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against a white sky

August 15, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

against a white sky

rainbows all colours of blue

changes tomorrow

the sky cracks

August 14, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

dreams remembered
a cloud drifts across her eyes
the sky thunder cracks


The haar

August 13, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

The haar eased in

like a metaphor;

the sun fought briefly

but not enough.

The couple on the beachside bench

stood

and walked away

from each other.

He ran to catch

August 12, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

he ran to catch his dreams.

seafront promenades;
dead volcanoes;
abandoned railway tunnels.

and though his dreams stayed always
a step beyond him

the sun
the rain
the wind
and the snow

took him safely
to another world

The river Anxia

August 11, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

The river Anxia overflowed in my head

in the dark last night

flooding the plains of poppies and sunflowers.

It will drain away, I know. 

The earth is well watered.

swimming pool

August 10, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

swimming pool steaming

a first leaf slowly spiral falling

single finger points to heaven

from off the shoulder

August 9, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

from off the shoulder to get off my land

first with a laugh and then with a frown

get away with you you idiot

this is the way that love ends

summer love

August 8, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

sweeter than ice cream

salt as the ocean beyond the horizon

a snap of peperoncino

waking up

August 7, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

waking up the first time we smile at the world

waking up the second the world is now clean

waking up the third time is the end of the world

falling asleep the last time is the dream

heavens opening

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

clouds slowly gather

dry sand empty fields waiting

heaven delivers

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