Moving Galleries

Leonardo da Vinci wrote a list
of things he wanted to know:
the cause of tickling
the tongue of the woodpecker ...

grey dawn
thin old moon
alone and radiant

We have velvet theories
about boys becoming men,
the mysteries of plumbing ... 

you told me
you loved it when the trees changed their minds
and covered the ground
with a million veined post-it notes ...

little girl sweeps herself
across the park
a pretty burn
of yellow cloth ...

The wind rhymes with the sound of their pants

brushing against their legs. The music must shift

to a higher register, whenever the diesel trains roar. ...

She bought a new car, a
4WD, and for the first
time in her life, she
was still unhappy.

a Dusky Moor Hen
drinks
some of its home