Psalm 45
Psalm 45 In the undoing (you murmur) – that’s how you’ll love me – in sweet, sweet undoing – In slips & zips – in veils & grails – in moons & runes – that’s how you’ll love me and…
Psalm 44
Psalm 44 'I will admit no other man' 'My hands are lost in the sound of roses Her lips brush mine as she steals off my clothes I am found like a bee in the honey of her awakening In…
Psalm 43
Psalm 43 Maryam (can we share, as only sisters share?) Oh Maryam, He winks! In fun-filled affection He winks! & i feel His pleasure! His all-embracing love! & (though mind faints in utter confusion) yet; Ever & ever my fluttering…
Psalm 42
Psalm 42 Tears trickle as your bearded face smiles fondly down upon me – My heart opens like a single red rose – We are Icon – You are beauty, elegance and grace; but much, much, more – You are…
Psalm 41
Psalm 41 shudder by daily shudder, the fissures spread across the ever-loosening blocks of my failing house, yet not house but swan, the royal white swan descending in awkward dignity, to settle tranquil on the dark pool of my days…
Psalm 40
Psalm 40 you weave forgotten threads, those I casually brush aside (as if they were the burden of some other) with your own particular thread; deeper & more passionate than memory which you pull, like serpents, from the mystery of…
Psalm 39
Psalm 39 Through longing fierce; yet passion constrained, immortality’s child takes form – For instinct tamed is Spirit’s gain & the soul in its joy flies free – In the flame & the flood, from the swan and the dove,…
Psalm 38
Psalm 38 i am i & Thou art Thou; yet, breath by breath we breathe as one – We are Commonwealth: You, drawn like a salmon to the well of my dissolution Ignite such passionate articulation that i tumble, like…
Psalm 37
Psalm 37 When Frank and I played Christmas in the Heart We just laughed & laughed A couple of old hippies Listening to Moreporks On the West Coast – Something about Dylan Crooning Jingle Bells Made infinite sense While down…
Psalm 36
Psalm 36 Red bra You are the delectable tease You’ve stolen all my pyjamas You’re so fucking scary You lick me sane Why, why, why, I cry Why you and not some other name Because, you drool I am the…