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olive grove

July 23, 2022 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

sun beats down

wind drops

olive grove a car park

I stood on the hill

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

I stood on the hill and threw darts at the sun;

You arrived in silence.

Your first arrow curved in its flight, hit its mark full in the centre;

You, and the sun, forever.

on the roof 2

September 7, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

icy roof shower

nakedness dodging

the neighbours’ sharp eyes

on the roof

September 6, 2021September 4, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

home from the sea
skin sun-scorched
the icy shock of the shower

planting seeds

June 7, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

planting seeds by starlight
moonbeams guiding their growth
watered with tears and brightened by smiles
the wind from the north and the sun from the south

my brain needs power-

May 11, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

after hearing the voices
and stories of pain
my brain needs power-washing
with sunlight or rain

standing in the sun

April 24, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

standing in the sun
I photographed your shadow
you waved me goodbye

on a sunny day

April 18, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

on a sunny day I walked
breathing in the riverside shade
birdsong above me circled and centred me
and I missed you with a fierceness

dream

April 7, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

sun
light on your skin

you live to the south

March 12, 2021 / simonsalento / Leave a comment

you live to the south
waking in winter you see the sun before me
evenings I climb the highest hill
to hold it in my eyes a little longer
until suddenly like hope it slides away

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