Delighted to be part of this Solstice film, along with a fine array of walking artists. Huge thanks to @kelarrowsmith.bsky.social for the provocation & the curation. This is the first piece of my visual work involving walking a labyrinth & many more to come #poetrysky www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCZZ...
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Reflections on a short walk in Maitland Wood
A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 25 paces | in the wake of 'The Pearl' | The Noose shines at low tide | swans effortlessly glide
using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///digests.almost.personal
daily news digests
become almost too much for
my personal health
using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///remit.flags.goats
does our remit lead
to bold flags being displayed
or goats slaughtered?
#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether
A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 4286 paces | fireweed's burgundy brushstrokes | newly spouted winter wheat | still, Autumn airs
#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether
A new, daily work in progress
An Equinox walk from Dawn to Dusk.
Garden Cliff to The Noose
As day follows night and night follows day, so Autumn begins
#riversevern #afonhafren #equinox #walkingartist #walking @walctogether
A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 5487 paces | between 3 randomly chosen places | hawthorn and sloe berries weigh heavily | brook low and still
#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether
A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 4623 paces | woodland reveals the first scents of Autumn | blackberries glisten | robin's melodious calls
#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether
A new, daily work in progress
Riverscapes 4
When distance is less important than sensing
Where wetlands become mudflats then change into water
How squalls linger on Welsh hills
@walctogether #walkingartist #walking #riversevern #afonhafren
A new, daily work in progress
Riverscapes 2
When familiar hills become strangers
@walctogether #walkingartist #walking #riversevern #afonhafren
A new, daily work in progress
Riverscapes 1
As the journey began, unthinkingly and step by step I became the walk
@walctogether #walkingartist #walking #riversevern #afonhafren
Riverscapes
A Walk Southwards in the company of Nodens, towards the sea
River Severn Walk from Gloucester to Severn Beach
116796 paces
@walctogether #walkingartist #walking
“Farage has given two contradictory versions – one that he bought it and the other that his girlfriend owns it. If the second one is correct then he has engineered a massive saving on stamp duty, larger than the one that forced Angela Rayner to resign.” – @goodlawproject.org
https://bit.ly/4m81Zzt
A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 276 paces | 3 encounters: the gaze of concrete nymphs; high stacked plastic; lovely combinations
using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///comments.rant.infringe
those earthy comments
turned to a mindless rant which
could infringe freedoms
A new, daily work in progress
A garden walk of 27 paces | welcome rain falls | breeze rattles bamboo | apples ripen
using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///reeling.registry.discloses
it sends him reeling
their registry of dark deeds
discloses mischief
@walctogether #walking
A new, daily work in progress
A 4523 pace walk | walking where tanks were tested | walking where Cuda was revered | walking where a Duke of Burgundy rested
@what3words #haiku performed.pushy.dusted
flights of crows performed
perhaps somewhat pushy but
now done and dusted
#walking @walctogether
Soltice |June | 2025
A provocation
youtu.be/_VdvMdMgRlY?...
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 485 paces | between 3 crossing points | geese fuss | Sunday morning coffee drinkers chatter
@what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///futile.meanest.pick
of all futile acts
this, the meanest one of all
is the one to pick
#walkingartist #florina
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 6352 paces | viewing two cultures | crow like, black-robed priests scuttle | tankers wait at anchor
@what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///waxing.ignoring.ship
waxing interest?
but you’re just ignoring facts
just, ship your bias
#walkingartist
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 4672 paces | visiting the tombs of kings | grave goods resonate with power | cicadas rasping
a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///alive.tourist.avoiding
alive to history
one tourist looked on sagely
avoiding comments
#walkingartist #aigia
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 5327 paces | mirrors of history | icons stare | swallows wheel and turn above hot streets
a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku
///sudden.remark.outlined
it was quite sudden
the unwarranted remark
outlined their failings
#walking #thessaloniki
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 1254 paces | between security and boarding | doubled over memes | over-perfumed air
a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku
///hips.artist.both
with hips thrust forward
the artist impressed her peers
they both applauded
#walkingartist #airports
A new, daily work in progress | a garden walk of 25 paces | mesmerised by flowers | bees wallow in pollen | breeze picks up
a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku
///amending.smile.machine
amending their stance
a smile passed over their lips
the machine started
#walkingartist #landscape
Summer Solstice morning | a few minutes before Sunrise | bivvy bagging on the banks of The Severn | woken by oyster catchers
#happysolstice #walkingartist
20th June 2025
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 5 paces | waiting room | names called | patients shuffle
@what3words location as the basis of a haiku
///gent.alert.gives
defining a gent…
he’s alert to life’s rules and
gives more than he takes
#walking #walkingartist #gloucestershire
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 5212 paces | taking the path less travelled | smoke rises over early morning valley | wrens scatter
a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku
///scared.bound.mess
no need to be scared
you’re bound to enjoy the walk
but don’t mess around
#walkingartist
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 4365 paces | blackbird and wren make mid morning calls | light trickles through leaves | recently fallen ash
@what3words location as the basis of a haiku
///clearly.neckline.crows
clearly visible
the neckline of distant hills
above crows chatter
#walking
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 3167 paces | unused doorways | brambles, the only visitors | spraypaint messages
using a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku
///swanky.hotels.ideals
it’s far from swanky
no good hotels are found, but
we all have ideals
#walking #walkingartist
A new, daily work in progress | a garden walk of 41 paces | petals fall in the lightest of winds | pigeons land with a wingbeats whisper | beans climb
@what3words location as the basis of a haiku
///folds.redeeming.audibly
far field bends and folds
and redeeming past pledges
winds gasp audibly