Read my poetry

  • La vie numérique

    The French language can make almost anything sound romantic and beautiful. Today’s poem was inspired by my working from home experiences of the last 2+ years. The digital lifeSubscribeSubmitSearch Clear… Read more

  • What happens to old ideas?

    Today’s poem is a reflection on some of my best ideas, some of which were shared and others muttered only to myself. Looking back, there will have been thousands of… Read more

  • Monday musing

    Poetics This poem is proof of my existence, that I was for a moment, real. These words are what is left of my voice, they are both what I imagined… Read more

  • Perspectives

    Today’s poetry offering takes an earlier poem and gives an alternative explanation – from the perspective of a moon that managed to break orbit. The original poem is provided and… Read more

  • Street wise

    Today I am offering more found poetry today. You will probably have already found it on the motorway or your neighbourhood streets. It is the wisdom of street signs! I… Read more

  • What colours are your dreams?

    Boy George, in Culture Club’s wonderful song Karma Chameleon, sang of having dreams in ‘red, gold and green’. These days my dreams of freedom and peace are set to colour… Read more

  • Autumnal moments

    Strolling through Aston Norwood Gardens today was lovely, and a tad inspiring! The huge temperature deviations in the Artic and Antarctic are just one more alarm that we seem to… Read more

  • Open Mic session

    If you’ve been here before you will have read a lot of my words. I have talked about my values, perspective on the world, given you the story behind the… Read more

  • Not fit for publication

    Trigger warning: this post and poem deals with child abuse and animal abuse. Please do not read if these topics will cause you distress. Today’s poem is one I submitted… Read more

  • Two for the price of one

    Today I offer two works, trawled up from the archive. Both involve use of marine related themes! Dropping anchor Until today I never realised how much of my life I… Read more

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