The Present



			New work Updated 10th March 2008 Recent songs Nowhere Without You Moments Arrived Sunsong Give Me My Own Recent poems Some recent poems appear in the online edition of Agenda magazine (the supplement to the ‘Past Histories’ issue; download it as a pdf from www.agendapoetry.co.uk) The William Blake page A haiku print and settings of two of his Songs: ‘The Tyger’ and ‘The Little Black Boy’ Musical prose 61 Minutes : A Second Some notes on Bob Dylan’s Chronicles, Volume 1. Download as a pdf. There’s Hot Stuff Here and It’s Everywhere I Go A Young Person’s Introduction to Modern Times Bow Down to Her on Sunday Some thoughts on Dylan’s use of Tarot imagery and ‘To Ramona’ Steady Rollin’ Man: a revolutionary critique of Robert Johnson A brief essay about the famous bluesman’s records, a revised form of some ideas originally mooted in The Nightingale’s Code. We Walk the Line A Rambler’s Guide to the Dylans, Bob and Thomas Originally written as a lecture for the Dylan Thomas Celebration in Swansea. Download as a pdf. From ‘The Nightingale’s Code: a poetic study of Bob Dylan’ The Postscript, about Love and Theft. Download as a pdf file.
			Poems Earthworms “… remind us / life looks both ways, our graves their sky” From Norwood Oaks “Rivers running backwards, from their mouths / in the ocean of ground” Nude Ascending “She comes upstairs / by the light of a small blue vase…” The Chain Pier, Brighton After Constable’s painting Poludnitsa In memory of Burhan Tufail Alfred to the Barmaid Inspired by a visit to the villages of Somersby and Tetford in the Lincolnshire Wolds Olivia Her garland ‘One gets the look’ ‘The world is ours’ ‘They’re too well known’ The Swan ‘The sonnetteers’ ‘The apple trees’ Vulcan to His Bronze With thanks The Parting Gift A Pantagrueline love-song Friendly Flesh Caution: contains rude words Clutch For four fledglings Goats and Sheep A poem partly ovine but largely capric Quercy Sonnets I (pdf) Quercy Sonnets II (pdf) Quercy Sonnets III (pdf)		Ladybird “She’s teasing gravity, / tickling her minute feet over / the tipping point” Wordsworth’s Birthday (237th) “You were the bard who called a spade a spade” babylondon The first part of ‘London Bride’, a new long poem Eros in Aluminium Desire takes aim on Pickadilla White Spirit In memory of Burhan Tufail Etruscan Nightingale A poem in memory of N'Deaye (or Inday) Ba, 1972–2005 The Conversation of Graves A memory of the poet ‘Where I loved you before’ ‘The crowd was only a crowd’ The Promise A callipygian ode The Owl Twigs A mild winter and an early spring Sand of the Thames Winning poem in the competition for Southwark Poet of the Year 2005 ‘A young sycamore’ The Centaur to Athene A close encounter The Sea to Venus A plea Ruby’s Song For the fair singer Four Creatures The Hare, the Hind, the Hedgehog and the Vixen Swanage Bay A Purbeck ballad Ludslumber Midnight in London Body Language A visual poem, in remembrance of Mesopotamia For the Christening of Lewis Ryan Thompson
			Lyrics: Moments Arrived A song for the new world order New Orleans of the Mind The Big Easy in full swing, right behind your eyes. To the Tune of Abandoned Love Have you seen the Lay for the Day?

New work

A haiku print and settings of two of his Songs: ‘The Tyger’ and ‘The Little Black Boy’