Just one thing

It all started with two remarks, one by a friend, the other by a stranger at work. ß The friend’s … More

New Year Letter

Dear Anthony (I will never get used to calling you Tony) Here are some words of advice from your nearing-fifty-year-old … More

Readers who have followed my Lifesaving Poems series will know by now that there isn’t and wasn’t a plan about … More

You make the thing because you love the thing and you love the thing because someone else loved it enough … More

What It’s Like To Be Aliveafter Django BatesI remember the nights, and the sounds of the nights,and the moon and … More

I was struck by a remark of Seamus Heaney in an interview he gave some years ago now. He was … More