Tuesday 9 March 2010

On the Taking Up, and Casting Off, of Spring Raiment

Just as the trees start
donning their new leafy coats,
the students shed theirs.

Thursday 4 March 2010

On the Nurturing Sage

The scholar waters
his plant on the windowsill;
his prose he keeps dry.

Tuesday 2 March 2010

On Spring Thinking

These gleaming snowdrops
standing about with bowed heads.
Scholars in the quad.

Thursday 25 February 2010

On Externalities

How busy they look!
Figures in lightened windows,
seen from far away.

Tuesday 23 February 2010

On Lending and Loss

The gaps between them
make old friends lean drunkenly,
these books on my shelf.