by Steve Tanham
Idle Imperial, Queen of the keys, Retired from fingers deft with speed, Bakelite margins; slid and locked By polished nails of Red and Grace, Verónica and Jane: the perfumed ranks Of they who came – with eye-lined, hungry gaze To feed on heated blood of virgin males. Their perfumed beauty fixed on you, In mischief, now, in case you think The ruby smile was … Read More Queen of the Keys
by Steve Tanham
‘Paper light’ I remember the April morning, last year, when I came up with the name – it may well have been used by others… I wanted to describe the colour and texture of the freshly bloomed blossom on the trees in the Park Road Gardens, just outside the small town centre in Grange-over- Sands, on the northern end of Morecambe Bay. The blossom … Read More Paper Light
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by Steve Tanham
Sometimes nature takes a hand and ‘consumes the shot’. With the above grouping of blossom on the shrubs, the old outbuilding (see below) and a one of the surviving ash trees, I was feeling distinctly poetic. My mind mused ‘from blossom to birds to bold blue sky; and the idea of one’s attention being hijacked by beauty was compelling. For several minutes I simply … Read More Lining up the shot
Sun in Gemini 
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