#NaShiHaiKuMo2022 Day 7
Human Industry #poetry #earthweal
A tide of plastic is upon us,every day, we are bombarded, it is so seamlessly sewn into the fabric of our lives, we scarcely notice:plastic packaged fruit and vegplastic bags still everywhereplastic trays protect the meat we eatand the ‘earth friendly’ vegan products tooplastic helps prevent food waste, but spoils the earthplastic is a product of... Continue Reading →
Mother’s Day #poetry
For a long timeI thought that Mother’s Daycould only be some other’s daybut I was wrong:I know it’s yours and mine Every other daygoes by so ordinarilybut this one should becelebrated,venerated, and expressed in rhyme You left me with so many gifts, you seean ease, a grace, a natural beautya love bestowed unselfishlythis flame which... Continue Reading →
‘For Hilary, Elizabeth, the 1-in-20’ published at Free Verse Revolution
Issue V of Free Verse Revolution's literary magazine is out today, and is entitled 'Cassandra: Prophecy and Deceit.' I am honoured to be included amongst the list of contributors. For this issue, I submitted a poem about PMDD, a pre-menstrual disorder which affects up to 1 in 20 women of reproductive age, most of whom... Continue Reading →
‘I want you to read me’ featured at MasticadoresUSA
Today, I am excited to announce the publication of my poem, 'I want you to read me,' at Masticadores USA: I want you to read me:want you to read the spaces in betweenthe lines, and guess at what they meanperhaps you will find me As I want to read youthe way the light plays like... Continue Reading →
Morecambe and Wiser #poetry
A palate of clouds and light over the baybut I'm glad I took you anywayI hadn't been for such a long timeand the way the sun played on the sands: sublimethe stone jetty with its tongue-twisters,the unpretentious tea shop where we shelteredthen when we came out, how the grey clouds partedto reveal the hills!Glory days!... Continue Reading →
Experiments in Fiction 