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The Edge of Nowhere
Sat high upon the edge of nowhere waiting for the long song of angels Swirling blinding white light radiant and warm exhausts me Speckles...

Gus Jonsson
Mar 12, 20251 min read
Kisses a Plenty
Gold rings and things, light silver bells that jingle Trickling, tickling all sweet things that glow Rag a bobbin, two a penny kisses a...

Gus Jonsson
Feb 25, 20251 min read
Studying Form
In those long-ago moments of strewn newspapers and torn brown paper A spitting grate of hissing embers warms poor Sandy curled upon the...

Gus Jonsson
Nov 3, 20241 min read
What Colour Are Your Feelings My Lovely
What colour are your feelings my lovely ‘Tis the darkest of grey mornings Turning to brightest, lightest edges of a new day A white barn...

Gus Jonsson
Oct 13, 20241 min read
Vanished Like Summer
Quiet, unmoving, I thought I had vanished like summer Skies the colour of comfort consider the setting sun Seabirds stand motionless as...

Gus Jonsson
Oct 2, 20241 min read
Beside the Stone Lion
Beside the stone lion at Egypt Point, above the golden stones Beyond the shore of shifting light radiant deepest blue at its furthest...

Gus Jonsson
Sep 27, 20241 min read
A Poetry of Paintings
I’m standing here beside myself; I’ve forgotten who I am The who I used to be beneath a tree with summer in his hair Clouds, tumbling...

Gus Jonsson
Sep 22, 20241 min read
Sixpenny Skies
High above sixpenny skies clouds have turned to silver Drifting above the misty bluest evening distance Awaiting fields of stars complete...

Gus Jonsson
Aug 30, 20241 min read
Low Tide
East Cowes, Isle of Wight, 1956 Low tide had ebbed on the eastern side of Cowes, turning the Medina’s estuary into a sun-baked mud...

Gus Jonsson
Jul 28, 20241 min read
My Name is Forever
My name is Forever I was there in the nebulous emptiness, in the darkness before the light Spiralling bright before me in the long...

Gus Jonsson
Jul 14, 20241 min read
Read All About It
There is a different tomorrow coming Drumming it into my head, media led, I read in the newspaper today on my way to nowhere in...

Gus Jonsson
Jul 10, 20241 min read
In the Faraway
Once upon a time In the faraway of only a moment ago Children play beneath the exploding wrath of hatred Beautiful wildflowers Flowers,...

Gus Jonsson
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Waiting
I watch the shadows of people in jumbled half speak Looking all ways everywhere in no particular direction They stand shoulder to...

Gus Jonsson
Jun 27, 20241 min read
Time
Wide asleep moments, in the rain orange neon street moments Moments luminescent, try as I might tonight moments Comes a light all-knowing...

Gus Jonsson
Jun 17, 20241 min read
Old Castle Point
Upon soft sands of night, beneath a blanket of stars, jagged edges of a new day dance across the running tide. Dawn’s earliest light...

Gus Jonsson
Jun 2, 20241 min read
The Golden Stones
One day, a beautiful day, a day filled by warmth and sunshine, probably not too long from now, when I am happy and ready to meet my...

Gus Jonsson
May 27, 20242 min read
The Attic
Kent House, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, 1956 Many of the dusty cold rooms in the attic were empty, although some, containing boxes of...

Gus Jonsson
May 19, 20241 min read
Red Socks
A regular fizz bomb, a whizz kid in red socks no less. Red socks or no, every quivering inch, a zealot Far surpassing enthusiastic hearty...

Gus Jonsson
May 11, 20241 min read
Panthera Pardus
Not a one dot has changed it's spot over the years From the spotty end of my tail to the tip of my dotty pricked ears All this since I...

Gus Jonsson
Apr 30, 20241 min read
Much and Plenty
What have you got there my love in your bag of much and plenty Just turned twenty with darkest brown hair hanging down and down Not a...

Gus Jonsson
Apr 26, 20241 min read
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