Poetry on Haberdashery

Night

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 17:20:03 +0100

"I want to wake to the sounds of rain;
Of it dancing on the glass; 
Then like honey running 
down the windowpane.
It settles in me some noise;
Some yearning for closed skies
and darker nights; For the silence
of god; To be seen only in her
eyes. 

But the day still breaks: 
searing  its likeness into
the sky; Crisp blue fire; 
Blinding; Sterilising my 
inspirations; Words become
ash in my mouth; The terrible
action of creation withers
and dies in daylight.

But as night blankets us again
in all its predatory beauty;
I would take a knife to the stars;
and carve her name upon
the heavens; so all may know
why the night belongs
to her."

Wander, Wonderer.

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:10:16 +0100

Wander, wonderer; Lose yourself;
Shed yourself like lizard skin
and bathe in the sun; Naked;
Revealed; Bereft of concern;
Jazz-like; Smoke drifting through
the air on a lazy Sunday, moved
only by the motion of lovers
steps.
Allow yourself the path; The road
less travelled; Be a shrike to the world;
Prickled thorns be not your enemy;
But aqua regia for the soul; Transmutation;
Lesser made whole by movement; Not destination;
Allow yourself the path less travelled;
And you will find distant lands of
song and splendour.
Embrace me, then; As a tree the sun;
As a leaf the crack of a boot; Natural;
Accepted; Inevitable like a lovers grip;
Like a rivers path; Like the grave; But bury
me shallow; So I may feel the rain upon
my skin.
And I do so love the touch of rain.

Untitled

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000


Dawn breaks in a way only known to sea ice
	under a seasons change;
		Under the knife known by its edge;
			And nothing less;		
				Slice; dear sun; and bring 
					forth the day; Rapturous decline;
						Sleep. 

		
But you will learn to love me;
	Fading into the light; All things revealed;	
		Hope of the night; Obsidian dreams concealed; Survive;
			Push through: Embrace; Make right; 
				She waits henceforth; As winter does; 
					As a predator; Gift giver; So hunt, or hunted. 

				
				
The night is her property;
	Tenancy leased and gifted; A mistress;
		Confined; Defined; Aligned; Inclined to
			worship; Breaking under the sun; Return.
				No end; Only pause as the wind does;
					As the ocean does;
						As we all do;

						
					And you will learn to love me.

Rodeo of Angels

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

“A rodeo of angels;

Upon the back of God;

Giggling at the fortuned sons;

And brandishing the Devils rod

The primate song beneath them;

its dissonance unfurled;

Its tune a broken violin

of stories left untold..”

The Parlay of Love

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

“I met her there, upon my road to awe;

And watched the roses’ shameful retreat;

For she became my world once more;

And parlayed me to lustful defeat;

Her eyes cut me as diamonds do;

Her voice was silence gold;

Yet in my worries all I could see

is us both as we grew old.”