lighthouse ~ mark cobley

lighthouse.


sterope, merope, electra, maia, taygete, celaeno, alcyone

sailing.

mercury as an evening star


secateurs
twine
trowel

the house
the mirror is musty and crazed
the streaked brown coffee



sweetpea.



up the steps 199
in my garden mermaids mock lack of land

tsunami fossil (the big dipper) the ear orion corn.



stopped now It has been passed safely safe tied



strength
strengthen
strengthened
strengthener
strengthening
strengthens
strengthless
strength
strengths
strenuous
strenuously
strenuousness.


sirens. cygnus



polish jet a glossy black as night
at night the lamp strokes the quiet sea


longitude seagull blown inland
you walk along a path


all that was ever wanted was an orchard
to whisper in the ear.

decorated with pomegranates, a crown of stars, a rod, a heart-shaped shield with the symbol for venus, a field of ripe wheat


the weeds could be constellation.

waves. diamond. veronica.

stars like orchards



heavy with fruit