Tuesday, 9 September 2008

On Afternoons in the Tower

Daylight fades away.
My computer screen glowing
in the dimming light.

Tuesday, 2 September 2008

On the Benefits of Ivory Towers

Clustered under eaves
of great temples of learning
watching the downpour.

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

The Narrow Road to the Far Conference VI

No-one questions you?
This enormous silence shouts
louder than your talk.

Tuesday, 19 August 2008

The Narrow Road to the Far Conference V

Coffee cups clinking
ravenous scholars descend -
biscuits and contacts.

Tuesday, 12 August 2008

The Narrow Road to the Far Conference IV

At the podium -
this room of academics
now almost silent.

Tuesday, 5 August 2008

The Narrow Road to the Far Conference III

On this long journey
some unexpected vistas -
a single footnote!

Tuesday, 29 July 2008

The Narrow Road to the Far Conference II

The scholar regrets
his optimistic abstract -
typing on the train.

Tuesday, 22 July 2008

The Narrow Road to the Far Conference I

Full of spring urges
animals migrate homewards:
scholars gathering.

Wednesday, 23 January 2008

On Unexpected Urban Wildlife

Spilling orange light
across the black quadrangle -
a fox at midnight.

Monday, 21 January 2008

On Wintery Debates

Fogging the windows:
scholarly exhalations
hide the outside world.