Charlie Ulyatt

in

candle
light

my
shadow
dance

mocks

my
seated

self

in the blow
journey
of leaves

across
the sky

the damp
goodbyes
of autumn

stick to the sole
of my shoes

the sky says
it will soon
be winter

and the scars
of these decaying
months

will soon be
covered

in the stillness
and silence

of a whiteness

in which
we can breathe

again

november

the silence
of absent
wings

winter's
harshness

the spider finds
refuge

in my room

brown earth
breaks

in the morning

sun

.

damp soil
scents

the early

breeze

we had the moon
in our palms

allowed it
to welcome

the morning

dew

Recent reading October 2025: A Review Shady Library, Henry Gould, 2025, ISBN: 9781300052364, £4.64 The Gate, Henry Gould, 2025, ISBN: 9781257941216, £4.65 some presence, Charlie Ulyatt, self-published via Bandcamp, 2025, £3 More of How…

My October review roundup early in the month. With added @j-tkelly.bsky.social @henryghenrik.bsky.social @unionherald.bsky.social

ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/r... #poetry #bookreviews

And not forgetting @charlieulyatt.bsky.social

Thank you Billy :)

probably still 'in progress'

a world
losing
colour

losing
the word
of voice

clouds
fill birdless skies

with the inflamed
shiver

of silence

flower / dance

child / smile

small
endings

breath
that falls silent

at the moon

YouTube video by Demetrios “ ” Why should I buy a bed when all that I want is sleep ? A chamber film with Robert Lax

25 years ago today since Robert Lax died

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTq-...

last flower
of summer

I watch you

slowly

die

#smallpoemsunday

sun

wakes the mountain's

drawn out

sleep

the
way

slows
me
down

each
corner

a
new

poss
ib
il
it
y

until

the
next

the
dancer

in
the
mirror

is
just
as
bad

as
me

called
to
prayer

crow
leaves

the
morning
roofs

to
fly

cry

aloud

for
the
world

morning

turns
into
pain

the
sharp

twinge

of
an
ageing

frame

SoundEye Festival of the Arts of the Word if the eye be sound the fish is sweet

If you're in or around Cork the first weekend in July, I'm reading at SoundEye, along with a bunch of other people:

soundeye.wordpress.com

warm thanks to @charlieulyatt.bsky.social for sending his chapbook <some presence>

the
sound

the
paper
makes

words

baked

by
sun

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from 'some presence' ... available from

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leaf
wings

brush
water's
edge

shadows
the
shallow
stream

ripples
dance

in
3/4
time

as
light
plays

its
evening
song

dreams

in
the
harbour

staring
out

at
the
space

beneath
the
stars

some presence from Charlie Ulyatt some presence from Charlie Ulyatt

Printing a few more of these over the next few days .. anyone for any more? (£3)

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