Mind the gap
Thoughts on a train I starting roughing this poem out a few weeks ago on a trip to London but with rail disputes and more on the horizon this felt a good time to dust it off and share it Mind the gap Welcome aboard the Southern service to VictoriaThe next station is EpsomTake your […]
Trust
It’s World Poetry day so it seems appropriate to share a poem. I wrote this one a week ago, disturbed by the news from Ukraine and by our own inept and unreliable government. This was of course before the latest crass comparisons between Brexit and the Russian invasion. The conclusion in the last line becomes […]
These are the things
I’ve been thinking about what happens next. There’s been a lot of talk in the press, and shared posts on social media, about the stresses of lockdown and I understand that. I’m also aware that I’m in a privileged position with a garden, surrounded by countryside, and no longer worried about maintaining a steady job […]