Latest Poetry
Haystack Day
Inspired by Guaj - when we discussed North Kent, Colleges, and girlfriends (HERE). It was longer, but survived some sensible pruning. This is about the girl on the bus ...
Jerene Entered Picked
poem ...
heart of stone
an early version of this has been posted here - this is a lock-down edit ...
The Buddha’s Reply
The 2nd poem in the "Is" series ...
Funfair
Another old one ...
A Walk on Dunwich Beach
I just love this place (photo c. 1900 . . . church long gone now) ...
Trilobite
small poem ...
Fete Patronale
A French Limerick, if there can be such a thing ...
Apple Tree. Picked
Part of the Priory Cottage series ...
half a lifetime ago
half a lifetime ago half a lifetime ago I found god or god found me unexpectedly my wife despised the reborn me - (we parted in acrimony) I chose a pilgrim's way - a rough and flinty path on barefoot bleeding feet hopped fishing boats to a northern isle and found, and lost, and lost, and found, myself in solitude [writing a letter to his wife, he sighs, he will ...
hugging Lauren at WOMAD (1990)
I've spent the lock-down rewriting and severely editing works, many (most) have appeared here - they are all much shorter but still, I hope, worth reading. Some have radically shifted perspective ...
A Virtual Travel
Seeing the world through nursery rhymes ...
To Be or Not To Be a Poet
That is the question ...
The Song of the Viral Particle
A rhyme for the times ...
Beyond Reach
The minute life stops being precious ...