Poetry
Buyer
In the bustling aisle of a Tesco, a buyer moves between the quiet rows— his basket a humble cairn, tapping a shell of plastic against the weight of choices, his fingers hunting for
Read more →A Woman Under the Influence
A Woman Under the Influence In the dimming light of the late‑night pub, she sits with a pint of bitter and a heart of amber, the steam curling around her wrist like the
Read more →Attic
In the Quiet Attic Above the kitchen’s clatter, above the late‑afternoon light, There lies a cramped, cobwebbed attic, a hushed, secretive spire. Mould‑yellowed exposure, the dust‑stirring monsoon of night, Where memories coil in trunks,
Read more →Scrooge
In the dim glow of an old‑fashioned streetlamp, Mr Scrooge shuffles with his brass‑trimmed coat, His eye a fraction dimmer than a rabbit‑stomach lamp, And his knuckles clutch the ledger’s brittle note. He
Read more →Anatomy of a Murder
In the quiet room of the morgue the light is dim, An investigator’s breath held, nor their footfalls hymn. The body lies—still‑stone of flesh, a silent crime, A sketch of a murder by
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