to mark the turn of the year

I am enjoying studying Wide Sargasso Sea with all  its complexities  but it leaves little time to write poetry. However, the creative side of my brain still ticks and as we move towards another year, this short poem is to mark the approach of 2012

As the New Year Approaches

Tonight I threw my dreams up

into the air, where they bounced

between the stars.

Later they will come down, meteorlike

to make sense of my chaos -

for I will cradle in my hands, a piece

of the galaxy,

as I go about my daily life.

Article

Just written my first proper article which I intend to submit for a competition - let's see how it fares.
Just a quick vignette to keep the poet in me alive


ragged shadows float to the ground
as a dragon rips the clouds apart;
and in the silence
I go down to the sea to weep
for only there do my tears seem small.

First essay on Antigone submitted. Now immersed in Jean Rhys - colonialism, and national identity. The subject of naming is intriguing me. Maybe a poem in that.