With the Benefit of Structure
It begins like this, yes, a small kiss then everything comes into gentle focus each twist of the lens just a speck of dust, then
October 22, 2013
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Poem for National Poetry Day
What’s the point? Where’s the essence of all that we held Just as we stood on the balcony watching the kestrel, wings going body stopping
October 3, 2013
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The Flower Book
A couple of weeks ago we went to see a temporary exhibition at the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight, Wirral. It was a
September 23, 2013
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Break the wheel and pass onwards
After two days of posts about beauty, that made me curious to see if I could find a poem which would keep the theme going.
August 14, 2013
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Blue 3.0
As promised then, without pause or hesitation. Here is a poem from the third sequence of poems about Blue. In fact, going even further than
June 27, 2013
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Blue 2.0
As promised in the previous post, here is a poem from the second sequence of poems about Blue. This time it was a sequence of
June 23, 2013
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Blue 1.0
I wrote about plans for a new sequence of poems here. Over the next three posts I will be sharing a poem from each
June 20, 2013
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Blue 4.0: a life-time’s work
I can point to a specific time at which my poetry writing shifted from early nonsense to something that I was proud of. I was
June 11, 2013
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Everything we ever asked for
The picture is a detail from a painting produced with my son in half term. A case of the process really being more important than
November 6, 2012
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One from “Times”
Here’s a poem from the new collection – “Times of the Wise Old Man” which you can download for absolutely no cost by clicking on
September 10, 2012
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