Uborka

your weird cousins

August 3, 2017

In praise of the mid-range hotel

Posted in Gravitas | Tagged 52 Poems, hotels, poetry

All hail the mid-range hotel, In all its reasonably priced imperial purple glory. The crisp cleanliness of its cutout rooms; Those icons of art: The large flower, and The abstract woodland. Windows are sealed for our comfort and safety, Ineffable, … Continue reading →

July 26, 2017

Merry Widow

Posted in Gravitas | Tagged 52 Poems, poetry

And then, one day, he was gone. And all his tubes were gone, and his tissues, And his petulant but forgivable demands. And she could clean behind his chair: Cobwebs, dropped spoons, creased and ancient magazines. She could go off … Continue reading →

June 30, 2017

Facades

Posted in Gravitas | Tagged 52 Poems, poetry, wokingham

There’s pain behind those vacant eyes As brick by brick the walls come down Their guts spewed out and packed away To empty shops across the town. Ragged doorways, toothless screaming Barred by scaffold, gagged by tarp. Urban renewal rips … Continue reading →