James Andrew

Nairn, Scotland.

James Andrew, author of three books of poetry published by Dionysia Press, and four crime novels published by The Book Folks. James won the Robin Lloyd-Jones Autumn Voices Competition 2020, adjudicated by Sally Evans. 

Poem completed 11th April 2020

Social Distance

Save for the wind breathing rhythm

into that dancing branch,

it is silent here.

Daffodils waft yellow

as the sun lays its hand

on my skin and strokes.

Share this with me.

I could cook curry,

chatter inconsequentially,

laugh uncontrollably.

I need to talk with someone

of past follies

and future foolishness,

dissolve that silence into the Pinot Noir

as we swap words like gifts.