morning sun
frost steams
from garden fences
|
Andrew
|
a snow shower from a roof
scatters a line of smokers
|
Dick
|
two schoolgirls
chat on a memorial bench
playing the wag
|
Hanne
|
the old blind ewe
nuzzles new twins
|
Melissa
|
daffodils in snow
cat and a freezing bird
look at each other
|
Sys
|
my sister's dog barks loudly
because of my fancy hat
* * * * * *
|
Hanne
|
after her death
their mother's wardrobe
yields up secrets
|
Melissa
|
stopped at the border
a lorry full of refugees
|
Andrew
|
slip of a tongue
at the counter: the spokesman
orders in Romanian
|
Dick
|
a scorching afternoon:
coffee - and the scent of roses
|
Sys
|
she loves to touch
the boy's hair, so light
from the summer sun
|
Hanne
|
unnecessary, of course,
his guiding hand on the stairs
|
Dick
|
getting dressed
my new cream shirt
looks better on her
|
Andrew
|
his father's face
appears in the shaving mirror
|
Melissa
|
a dark lake
ducks make wrinkles on
the lengthened moon
|
Sys
|
the pedalos are covered
with a blue tarpaulin
|
Andrew
|
moorgrime descends
the season's last visitors
chat and feel brave
|
Dick
|
all along the beach
I crackle empty cockleshells
* * * * * *
|
Sys
|
from his son's bedroom
the sound of a sax
greets the postman home
|
Melissa
|
a phone call from Japan
telling about a concert
|
Hanne
|
a little pink mobile
busy fingers send
unceasing texts
|
Sys
|
breaking news: the blizzard
is seen all over the world
|
Dick
|
the pregnant lawyer
is expecting her husband
back for the birth
|
Hanne
|
celebrating a victory
and their first kiss
|
Melissa
|
the Prince returns
to the nation's acclaim
and most of his girlfriends
|
Dick
|
she walks in her garden
picking golden dahlias
|
Sys
|
swishing wipers scrape
a leaf across
the car windscreen
|
Andrew
|
still biking to work
cold fingers on the handlebars
|
Hanne
|
in the moonlight
tomorrow's guy
looks stoic
|
Melissa
|
the boutique displays
posters of Che Guevara
* * * * * *
|
Andrew
|
shoes too tight
the tired shop assistant
looks at her watch
|
Sys
|
an empty carriage
on every seat a booking slip
|
Dick
|
one by one
the faithful put coins
in the collection plate
|
Dick
|
the chickens are hatched
long before Easter
|
Hanne
|
nursing a hot drink
she checks the blossom
in nightie and wellies
|
Melissa
|
a pot of hyacinths
for our lunchtime hosts
|
Andrew
|
