Empire Children – Written September 2025 (Aged 50)

In the late Victorian era –
and in the early part of the 20th century
they built schools,
and they had wooden desks

Psychiatric Hospital – Written Tuesday 26th August 2025 (Aged 50)

I look around at all these other people,
and they are in similar boats,
but I notice their smile
and how they create an aura of plain sailing

Unsaid – Written Tuesday 21st October 2025 (aged 50)

We hang onto a world
that is choked by its own papal smoke.”

The Weight of Ignorance – Written September 2025 (Aged 50)

The weight of ignorance
will cause them to drown.

Lonely Friday Nights – Written Friday 10th October 1997 (Aged 22)

street corner street lamps
shine bright on this friday night

Society Will Judge Us – Written January 2013 (Aged 37)

society will judge us –
on the positions we hold
and as people,
muddle through the prozac maze

Acceptance Seems to be the Key – Written January 2013 (Aged 37)

Acceptance Seems to be the Key all this feels hard going and more than ever – acceptance seems to be … More

They Sold off Care – Written May 2011 (Aged 36)

ut,
they do not care
and, ‘hope’, it has gone spare
losing its hair
without a cake to share

Male Power – Written Monday 10th May 2021 (Aged 46)

and it is there,
apparent,
hard to miss
there are always changes in society
that feel like seismic shifts

They Are Your Definitions of Normal – Tuesday 5th October 2010

you have defined as normal
rights
and so wrongs
someone said
‘by your age’