The Winter Depths (First published on Blue Monster) The cold freezes the air to solid form, coating the branches of the trees, starting from the smallest twig which become heavy under the white crystals. The night draws on and the day seems murky and insincere and then sometimes to have happened not at all. The […]
I have made these booklets of The Little Book of Festive Poetry which is a collection of poems about winter and Christmas I have written and illustrated for my kids. We are giving limited editions to friends and family and selling the others for £3.
Guilt (Frist published on Blue Monster) Guilt of the survivors of that place, tainted by war and the desire to purge others of what they percieved as failings – those deadly characteristics which formed those that had ridiculed them almost to extinction. Cleansing did not work, and they became the oppressors, the dealers of raw […]
Tea (first published on Blue Monster) I really love tea, I awake in the morning and think I could just murder a cuppa, I think sometimes it is more of an addiction than a love affair. When I say tea I do not just mean the bog standard tar in a cup, with milk that’s […]
The Blue Rose (First published on Blue Monster) The young man had a dream and that dream was to breed the most exquisite rose on the surface of the Earth. He was fortunate in that he was a young man of means in a large house, in a time when such horticultural exploits were seen […]
Jane awake her throat was soar, ‘Mummy,’ she tried to say but couldn’t. ‘It’s ok baby your in hospital remember, you’ve just had your tonsils out so your throat will be a bit swollen.’ Her Mother’s hand stroked her gently she was safe. ‘Herby,’ she whispered. ‘Here’s Herby darling, who’s a little Herby hedgehog,’ her […]
redator in the Coral Jungle Abundant, hungry Always hungry Prey in the Coral Jungle Scared, in fear Always in fear A paradise of perpetual hell An edge world Finely balanced Between the starving And the eaten Make it paradise true Shift the paradigm Remove the predator Remove the hunger Remove the fear Remove the edge […]
Alphabet Soup (first published on Turquoise Monster) My mind is swimming in alphabet soup Letters clog the synapses And punctuation tears at my lobes Syntax is setting down roots between the hemispheres Hard curved consonants fill the ventricles Soft airy vowels stuff the cortex Metric metre measures all the gaps Structure breaks the blood brain […]
This one first prize in it’s category for the European Space Agency Create Your Own Space art comp. Did Life fall into this cradle This Earth, this home – We now attempt to climb out of? Or is it more than a cradle Some crucible or potters wheel Shaping and baking us in forms renewed? […]
The Ranger (first published on Blue Monster) The smell of bacon permeated the room as Sandra sat contemplating the day. It was too early and too wet to want to do anything much other than sit there in front of the mock fire with her fluffy slippers but unfortunately she had to go to work. […]