Alistair (Ali) : Writing

Fire Ships

Fire Ships

A Poem by Alistair (Ali)


Found meaning lost in empty rooms The lump of myimpostorstare saw time collapse in pixel thought reduced to liquid molecules I brought y..
Formulae

Formulae

A Poem by Alistair (Ali)


Of latethe sergeant thrill-to-burn,remains, at best unorthodox,a cutter’s stock of winsome blendcompiled in slim anthologies.To date, an urgent ..
Remorse Code

Remorse Code

A Poem by Alistair (Ali)


Fasttoo long in aspic,antipathy for wind-chillkills the arable concern..HaveListened tothe shipping-forecast-victuals of an Island-race-recur their li..
Spinning Jenny

Spinning Jenny

A Poem by Alistair (Ali)


Youare somewhere closeyet dislocated, shelteredin your centered peaceadrift beside all certainty.Weturn as apron-ed satellitesin matinee of gentle spe..
Curlews

Curlews

A Poem by Alistair (Ali)


Mary Colwell at http://www.curlewmedia.com/ is doing some extraordinary work to highlight the current plight of this wonderful bird. Please share w..
Awen

Awen

A Poem by Alistair (Ali)


Cold stoles the coast in geisha voilesof pawned Atlantic mourning, whereThe plangent skirl of laridscarry through the vast exquisiteplains of February..
Chagrin

Chagrin

A Poem by Alistair (Ali)


..a "Rain-time Truth"..
Whirlwind Romance

Whirlwind Romance

A Poem by Alistair (Ali)


Up wind- cuffed pathways chanced and fooled I saw her, briefly Her briskly dress, a squalling maul of last year's favourite maple..
Shore Thing

Shore Thing

A Poem by Alistair (Ali)


The wimpled scrolls recede....The authors of the braille sandsleave Northern marrow in their wordas sharp as Marram grasses bentin keening subjugation..
The Fall

The Fall

A Poem by Alistair (Ali)


Saw you descending from Alpha Centauri,Coming in weightless on Geminid halos,an ice-bow of swan cry, indelicate nova,a meandering circus of flame .All..