by admin | Feb 6, 2021 | Poems for Women
I hold in my heart the women I have known, my dear friends, my colleagues I’ve worked with, those I’ve learnt alongside. I call to mind my mentors who’ve listened and walked along side me. I remember the women I’ve read who’ve spoken...
by admin | Dec 28, 2020 | Poems for NHS Workers
The year came in like a rolling tide, in pounding waves that would not subside. So much so we could not fight it or hold it back. All we could actually do in the end was to take the surest and firmest position and stand resolutely in the sinking sand beneath our feet,...
by admin | Dec 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
This was penned first of all in December 2020. Now re-worked in 2024. It is dedicated to my friends who are missing their loved ones, whose pain cannot pause because it is parties and presents. Whose precious ones, whether very young or much older, will always be gone...
by admin | Nov 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
I am not a fan of the penultimate. It is my least favourite time, the moment when you are about to cross a threshold but haven’t done so yet. The feeling of being about to step onto a rickety bridge between two cliffs, trying not to look down. Occupying the space...
by admin | Nov 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
This image is the first in the book ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse’ by Charlie Mackesy. This image is the final one in my series of five posts of parting gifts. Notes to myself about what I’ve learnt working in the NHS and indeed a fellow...