The first goldfinch

A tiny, red-faced bird lands,
First goldfinch on the new feeder
So much hope realised
In one so small
Come on! Bring your friends!

LMC 28 May 11

15 May 2011

It took me by surprise today,
the date. Was it the shock
that meant it hit me harder?
32 years on, it’s rare
for the memory to floor me
Stupid, I'm now too wobbly 
to drive to Margate, to his grave

Alexander Technique

I follow my cat down the garden
To my favourite seat
She stalks like John Wayne
Though lighter than air

I follow, practising poise
Alexander-style
Trying to recover
A child-like grace


This way of sitting
Is certainly kinder
On my back, and stairs
Now rarely pain my knees

As I float into my new blue seat
It seems this way of moving
Can be effortless,
when I get it right



LMC 8May11