Parting gifts – part one/5 – stories untold

Parting gifts – part one/5 – stories untold

Untold stories I need speak about them for their stories are not often told Lives with great lines going through them Stripped back humanity Niceties are gone But so is pretense Which is refreshing But what is unearthed is achingly devastating like bare roots like...
Ensemble

Ensemble

If you take a good look around, in most people’s lives you will find an ensemble. Some may call it your team, some may call it wherewithal, some may say they are a ‘self made man’ and have no need for such things. I do not think I have met anyone who has attained...
This bit of earth and sky

This bit of earth and sky

Ever feel like your world has gotten smaller? I have trod the same paths over and over. I have been forced to explore and pay attention close to home. If you ever visit the bit of earth and sky that I’ve inhabited I could tell you so much more about it now than...
holidays

holidays

In spite of everything we managed a holiday. Family in a van. Changeable weather. Changeable moods. Same sky. I took paper and pencil and wrote a poem a day, by way of capturing them as they passed by. If you wish sit back, read, listen and take a trip with me, see...
Toast and Tea

Toast and Tea

There was a time in recent years past, and for you it may have been in recent weeks or months. It may even be right now, where we sink below the level of comfort. Find ourselves in financial dire straights. This horrified me, like I was always skating atop the abyss...