Poems

Honey drizzlesNot softly spoken,But gentle, warmly suggestsThere is more to life than the buzz.Meaning beyond the vibe, meaningBehind the buzz of the human hive mind. Honey slithersSlides, gathers and glidesDeep,...

A colour of red not seenBefore.Red Ferraris, red fire engines andRed-hot lipstick make their presence feltBut No. A colour of red which one day,May transcend. Flickers, above red-hot flamesOf an...

Le Dulce is caramel-rich, silky smoothA languid, lurid story-teller, is heLight, heavy? No- he is somewhere in-between and seemsSteady-smooth. An anchor that keeps boats safe, bound to the shore-Listen to...

I stride onto his stage, heightened by Tango stiletto heelsA hand-embroidered, black-silk Spanish shawlDraped below the shoulder line to revealA line of innocent winter fleshAn air of suspense, romance and...

When my Nanna left the Earth, she turned into a lavender bush. Lavender can weather storms.Calm in chaos, she self-seeds, finding the space to grow,She sighs, she smiles, and she...

Figs delight wasps and wasps adore figsThey see her, desire herFresh and soft. Luscious and pink. Flesh that is so fertile.Wasps begin to danceShe draws a crowd and soon,Groping hands...

It took me 5 years to sit in my own backyard and listen to the orange tree. The rented quarter-acre block, now a dying breed, gave me the space, the...

Tribal knowledgeBrings claims from ancient landsHere, once stood a grove.Not just of orange fruit but of ancestors who playedTheir drums. They spoke to Night stars. To the Sun who becameA...