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Some days are just like that

It starts the night before when you forget to reset the alarm, and it just doesn’t get any better as you race for the train; realise you’ve left your security card at home…and miss the last cheese scone from your favourite cafe. In a world that doesn’t wait for us, life can feel start toContinue reading “Some days are just like that”

The calm after the storm

I wrote this poem on my phone (there was not even a scrap of paper in my handbag, and I call myself a poet!) and uploaded whilst still on the train. I have just come back into the post to add some context! For those of you outside of New Zealand, we’ve just had aContinue reading “The calm after the storm”

Before a show

This poem was written a couple of years ago. My wife and I were at a Comedy Gala waiting for the show to start. From our seats, I could see sets of eyes occasionally peer throw a gap in the curtain. Imagining myself in their shoes, I wrote the following poem… It is also theContinue reading “Before a show”

What is a poet?

That’s a great question! A poet is an artist whose medium is words – the patterns, sounds, rhythms, conventions, and meanings. We paint pictures with our words, convey messages through the following or breaking of the rules and conventions. And like all artists our job is to elicit a reaction. Whether that reaction is toContinue reading “What is a poet?”

Quick fire writing challenge 2

The second exercise at the New Zealand Authors Society Roadshow was a bit more difficult. With a partner, we had to describe a place while the other person drew it. The ability of your partner to replicate the place relied on the description of its features as well as your emotions in relation to it.Continue reading “Quick fire writing challenge 2”

Quick fire writing challenge 1

Today I attended my first New Zealand Authors Society Roadshow. It was great to be amongst a group of people with some similarities and many differences to me. One the workshops I attended was very hands on. One of the exercises involved writing for 5 minutes and then pulling out some term words and phrases.Continue reading “Quick fire writing challenge 1”

Calm up

Never in the history of calming down has anyone ever calmed down by being told to calm down. I have tried to find a source to attribute that quote to, but so far I haven’t been able to pin down a definitive origin – if you have some leads please provide them in the commentContinue reading “Calm up”

A distracted mind

Yes, I am of the age now that I will walk into a room and on finding something I’d forgotten will have forgotten why I came into the room in the first place. I blame stress, a lack of sleep, the humidity (or a lack of it), cats, and those little imps that go aboutContinue reading “A distracted mind”

Before times, in Paris

In 2016 I travelled to Paris to do something I had never done before….I asked the love of my life to marry me. And she said yes! I popped the question as we cruised under the Bridge of Lovers. It is such a special city – we stayed at the most gorgeous hotel – HotelContinue reading “Before times, in Paris”

The human / animal

Humans like to think we are somehow special, they stand above the other animals on this small planet as it spins in the foreverness of space. There is majesty in all life that we have tarnished with our greed, envy, spite and pride. We kid ourselves if we think we can escape the damage weContinue reading “The human / animal”