Sun Ledging
Summer gathering
of pigeons, lo and behold !
on Penshurst Projet.
Credo Niceno-
Et unam, sanctam,
catholicam et apost-
olicam Eccles-
In Unum Deum
Like Kyiv, The King,
Church Mary The Hill believe
in The Nicene Creed.
Coronation Music
Spem In Alium
by Tallis, the most crowning
40-voice Motet.
May 1st
Retaliation Haiku
Defender of all
you believe in nothing. Thus,
you must go, pronto.
Absurdity, King
Oh ! A Defender
of Allah, that denier
of The Trinity ?
May 3rd
Almanach de Gotha
Is a Lutheran
Thuringian, an oxy-
moronic idea ?
Windsor Ruckenwind (2)
Saxony-Anhalt
fur Coburg ; Gotha,
in Thuringia.
In Paget's Horse
Ralph fled from Windsor
to join Methuen's Flying
Columns (The Transvaal).
Boer War
Took ship to Cape Town
loathing his Tutor, selling
bicycle and stamps
May 5th
Jamboree
The drums of red May
are out, pounded on Pall Mall
scattering pigeon.
At Westminster Abbey
A young Archbishop
of Armagh. Late 18th c.,
a Baron Rokeby.
May 5th
Coronation Ode (Two)
For regalia
the marching of spectacle,
helmets and the bands.
Polo Mint Service
Rowan has written
that Faith is creedal, uttered
in your comportment.
May 7th
Riposte To Lambeth
Welby, The Tower
of London is Norman. You
ignored Latin, French.
May 8th
Birthday Haiku for Mimi
Try Eternity
every day, a portal
for light renewal.
May 10th
Housing Crisis
Z crave a warren
so they can build in Meta-
land, ad nauseam.
Evangelical
Shoreline calvary
North London : Sunday worship,
at Saint Saviour's.
Jewish Terror July 22 1946
King David Hotel
the target, with gelignite
in milk churns caving.
May 21st
Cabin Fever
Glory in fresh day-
light, if you can, in Maytime
treading on bright grass.
May 22nd
Eton-Windsor Cabal
Where are the fifty
Typhoon jets for Ukraine ? Where
The Apostles' Creed ?
Magna-Graecia
Zablu, mimetic
of Paestum, Poseidonia,
on Prince of Wales Road.
The Suez Crisis for my father
Teatime Americans
blocked our guns, over Egypt,
and 'killing' Nasser.
Verdica 2 (Hideous)
'We have lost the light,
all the trees and garden space.
Hope not one is sold'.
May 24th After Vespers
Stern Augustus
Men do not smile
nor do they hold hands. Battle
is their near calling.
Superbia, Ici
Apres le petit-
dejeuner, sur ma terrasse,
dans mon Aurillac...
May 25th Cantal
Easy Buy Easy Cry
Revolut, for what ?
Egging consumerism
to break all the eggs.
The Never-Never (1939)
Over the Rainbow
a pot of gold, for joying
yet never paying !
May 25th ex my father
Afghanistan (Haiku)
British General :
We are there for a hundred
years. Yet Washington...
Allah State
Muslim diktat : God
wills, and pays the benefit
bills, and no effort.
Mecca Cabinet for supple Jenny
Where is The Muslim
Choir ? When did The Mayor
last go down the Gym ?
May 26th Camden
Desir Frustre (accents non)
Like Horace, my lux
cuisine mid- not lean enough
on her washboard, bed.
Land War (FGM) the 1950s
How dare Obama
criticise The Empire
on Kenya ? Mau Mau !
May 26th
Cafe Latte for Basho
Heavy cumulus
careering in from the east,
I wonder for May.
Firenze (1970)
The Bertolini,
a view, staying there to meet
Sir Harold Acton.
Villa La Pietra
I recall Sienna,
The Uffizi and Pitti,
his statuary...
Under Obligation after Forster
A fearful worry,
in case it led to something
rather out of hand.
May 29th
Stargate
Drones over Moscow :
were they alien ? to warn
of imminent doom.
May 30th
In East Middlesex
On a May Sunday,
I heard singing in Latin
dedans trois Eglises.
Cocktail Ditty
Fanta with Vodka
not a Communion wine.
Everything is fine
May 31st
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