Jon Collins

Jon Collins

Word weaver, song singer, pattern whisperer, baker and candlestick maker.

Always Places

Always places, never faces Although the words align Dreams of journeys, of passengers But the trip begets the theme: People - messengers, subordinated Familiar yet understated. And so it seems, the spaces hold: Arched

The Shape Of Things

The Shape Of Things The shape of things isn't always What it seems, on the surface A thin veneer, obscuring That what appears as form Is but normalised belief A superfice

Morning breaks

Morning breaks, The dewy landscape damp Woodland floor nondescript Against the dank debris Of last year’s beech leaves Strewn across now-muddied ground Sun takes its first steps Peering o’er the

No Snow Poetry

No snow poetry I have nothing, I’m afraid Beyond the white peace

The clockwork bird takes flight

O’er half the world, the dreamer flies Above middle towns and country places Liquid grace, never too close to the sun But through once-sullen clouds, suddenly parted Drawing electrical storms into