Public Prosecutions and when they had victories I celebrated on their behalf and when they made mistakes I carried the can. "I never turn on my staff. You should never turn on your staff"

To quote Peter Cook on the MacMillan purge: “Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life.”

Philosophy poem

my feed is empty but the error messages get through just fine

FYI

knocking back my sake i spot the roof spider welcome welcome

well at least i was there when BlueSky died

Why do I keep seeing this …

Why do I keep swing this ….

a caged lion

Today’s swim

images still not uploading

Street art

Poppy

my neighbour is power-spraying the inside of my skull oyoguhito #senryu haikueye.blogspot.com

🌱 I’m delighted to be running this creative workshop in partnership with brilliant artist Laura Villares House. This workshop is free (donations are gratefully accepted). DM me to join the list and I’ll send you the meeting place (London, E17). Or email the address on the flyer. Limited spaces 🍃