stargazy

we kept lockets of our hair
in Davy Jones locker.
our nights were always wet.
salt was our tongue,
and vinegar kisses.

on cobbled lanes

we walked home slow,
woozy, slowly, now,
boozily. sang full
fathomed. misquoted Dylan,
Ariel, The Mousehole Cat.

those were the pearl nights.
your eyes stargazy.

Ivor Daniel

Milky Wood

Woody was a milkman
Down our way
Come rain or shine
Delivered every day
Cheery whistle
Bottles clink
Sometimes a nod
And sometimes a wink

How are you doing
Milky Wood?

I’m not too bad
And not too good
I’m feeling my age
A bit of of back pain
But other than that
I can’t complain.

Mike O’Brien

Bios and Links

Ivor Daniel

lives in Gloucestershire, UK. His poems have appeared in @litscihub, Steel Jackdaw, iamb, Fevers of the Mind, Roi Fainéant, Ice Floe Press, The Dawntreader, After…, Alien Buddha, @TopTweetTuesday, Wombwell Rainbow, Black Nore Review, Lit.202, Sidhe Press, Black Bough Poems…

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