Sept 29, 2015 The sleek-bellied beasts slide in, one after another. Each erstwhile roar is hushed to a hum in the final glide, wing tips dipping to the close suburban chimneys. The flow of craft is endless; a fixed plan of approach towards the outstretched runway, another world pushing down on this one. I watch … Continue reading Manchester’s Airport- Landings To Take Off (A prophetic allegory)
Ships And Pilots Gone
Dec 3, 2015 The two men ahead of me walked side by side with a certain easy, confident pace. Not with the head-down-don’t-want-to-be-here dragging feet of the typical office worker. We were crossing the modern footbridge towards the equally modern building on the Mersey dockside where I worked. At first I saw no other similarities … Continue reading Ships And Pilots Gone
Highway Society
Dec 7, 2015, re-written June, 2020 Motorway, Freeway, Autoroute; traffic the common pool. A constant roar. Brake lights flashing on, as the downs come out of the ups of speed. Red lights spotting in the grey murk of the rain. Some drivers are citizens of courtesy, smoothness and aesthetics. Others thrust in and out, get … Continue reading Highway Society
Where Once I Stood As A Child
Dec 7, 2015. Re-written May, 2020 Where once I stood as a child waiting for my father, I stand again, on the hump of the sandstone bridge built over the railway line. But now the railway is gone, replaced by a cycle way. Where I, aged six on my blue and red bike, would peddle … Continue reading Where Once I Stood As A Child
On Saughall Farmland, An Era Later
c. 2015, re-written July 2020 The jackdaws have increased by hundreds, while the crows remain. The sky is grey and consuming; I glimpse spectres within its alluring shrouds, As though this bleak room between engulfing sky and mud That I entered as a child Takes now the shape of my exit. All the denying sun … Continue reading On Saughall Farmland, An Era Later
Before Dawn 