By Scott Bailey © 2014 Perfect thighsPerfect absPerfect eyesFor perfect livesWe give our teensAspirational dreamsOf…

By Scott Bailey © 2014 It purrs like a magic catGlows like a willo’ the…

By Scott Bailey © 2014 Childhood senses Seep away The textures of touch Savoury tastes…

By Scott Bailey © 2014 Flash in the dark blue skyClash of sword and boneRoar…

By Scott Bailey © 2014 The thistle embraced the wilting roseJoined the lands as oneWars…

By Scott Bailey © 2014 Waves of gold crash onto the shoreBringing fire and steel…

By Scott Bailey © 2014 What ifs hang onLike poisoned barbsEven in the face of…

By Scott Bailey © 2014 IOnce held back the seaMy name lent to these landsIWandered…

By Scott Bailey © 2014 I hold aloft my steelScarlet streakedWith invaders bloodMy flag whipsHigh…

By Scott Bailey © 2013 Weare blindto the truthEverydaySuffering goes onAnd we deny it allUnable…

By Scott Bailey © 2017 Where is the localThe friendly greengrocerBaker, butcherThe watering holeThe fire…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 FirefightingThe act of fixing someone else’sMistakesWith littleRewardOrAs it’s also knownLife

By Scott Bailey © 2018 Early sun risesAnd a lazy eye opensAlligator wakes

By Scott Bailey © 2013 We create darknessWhere we can’t explainPowerful darknessDark MatterHolds the universe…

By Scott Bailey © 2014 A ring of solid lightHovers just above the groundSpinning with…

By Scott Bailey © 2013 The gulf between us grows and grows.I wonder were we…

By Scott Bailey © 2006 What lies within that deep dark world?That immensity of green…

By Scott Bailey © 2013 Silk slidingFingertips brushingLightly Warm breathCloseTingling Lips shiningEyes wideningHush Moist closePulsing…

By Scott Bailey 2015 Dark, thick between the trees No light shines off The dull…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 CopperThe poor relationIn the metal familyFirst to be usedDidn’t even…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 EmboxedEntrenchedInside our own littleEcho chambersNot hearingViewsNot seeingSitesShoutingOnly our wayThe world…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 They undertakeThe task of takingUs from one worldThe the otherWhen…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 Fastidious and preciseYou knowLike the songOnly not niceFor no Queen…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 The urge to straightenIs the craving for perfectionThe mark of…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 Every hug givenImparts a part of youIn return for a…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 Death and lustEntwined in oneBoth withoutA thoughtBoth withExpert careSheer red satinRipped…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 The carnivoresCruisingAmong the vegetariansOnly the toughestWeeds will surviveThis

By Scott Bailey © 2015 Hard the mud did cakeMatted fur, red blood flowingOn snow-covered wolf

By Scott Bailey © 2018 If I am a studentOf lifeThe lessonsAre lostOn meAs I can…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 Age lends hindsight depthWisdom accrued painfullyIt still doesn’t help

By Scott Bailey © 2013 I am the hunterThe bringer down of preyThe destroyerThe shadowThe…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 There was a white fleck on that dark skin. Tiny and…

By Scott Bailey © 2013 Every buzz and chimeOn the phoneIs a worrySomething has gone…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 In life’s tournamentThere are Kings and QueensFor whom the suffering and…

By Scott Bailey © 2018 ThereA girl called midnightA fighterA loverA spyDanced free and deep in…

To whet your whistles here is the Prologue and Chapter One. Prologue Darkness outside. From…

By Scott Bailey © 2017 Deep redThe varnish of old woodWorn by yearsOf rested elbowsAnd…

By Scott Bailey © 2014 “My patience is almost spent.” “I apologise Mr. Dickens. The…

By Scott Bailey © 2016 Here I abideAmidst the cratersOf too much cultural shellingHere there residesResidual…