The Same but Different Sky The sun is rising and the sky is clear. Clear just like the skies in our first lockdown. But I’m…
2021 Lockdown — Day 1
Embracing the Challenge I wrote every day for 60 days during last year’s lockdown and for 20 weeks, writing once a week after my 60…
Late Stages of Labour
A view from the inside I’m not a political analyst. In fact I’m not an expert of any kind. I’m not well read in political…
Biden - Old Problem - Old Solution
Old wine in old wineskins Please note: the religious references here are to illustrate the issue, not promote religion. Jesus’ parable of the wineskins is…
Silhouettes
An autumn stroll along the prom Autumn silhouettes are smudgedAs angry clouds with silver liningsEngulf a lemon sun Citrus beams explode into a dusty skyAnd battle…
‘Rich’ & ‘Poor’ Are Not Opposites
though ‘wealth and ‘poverty’ are. I’m not a linguistics expert but I would say that an opposite is a reverse of its counterpart. So left…
We Will Rise
From shallow graves We are sojourners in this foreign stateOne broken by mistrust, selfishness and greedAnd hateWe are the soldiers never trained for warMarshaled to…
Stuck Home Scream Dome
If you’re reading this you’ve probably got the phonetic connection with Stockholm Syndrome and will no doubt be groaning a little at how contrived it…
Parallel Lives on a Single Track
Making the connections I had a project in primary school and I can’t remember what the brief was. If I remember rightly I had a…