first snow
a stranger at
my parent’s grave

black swan
holds mother’s shadow
in the emptiness

halloween:
death takes two
pieces of candy

driving home
nobody to hold
the ashes

her funeral
through the church window
streaks of winter sun

adobe walls at dusk 
crickets knit the names 
of the lost

camp memorial
my warm pebble settles 
on granddad's name

butterfly effect
I survive
my attempt

funeral
her first journey
alone

house clearance
room by room
my mother disappears

winter wren
the unmarked grave
I know is here

'nough said about death let's make it happen

mother’s passing
how I found
my voice

waning autumn
every good bone
goes back to the earth

autumn night
the death of a star
in the sea

funeral over
my shadow
walks alone

at the cemetery
by moonlight… talking
with shadows

Samhain as silent as her shadow a cat slips through church railings

my brother’s gravestone
under the moss a darkness
that won’t come off

distant thunder
the names of our ancestors
sink back into stone

last will
grandmother’s directions
to the mushroom spot

alone on a bench
in the memorial grove
I listen to voices

between
the rain showers
a silent minute

family night
the cat swiftly
kills a fly

grave among
graves snowdrifts
among snowdrifts

moving in day
my front door closes
on yesterday’s ghosts

graveyard 
I visit 
future neighbours

bluebell woods you left too early

snowflake in my hand
if I was dead
it would stay

spring breeze –
  I catch the tune
she leaves behind

last rites -
I watch her eyes
let go of me