Chris Shaw : Writing

A Little Latin if you please

A Little Latin if you please

A Poem by Chris Shaw


What good did Latin do for me?Amo, amas, the love verb learned.We'd practice tenses frequentlywhen I was thirteen, schooled in rules.Ad nauseam for si..
A Triumph of Love

A Triumph of Love

A Poem by Chris Shaw


Without a doubt she is to mea source of all that's light and bright,so when she filters through the veilwhich separates our distant worlds,I welcome h..
The City from Primrose Hill

The City from Primrose Hill

A Poem by Chris Shaw


(Extensive views across the City of London from the top of Primrose Hill)
Eva's W6 Kitchen

Eva's W6 Kitchen

A Poem by Chris Shaw


(snapshot 1962)
Caged Company

Caged Company

A Poem by Chris Shaw


(a watercolour painting by a great uncle, stirs up some emotion)
Better Left Unpicked

Better Left Unpicked

A Poem by Chris Shaw


Bindweed trumpets in their glorytell a story of when I,gazed on pale and fragile petalsunderneath an east coast sky.I was six and from the city,pretty..
For All Things Wet

For All Things Wet

A Poem by Chris Shaw


This claustrophobic, clinging heatwhere air is humid, spiced with dust,has found me in an avid lust.My mind is fixed on fluid thingsof rivers, brooks ..
Out Of The Question

Out Of The Question

A Poem by Chris Shaw


(playing with words) Thank you Margie (barleygirl) for your inspiration
Breakfast Venues

Breakfast Venues

A Poem by Chris Shaw


(playing with words)
Weeping Willow Silhouettes

Weeping Willow Silhouettes

A Poem by Chris Shaw


No human form casts shadowsacross the stillnessas Windsor sleepsWeeping willow silhouettesgraceful and fluidin day timeA young girl's crowning gloryte..


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