Advent Poems 5: Final Notations, by Adrienne Rich

Final Notations it will not be simple, it will not be long it will take little time, it will … More

Advent Poems 4: A Little Bit About the Soul, by Wisława Szymborska

A Little Bit About the Soul A soul is something we have every now and then. Nobody has one all … More

In a Time of Peace Inhabitant of earth for fortysomething years I once found myself in a peaceful country. … More

Old Folks Laugh They have spent their content of simpering, holding their lips this and that way, winding … More

Annunciation I was alone at the well. I was doused in shadow and in deed. My yoke lay … More

Tomorrow is Sunday 1st December, the start of Advent. Each day during December I am going to post a … More

An Angel His people spoke to our people, contracts were exchanged, and the gig was on. Hush hush, … More

An Angel comes to you … More

Here is my Christmas poem for 2014. In this anniversary year of the First World War, it commemorates the unofficial … More

Herod With Wikileaks in the headlines you could say the timing was perfect. Three Iraqi profs … More

Mary At first a fluttering then a kick, his fist pummelling my ribcage when I knelt to pray. They … More

The Holiday Inn Northerners. But honest. Him, hands like shovels, his eyes brimming and fish-flick. And her, … More

Mary At first a fluttering then a kick, his fist pummelling my ribcage when I knelt to pray. They … More