Archive - Walking with Goats

I lie staring at the darkness for some time, an hour or two, seeking a pathway for any words that I could give you. I am three days late with this…

Apr 3 •

Walking With Goats

March 2024

Drinking at 4am

Some dark oil swirled atop my wine.

Mar 2 •

Walking With Goats

February 2024

To scatter seeds is an act of faith.

Feb 27 •

Walking With Goats

A brief note to say that my daughter’s operation went well, though the recovery is hard. I’m sure anyone who has been through this before is well aware.

Feb 10 •

Walking With Goats

I killed the mothers for you.

Feb 10 •

Walking With Goats

January 2024

Conscience is a harsh master. The meagre months lay low all memory of warmth and I gather windfall crab apples from the frozen ground. Each day the red…

Jan 22 •

Walking With Goats

December 2023

Creation Content

It’s due to be minus five tonight. The moon’s full pound has reigned over the entrance of winter with all the windows in the valley peeking out their…

Dec 14, 2023 •

Walking With Goats

November 2023

Nov 28, 2023 •

Walking With Goats

Autumn turns slowly away from us and the oak trees are set into an amber frieze: warning statues of light and dark.

Nov 27, 2023 •

Walking With Goats

We ask ourselves at times why it is that evil comes to rule us. We concern ourselves with the shape of brutal acts, but the space claimed by them isn’t…

Nov 1, 2023 •

Walking With Goats

October 2023

In the Photographs I Never Saw

A poem for Edith

Oct 26, 2023 •

Walking With Goats

Here is a forest that will not be.

Oct 24, 2023 •

Walking With Goats

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