• Lament for a Troubled Land

    July 2, 2022

    Too many lands are troubled these days. Some are distant, some closer to home and some forever in the heart. I don’t know if I…

    A Hairy Morning

    June 30, 2022

    Sometimes a morning doesn’t begin the way we intend it to.  This was one of those hairy starts! The photo is of the actual culprit,…

    Mannequin

    June 26, 2022

    For how long do we stand mesmerised by the beguiling designs draped artistically in the shop windows? Perhaps we should not linger for too long!…

    Prayer for the Living Soul

    June 25, 2022

    Written by a forgetful, wanting, neglectful, dishevelled human who yearns for good, and is thankful for a more religious, perfect constant. I hope this is…

    Iris

    June 24, 2022

    *** Nature is so inspirational. Often I find photos online from some very talented people whose eye allows them to capture something so touching with…

    Under the Rubber Tree

    June 17, 2022

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    Each day I visit the village square, and each day the older men gather to pass time.  Friends since school days, one by one they…

    A Love Song for the Hard of Hearing

    June 2, 2022

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    Some frogs seem to be louder than others.  This poem was inspired by some particularly deafening ones which dominate a memory decades later. *** In…

    Providence

    May 31, 2022

    This poem at first read, describes the abuse, overuse and inconsiderate way people have sometimes engaged with this world. It is not a political comment,…

    Harry’s Perspective

    May 30, 2022

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    This poem was inspired by your responses to my post yesterday, ‘A Hairy Morning’.  It threaded it’s way into my head last night when I…

    Steam Dreams

    May 23, 2022

    This poem relates to a time when my children were young. Whenever they were unwell they would like to lie on the sofa covered in…