Wise Beyond His Years

“Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it … More

Plea For Delay

In lockdown, to continue revisiting some of the 60-70 poems written in summer 2017 (don’t worry I’m not gonna post … More

I’ve absolutely no issue with religion per se. The comfort it brings to those with faith in a host of … More

You may argue you’ve suffered enough during the COVID lockdown without yours truly starting to subject you to a selection … More

As relayed in the poem Poisonous Pathogen, in lockdown I’m revisiting the literary conduit of poetry. In this case with a … More

It’s rare I dabble in the genre of poetry writing. I spent some of the summer of 2017 penning around … More

It’s a few years since I’ve penned a sonnet. However, in the isolation of a West Yorkshire dining room, this … More

25th January 2020 – Today sees Scots around the world marking the birthday of 18th century Caledonian poet and lyricist … More

A couple of years back, in an attempt to increase the versatility of my work, I set myself a challenge … More