Friday 20 May 2016

Pebbles that make a good road


Friedrich Mohs, a German mineralogist, developed the Mohs scale of hardness in 1812. He selected ten minerals of distinctly different hardness that ranged from a very soft mineral (talc) to a very hard mineral (diamond). With the exception of diamond, the minerals are all relatively common and easy or inexpensive to obtain. 

Saturday 14 May 2016

Zornitsa


the cloud of dust specks 
swirls in rays of morning sun -
our remains play on

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Thursday 12 May 2016

Gonzaga's dream


in the afternoon
the new town street is empty
the centuries sleep

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Wednesday 11 May 2016

Kleptoparasite


city people sleep
as the sea bird forages
time too is taken

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Tuesday 10 May 2016

Time capsule


between the old stones
time is trapped like a cobweb
shadows block the sun

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Monday 9 May 2016

Aesthetics – and self-criticism


a coastal walk gives
a visual metaphor
now filed as sea views

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Sunday 8 May 2016

Urbi et orbi



listen well comrade
in the vast metropolis
a child is crying



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Saturday 7 May 2016

The struggle


an old etched churchyard
where springtime bluebells struggle
to suck in the light

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