Thursday 31 March 2016

A Drawn out Murmur




Then a deeper sound is heard, a drawn out murmur,
as the cold Southerly sighs in the woods sometimes, 
as the troubled sea hisses on an ebb tide, 
as the rapacious fire whistles in a sealed furnace.



Then I'd urge you to burn fragrant resin, right away,
and give them honey through reed pipes, freely calling them
and exhorting the weary insects to eat their familiar food.

( Virgil )



Tuesday 29 March 2016

They are Not Dandelions


appearing up the sandy track.


wind blown bucket  & sprouting peonies


(Past the Equinox now)



Sunday 27 March 2016

Saturday 26 March 2016

Max 1934 - 2016




" If I have a small voice, and people
are willing to listen,


I'd be pleased."




Tuesday 22 March 2016

Invention of Aristaeus - Arcadian Master


creatures, of a type marvellous to see, swarm together,
without feet at first, but soon with whirring wings as well





and more and more try the clear air, until they burst out,
like rain pouring from summer clouds,
or arrows from the twanging bows,
whenever the lightly armed Parthanians first join battle.

( V )






Monday 21 March 2016

Apis Mox / Autogenesis of Bees




But if someone's whole brood has suddenly failed,
and he has no stock from which to recreate a new line,
then it's time to reveal the famous invention of Aristaeus

( Virgil - Georgics 4 )




Saturday 19 March 2016

Reunited




with Karen




Saturday 12 March 2016

Beekeeper




( detail of Beekeeper's dress )


She just needs shoes





Wednesday 9 March 2016

Tuesday 8 March 2016

B @ Peatwell


Neither straight nor crooked, neither here nor there
but shadows folded on deeper shadows


and deeper, to a core of oblivion
like the convolutions of a shadow shell


or deeper, like the foldings and involving of a womb.

( D H Lawrence - original draft / Ship of Death )



Thursday 3 March 2016

Revelry ( in Kirkwall )



Venus II




& Pilot boat





Tuesday 1 March 2016